+1 to everything Craig just mentioned ...
 
with the Matrix View you can put together some pretty awesome grooves in any genre of music and put together musical ideas that will absolutely surprise you ...
 
it lends itself very well to a very fast workflow as far as breaking out of what I like call the blank song page ...
I've had it happen to me so many times , where I'm all set up to do something totally new from scratch and I'm chomping at the bit holding my guitar looking at a brand new open blank project while saying to myself what do I do now  
 
as a non singing instrumentalist , those are the times when the Matrix View really comes in handy ….
 
Kenny
 
 
 
 
 
 

To me the matrix view is ideal for creating bump music for broadcast. Typically I will construct a set of loops and one shots that will provide anywhere from 30 seconds to 2 minutes of of audio. This is great for creating music for video transitions and moving from different segments in any online broadcast. 
 
I like this approach because it is quick and fast. I don't need to set up and record guitars or drums. I just use the loops and one shots I collected from cakewalk over the years. This is a fast and great way to provide audio for transitions in your videos.
 
Usually I will use enough loops and one shots to create about 7 or 8 different segments of bump music from one matrix project. I will have about 15 columns but I keep about 2 or 3 columns of loops per song. Then I set up two or three tracks at a time when I record the matrix loops.
 
I have also experimented with recording a song using the matrix. After the loops were constructed I would record about three or four columns. Then I would go back and record a few more columns on top of that.
 
My favorite thing about the matrix view is once you get it down it becomes very quick to assemble something on the fly.
 
As far as dynamic builds or swells in a song, If I can't find a loop that works I will usually overdub something later if I need too. The combination of using the Matrix view to record and also recording regular tracks works very well. 

So, Craig, is this a possible SOS topic coming up in the future?  Maybe a video?
 
I have to admit, that I have never really played around much with Matrix View; I maybe have opened it twice.  I certainly never conscidered that it would be useful for actual song writing.  In the back of my mind, I thought it was basically a beat making machine; something to plug drum beats or short grooves into, to make beats. 
 
I will continue to watch this thread, I am learning a lot about Matrix View while following these discussions.

I think the Matrix  view would benefit from a tighter intergration model that included better AI. I know "simple" additions are rarely that simple in the programming world but I find the Matrix requires too many time killing workarounds that negate thge useful features.  For instance it would be awesome if one could simply map any sound to the matrix, regardless of whether it was a grooveclip and have it intelligently have it function as one. A practical example of that would be slicing up a sample and mapping to matrix view to be triggered.

Craig, would love to see a video of how you use the matrix. if even a short one.

I haven't even bothered to install the Matrix View in the last 4 or 5 versions but I appreciate that CW gives me the option to leave something I'm not interested in off my computer.

chuckebaby
Craig, would love to see a video of how you use the matrix. if even a short one.

Craig did a video for the matrix in the advanced workshop videos he released way back for X1. that is what got me using the matrix view. those videos were great.

dubdisciple
For instance it would be awesome if one could simply map any sound to the matrix, regardless of whether it was a grooveclip and have it intelligently have it function as one.

You can try selecting the sound and hitting Ctrl+L to loop it before dragging it into the matrix. If you're lucky, it will loop well. If not...well, there's always the loop construction window.

Marcus Curtis

chuckebaby
Craig, would love to see a video of how you use the matrix. if even a short one.

Craig did a video for the matrix in the advanced workshop videos he released way back for X1. that is what got me using the matrix view. those videos were great.

I thought that video did a pretty good job of explaining the matrix view, but I also think it's time to write an SOS column that includes all the things I've learned about Matrix view in the past couple years.

Anderton

Marcus Curtis

chuckebaby
Craig, would love to see a video of how you use the matrix. if even a short one.

Craig did a video for the matrix in the advanced workshop videos he released way back for X1. that is what got me using the matrix view. those videos were great.

I thought that video did a pretty good job of explaining the matrix view, but I also think it's time to write an SOS column that includes all the things I've learned about Matrix view in the past couple years.

Yes, it is time.