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  • When inserting a midi drum track, is it to late to break it apart?
2013/03/20 22:52:36
redbarchetta
So, i was just playing around with Superior Drummer. Rather than having it create individual tracks for each piece of the kit, I just had it make one midi track.  After playing around for 15 minutes or so I've come up with a cool groove that I like, but want to edit the snare drum and what not... Is it too late to go back and break it apart now and have each piece on it's own track?
2013/03/20 22:58:54
noynekker
You can edit / select individual drum pieces in PRV, if you have it mapped.
Also you can run (process) CAL program "Split Note to Tracks" to put each midi note on a different track for editing.
2013/03/20 23:03:36
bluzdog
Split notes to tracks .cal will  make a track for each individual note ( kit piece ). Check this out: http://www.cakewalk.com/support/kb/reader.aspx/2007013155

Rocky
2013/03/20 23:05:05
redbarchetta
Sweet, thanks guys! 
2013/03/20 23:21:43
redbarchetta
Hmm... not as easy as I thought it would be...  Right now, I only have one track, it's a simple audio track... It has both the midi data and the audio data.  The cal script wants me to give some input 

1) Source track ... easy enough
2) First destination track... I told it track 2, however there is no track 2.  So, do I need to create a bunch of empty tracks? If so, what type?
3) Destination Channel.  It defaults to 0.  I'm not sure what I should put here. I'm not using a midi device, just Superior Drummer
4) Destination port. It defaults to 1.  Again, not sure what to put here.

I click on the ok button again, it starts to churn then I get an error prompt saying   The following tracks can not be routed to: Split Note A1 Would you like to continue. I took a chance and said yes, but and all that did was totally mess up my sweet groove I had going on.
2013/03/20 23:24:50
bluzdog
Just pick a first destination track that does not exist. Cal will create all the tracks it needs.

Rocky
2013/03/20 23:28:03
redbarchetta
Thats what I did.  It ripped it apart and tore it to shreds... Tried to play it back and it sounds nothing like it did. I need a hug. 

Is there a chance the CAL script needs to be updated?  It was not in the location where you guys said it would be. it's not under edit anymore, it's under the Process menu now.  This leads me to wonder if the script might be out dated???
2013/03/20 23:33:05
noynekker
 . . . might have to Right click on track, then click "split instrument track" to separate the midi and audio.
(you can always use "make instrument track" to get back to simple instrument track.)

Destination channel is the desired midi channel.
Destination port . . . depends on you midi device (how many midi ports do you have, if in doubt . . . try port 1)

... hopefully you didn't save over it lose your sweet groove
2013/03/20 23:34:34
redbarchetta
Ok, I will see if I can put humpty dumpty back together... BTW, I opened up the cal script... It's been around for a while... Here are the comments at the top.



;
; Split Note to Tracks.cal
;
; This routine modifies a source track, splitting it by note# into 
; separate destination tracks. Only notes are split ... all other 
; track parameters (Controllers, Tempos, Meters and Markers), 
; if any, remain in the source track.
;
; Use this routine for splitting up a drum machine or other type 
; of instrument track where voices are assigned by note number.
;
; = Courtesy Red Nile Productions 1993 (714)498-7515 CIS:70044,2733
;
; = Modified 12/10/93 by Greg Hendershott at user's request to
;   have this display notes as names (like C#5) rather than numbers
;   in the track names.  Caveat: The note names always use sharps
;   and assume BaseOctave=0.

2013/03/20 23:41:41
bluzdog
Cal has been around at least since Sonar 1, probably longer. To be honest I haven't used it in a long time. I remember it being easy and working like a charm. I hope you get it worked out.

Rocky
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