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endfindead · Post by **endfindead** » Fri Jan 12, 2007 12:35 pm

Don't know if this'll need a bump, but I've been listening to lots of stuff in 6/8, but I find programming it difficult. How does it all go together?

endfindead · Post by **endfindead** » Fri Jan 12, 2007 12:47 pm

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Rangtangtang · Post by **Rangtangtang** » Fri Jan 12, 2007 12:52 pm

did program 6/8 on 808 a number of times, getting too late for me now, but quickly:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Time_signature

endfindead · Post by **endfindead** » Fri Jan 12, 2007 12:58 pm

Cheers....probably should have googled/wiki'd first. In bed last night after half an hour at fl, well caned, thought : KVR'll help. Such a dumbass.

endfindead · Post by **endfindead** » Fri Jan 12, 2007 1:26 pm

Topic fell dead

JumpingJackFlash · Post by **JumpingJackFlash** » Fri Jan 12, 2007 4:05 pm

endfindead wrote:Don't know if this'll need a bump, but I've been listening to lots of stuff in 6/8, but I find programming it difficult. How does it all go together?

6/8 is an example of a compound time signature. It means 6 quavers in one bar. These are grouped in 2 groups of 3, so the strongest quavers are the 1st and 4th.

Here is a simple diagram:

The top line shows how you group notes in 3/4.
The bottom line shows how you group notes in 6/8.

herodotus · Post by **herodotus** » Fri Jan 12, 2007 4:06 pm

endfindead wrote:Don't know if this'll need a bump, but I've been listening to lots of stuff in 6/8, but I find programming it difficult. How does it all go together?

What exactly are you finding difficult?

Does your host support odd time signatures?

me109 · Post by **me109** » Fri Jan 12, 2007 4:39 pm

I find that MIDI sequencing with a piano roll view can be confusing because, as has been mentioned before, the strong beats usually are the 1 and 4, while most sequencers will have graph lines on the 1,3 and 5. If you don't mind cheating, you could enter it in as 3/8 in which case you can count 1,2,3/1,2,3 instead of 1,2,3,4,5,6. Then you'll have graph lines on every beat.

endfindead · Post by **endfindead** » Mon Jan 15, 2007 11:21 am

me109 wrote:I find that MIDI sequencing with a piano roll view can be confusing because, as has been mentioned before, the strong beats usually are the 1 and 4, while most sequencers will have graph lines on the 1,3 and 5. If you don't mind cheating, you could enter it in as 3/8 in which case you can count 1,2,3/1,2,3 instead of 1,2,3,4,5,6. Then you'll have graph lines on every beat.

Aha! that'll do it. Yeah, my host does support it, it's just that the stuff i'm coming up with sounds awkward, and my groove-enhancing methods have failed me.

Programming In 6/8???