What are you still missing from XT2?

[keyman_sam]

The new foldable multi out thingy is brilliant. Love it! Keep it as it is without changing it please!!!

So what i miss from ext1 : Well, the browser's search function is finnicky. When i search for a vst plugin, it searches the ENTIRE computer for everything related to the name of the plugin. Would be cool that if i selected the plugins folder and searched for something, it would search for ONLY the name in the plugin folder. Just my 2 cents.

[Caleb]

hmm seriously dudes look at tonespace, it can be set to manual chord and then you can automate chord type and voicing, it's a bit cumbersome to set up, but just pre build small automation clips that you rename according to the chord they trigger and voila.
eXT2 even displays the chord type in the automation lane so when the implementation gets polished it's gonna be even easier !

Ick! Needs NET 2.0 implemented.
The documentation looks pretty good on this thing though and it does look quite clever.

Actually looking at what it does it might be interesting for knowing which chord to play next, but it doesn't necessarily look good for what I want to do. I want to modify existing notes not create new notes.

Regards
Caleb

[mbncp]

[..]I want to modify existing notes not create new notes.[..]

Something like this ? http://homepage.hispeed.ch/mbncp/downlo ... nScale.jpg

[Caleb]

[..]I want to modify existing notes not create new notes.[..]

Something like this ? http://homepage.hispeed.ch/mbncp/downlo ... nScale.jpg

That looks interesting - who developed that one?

Regards
Caleb

[mbncp]

[..]I want to modify existing notes not create new notes.[..]

Something like this ? http://homepage.hispeed.ch/mbncp/downlo ... nScale.jpg

That looks interesting - who developed that one?

Regards
Caleb

That's a plug I'm working on, taken from different scripts that I've made with mfxscript.
It has basically 2 functions:
1) My problem on a keyboard is that I'm pretty "good" using the white keys, but it's getting really boring, so the idea is to enforce a different scale in realtime, based on the chord I'm playing.
In the picture (lower part), you can see that in this example, when the plug detects a CMaj7 chord it will switch the scale to C Mixolydian, playing a C7 instead. Then I use a MIDI foot pedal to increase the possibilities. In this case if I play a Dmin7 chord, it will play a D7 if my pedal is up (group1), and a Dmin7b5 if the pedal is in middle position (group 2).
2) the second part will be that other tracks, once the chord/scale is known, will be converted as well, base on the current (re-mapped) playing chord/scale, either in realtime or on playing back.
A little like an arranger, but based on what I played/recorded.

The other stuff are helpers, played chord/scale, chord and scale pool, then when selecting one more chords it shows which scales can be use and same trick when selecting one or more scale, shows you which chords are part of the selected scales. At the right is the scale enforcing thing.
Example to get a Bmin playing only the white keys (C Ionian), I can play either a Amin in D Ionian, a E min in G Ionian,... though in this case I would probably use a B dim in C Lydian.
And the little pianos are supposed to show the selected scales/chords, but I'm not that far yet.

[Caleb]

This is like a much more advanced version of what I had been working on - I'd be interested in trying out what you've got.

Regards
Caleb

[juffi]

An option for turning off ghost parts. Cant find the midipart transpose function, only note transpose, between M.Ch and Shuffle would be a nice position for it . Another good thing would be quick renaming midiparts and tracknames, something like in cubase , if you enter a trackname and hit ALT+enter in track's name field the parts getting the same name. If you are in a big arrangement, would be very handy. Another nice thing would be favourite folder for plugins, so you dont have to scroll through the whole plugin folder. mp3 render support would be nice and of course audio editor.

Thats all for now

[disturb]

mbncp>> looks cool, please keep us posted on this thing
Seems like the mfxscript isn't supported nor available anymore, would you happen to have a link for it, i'd like to check it out ? (i guess you wrap your mfx with polac's thingy right ?)


cheers

[mbncp]

Caleb, disturb >> I'll let you know, currently it's still needs some work before the beta stage.

mfxscript will need some changes (as well as polac's wrapper), but I have currently no plan to make it public again.

I had also though about writing a vstscript plug, but now as VC++ express edition is free, it would be probably more interesting to use directly c/c++ and compile within a plug that has a dedicated editor and advance functions mainly to deal with MIDI, but could be used for audio as well.

Back to ext2, before sending a VstMidiEvent it wouldn't hurt to clean the structure, even the detune field has garbage in it

[jens]

1) My problem on a keyboard is that I'm pretty "good" using the white keys, but it's getting really boring, so the idea is to enforce a different scale in realtime, based on the chord I'm playing.

for me it's the case that the way the black keys are situated on the keyboard lead to me playing certain patterns which I wouldn't play if the keyboard was even (it's three-dimensional - only the white keys alone are just 2d) - so please take no offense when I say to me your plugin appear counter-productive.



My advice is: don't be afraid of the black keys - embrace them because they're wonderful companions to the white ones.

[mbncp]

My advice is: don't be afraid of the black keys - embrace them because they're wonderful companions to the white ones.

Hehe, actually I do use them, mainly when looking for chord progressions, and even with the scale enforcer I'm still using them.
But ... , my biggest fun is to play that stuff, using either the keyboard or my midi guitar and hopefully soon a wind controller. And I'm too old and too lazy to spend my days practising all these scales and chords for these different instruments.
Actually even my midi guitar can be totally re-tuned in C major or whatever

[Caleb]

so please take no offense when I say to me your plugin appear counter-productive.

It probably depends on what you use the plug-in for.

Regards
Caleb

[Stargard]

My advice is: don't be afraid of the black keys - embrace them because they're wonderful companions to the white ones.

key racism.

seriously though: NicFit Chords1 + NDC Force2Key = YES SIR!!!
you guys should look at NicFit's Chords1 plug and then put NDC's Force2Key after it (has an intergrated pitch transpose).
oh the things I was able to do with this combo.

by the way, the XT1's arp comp and NDC's Force2Key = Instant Drum Genius.
and the arp is "multi timbral" (velocity or key range). it's all in the scales.

it's all out there already and you can build your own setups, so give it a try.

[Diek]

I miss a lot the Mixer comp

[Caleb]

Ah - I forgot about Force2Key. Used to have that once, but I was looking for something else at the time. Could come in handy - will just have to give it another trial.

Chords1 was always an interesting idea, and I never really looked hard enough if it could sufficiently emulate guitar strumming. I should look at that one again just for the hell of it.

Regards
Caleb