Adjusting note length in Tracktion

[PeteInEssex]

I've been wanting to post this question for a while but have been too embarassed as I'm sure it must be really simple.

Let's say I have a bunch of notes in the piano roll, I highlight all the notes whose length I want to change.......... then I get stuck.

I've played about with the quantize function, but with no luck.

In Reason - I highlight all the notes I want to change, then drag the end of one of the notes and all the others follow - easy peasey.

I'm sure there must be an easy way in T ???

Thanks in advance
Pete

[chagzuki]

I wish that there was the normal method.
In T you have to use the parameters at the bottom to adjust multiple note lengths.

[AD80]

Yeah, just drag the number box (I think its length or end) in the properties dialog. But its pretty crude, a lot of times you wont get the length you want.

[PeteInEssex]

Well, I am surprised, and somewhat disappointed.

I know the concept is to keep it simple, but would have thought that such very basic editing facilities like changing the length of notes would be available in a sequencer

I have to confess that having used T for some time now I'm finding that there's more and more things that can't be done easily in T.
I've never used anything other than T so far, but maybe I'm now at the stage where I've outgrown T and need to move up to something like SX...

Thanks for your replies guys.

All the best
Pete

[GaryG]

moving up to SX? inflammatory stuff indeed...

I do know what you mean; a lot of little shortcomings that make some things a lot harder to achieve than you feel they should be.

I feel the overall ease of use makes up for it though and there's always V2 around the corner with much improved Midi handling promised...

.g

[chico.co.uk]

Well, I am surprised, and somewhat disappointed.

I know the concept is to keep it simple, but would have thought that such very basic editing facilities like changing the length of notes would be available in a sequencer

I have to confess that having used T for some time now I'm finding that there's more and more things that can't be done easily in T.
I've never used anything other than T so far, but maybe I'm now at the stage where I've outgrown T and need to move up to something like SX...

Uh, yeah, that makes a lot of sense. You post asking how to change note lengths. Someone tells you how to do it. You say you're disappointed that it can't be done, and are off to buy Cubase



Good luck reading the cubase manual with that kind of attention to detail

[jtxx000]

Just wait for T2, MIDI is going to be a lot better.

[rockstar_not]

You might want to consider moving DOWN to PG Music's Powertracks Pro Audio. List price is $49, on sale for several months a year for $29.

While it's audio handling leaves some to be desired, it is a pretty nice MIDI editor if you like working with a staff view. There is even a mode where you can look at a staff view, but see velocity info as a vertical line off of the note and the length as a piano-roll like trail. You can grab onto each of these and pull to your desired height(velocity) or note length( length of tail).

I think I'm actually going to be using 3 pieces of software to make my tracks:

1. PowerTracks Pro Audio for MIDI
2. ACID 2.0 for loop time and pitch stretching
3. Tracktion for assembly of the song and signal processing (I love the Final Mix plug with the Acuma Master to CD preset).

Now, if T had better Midi editing, I could eliminate #1. and if it had a better handling of loops and time/pitch editing like Acid, I could eliminate #2 and go solo with T.

-Scott

[PeteInEssex]

Thanks for your replies (or most of them anyway!).
I do like T a lot and don't really want to move away from it, but in it's current form it does seem to lack ease of use in some basic functionality. SX is probably a little OTT but as I've spent most of my working life working with PC's i generally get to grips with new software quickly.

I'll hang on and see what T2 has to offer (so long as its release is not too far off)- I know Jules is not happy with the existing piano-roll, so hopefully he'll work some magic on it.

Thanks again
Pete

[puerileboy]

could always pick up eXT, run it as a VSTi in Tracktion and sequence from within eXT. Changing note lengths in eXT is much the way you describe you would prefer.

I think Tracktion without eXT or vice versa is like a day without sunshine <grin>

[PeteInEssex]

Good thinking !!

I got XT about a week ago and have been mightily impressed with its Arp.

I'll take a look - thanks for the suggestion.

Pete

[lowkey]

Yeah XT has a few tricks even that even the "proffesional" sequencers dont have when it comes to midi.