We have a 6 bar clip. At the beginning of bar 3 we have a note which is 2 bars and 0.5 beats long.
- when we split the container clip at the beginning of bar 5, the note is split into two when this is not intended 99 times out of 100
- when we loop between bar 1 and the beginning of bar 5 the note is also truncated, this is also not intended roughly 73 times out of 100
While the new engine is being worked on, please consider adding the ability to play the full MIDI note duration, not creating duplicate tiny notes on split and allowing natural looping of sections that have notes that extend beyond the boundary of the loop point.
Only Cubase does this IIRC. S1 is close, but doesn't respect note lengths when looping.
Thanks for listening.
FR: Play full MIDI note duration on split/loop return
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- KVRist
- 236 posts since 9 Feb, 2017
Got at different opinion:
Splitting clips means splitting, shorten or cutting off notes.
Otherwise „overlapping / continuous“ chords become a sounding mess.
Tracktion is a time linear daw. For loop based composition ableton, bitwig, logic, S1 or Maschine etc. are suitable daw options
My 2 cents
Tipp:
If you want to sustain notes just overlap your clips. Both clips can be played back simultaneously, so then your notes will continue. you can stack multiple clips on a single track - or use submixes.
Splitting clips means splitting, shorten or cutting off notes.
Otherwise „overlapping / continuous“ chords become a sounding mess.
Tracktion is a time linear daw. For loop based composition ableton, bitwig, logic, S1 or Maschine etc. are suitable daw options
My 2 cents
Tipp:
If you want to sustain notes just overlap your clips. Both clips can be played back simultaneously, so then your notes will continue. you can stack multiple clips on a single track - or use submixes.
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- KVRer
- Topic Starter
- 9 posts since 1 Nov, 2019
This has nothing to do with linear or loop based DAWs, this is a feature for MIDI arrangement and composition in general. Hence why Cubase and S1, linear sequencers, have it.
In particular playing live input and then arranging afterwards, which - depending on the style of music - can result in lots of notes that are just over a clip boundary. Recording over 16 bar sections is completely normal and not a call for a loop based DAW that probably can't do this in any case. Arranging those sections is also nothing to do with loop based DAWs.
I appreciate that you like the current behaviour, and this *should* obviously be completely preserved. This is additional, advanced sequencer functionality that only the big guns of linear sequencing have at the moment.
- Split (as it is)
- Split (a la Cubase)
- Extra command - trim trailing notes to clip edge
In particular playing live input and then arranging afterwards, which - depending on the style of music - can result in lots of notes that are just over a clip boundary. Recording over 16 bar sections is completely normal and not a call for a loop based DAW that probably can't do this in any case. Arranging those sections is also nothing to do with loop based DAWs.
I appreciate that you like the current behaviour, and this *should* obviously be completely preserved. This is additional, advanced sequencer functionality that only the big guns of linear sequencing have at the moment.
- Split (as it is)
- Split (a la Cubase)
- Extra command - trim trailing notes to clip edge