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2014/01/16 22:32:41
lc1200
Hello this may be a simple question.. I hope. I like to loop record my midi drums. I do my kicks, get in a groove do snares, then hi hats etc.. When all said an done I have a clip full of drums sounds. I then need to split them out for arranging, mixing etc.. What is the command called for this? In Logic it is called "Demix by Note Pitch", Cubase it is called Dissolve. Thanks in advance!
2014/01/16 22:37:12
scook
Select the MIDI track
from the main menu Process > Run CAL
select the "Split Note to Tracks.CAL"
2014/01/16 22:57:46
lc1200
ahh Thanks! 
That was not clean at all. I selected the clip, ran the cal and it was all over the place. I was expecting nice even clips, midi tracks output to the vst etc.. Oh well maybe next version. Thanks for the quick response I will have to use this for now.
2014/01/16 23:04:17
scook
I doubt it will ever change. The script is has been around for a long time (1993 according to the script comments) and the language has been deprecated for over a decade.
2014/01/17 02:14:04
brundlefly
lc1200
That was not clean at all. I selected the clip, ran the cal and it was all over the place. I was expecting nice even clips, midi tracks output to the vst etc.. Oh well maybe next version.

 
You should have been prompted for an output port and channel which would take care of the assignment to the synth - easily fixed by quick-grouping in any case. And the uneven lengths (to be expected with different drum parts starting and ending at different places) can be addressed this way:
 
- Select all clips and Ctrl+L to convert them to groove clips
- Set a Beats in Clip values appropriately in the Groove Clip section of Clip properties in the Track Inspector
- Slip edit their start and end points together or separately as desired.
 
By making sure all clips are selected at each step, you can perform these operations on all clips simultaneously with a few clicks. And when you're done, the clips are all groove-clipped and ready to arrange/loop across the full project. 
 
I'd be mighty impressed if some other DAW does all this automatically without producing some undesired outcomes in various special circumstances.
 
 
 
2014/01/17 03:51:29
Bristol_Jonesey
I don't know if this will help  the OP, but you don't NEED to split out to separate midi tracks for mixing, you need separate audio tracks for each of your kit pieces.
2014/01/18 19:31:53
rontarrant
If the MIDI drummer you're using has a mixer with solo buttons (AD and EZD both do) just bounce the MIDI track repeatedly, soloing each kit piece separately. It's not quick, but it does the job.
 
2014/01/18 21:58:28
Blades
I have found no need to split drums out to separate channels since Cakewalk came up with the Drum Map, which lets you pretty much do the same things that you can do with separate tracks but with everything staying on one midi track - even sending different kit pieces to different soft synth instruments.
 
I did a video tutorial on how to create and use drum maps.  Please check it out at my website.  If nothing else, it's worth the 10 or so minutes it takes to go through it.  You can find it here: Sonar Drum Map Tutorial
 
Hope this helps.
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