Changing time signature in Zebra

[donovansi]

Hi,

I've been trying to change a synth time signature in Zebra with no luck.

I've tried fiddling around with the arp/seq section, which isn't particularly
intuitive to be honest. Am I on the right track?

Every synth seems to lock on to a 4/4 signature I'd like to change it
to 3/4 for example?

Any help would be very much appreciated.

Thanks

Simon

[EvilDragon]

You can't do that. Just work with it as if it were in 3/4, it doesn't really matter. Arp would have 12 steps there, for example.

[donovansi]

Hi EvilDragon,

Thanks for your reply.

Mmmm, can you elaborate a bit more about what
you mean exactly?

Is it a matter of changing the steps then in the
Arp section?

Simon

[bmrzycki]

Hi donovansi, that's an interesting idea. I'm not in front of Zebra right now so here's a few ideas off the top of my head. The simlest and probably most boring approach: 1/4, steps: 6, note lengths: 1/2, 1/4, 1/4, 1/2, 1/4, 1/4. More interesting approaches might use tied arp notes or dotted/triplet notes. However you look at it just do the math so that 3 notes cover each beat.

(you've given me something to try the next time I sit down with Zebra...)

[donovansi]

Hi bmrzycki,

Thanks for your reply

Yeah, I see what your getting at music theory wise. I understand that part

It's the part on setting it up in Zebra, that I'm confused about? Simplistically,
for example, how does one set up 3 1/4 notes per measure in Zebra?

Simon

[bmrzycki]

Simplistically,
for example, how does one set up 3 1/4 notes per measure in Zebra?
Simon

Hi Simon, the arp in Zebra doesn't have a concept of a measure in the musical sense as far as I can tell.

You have to decide how long each note will take and the spacing between them. The only way I know to do that is to use the note length, the voicing (mute a voice=0), change the number of steps, etc.