Sustain pedal on every bar
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- KVRer
- 2 posts since 24 Mar, 2023
I am completely new to any music making software so what i'm having may be a skill issue, but i want the sustain pedal (which is controller 64) to reset for an instrument every time a new bar starts. Doing it manually would take me ages so i want to ask if there is a way to automate the process.
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- KVRAF
- 1601 posts since 9 Jan, 2018
What I would do...create a MIDI clip one measure long.
If you know how to create CC information in Waveform, read on. If you don't, skip to the end and then come back here.
Assuming you want the sustain pedal on at the start of the bar, I'd create a MIDI control change there for CC64, and set its value between 64 and 127 (sustain on).
Then, at the very end of the clip, create an event for CC64 and set the value between 0 and 63 (sustain on).
Then, I'd loop the clip--repeating it as long as the song is. I'd drag that over the MIDI track and send it behind your note data.
If it works for you, you can merge the MIDI note data and the sustain on/off clips.
**** HOW TO CREATE MIDI DATA IN A CLIP***
If you don't know how to create MIDI CCs in a clip....
1. Double-click the MIDI clip to open up the MIDI editor window
2. Find the rectangle button named Controllers. Click the + button next to it to open up a flyout menu.
3. Select Control Changes.
4. Select 64 - Hold Pedal (on/off). Another window pops up below the editor window.
5. This is the width of the clip itself, so anything on the far left happens at the start of the clip, and anything on the far right happens at the end of the clip.
6. Click the little pencil icon above this window, and click in the empty window. Try to be accurate, as this tells your instrument where the sustain pedal will be pressed down!
7. A line appears, with a dot at the actual event itself.
8. Click on the arrow icon (next to the pencil), and you can select this line, moving it right or left (moving the event forward or back in time), or up or down. Move it up or down until it's between 64 and 127 (a little balloon pops up to tell the value). You don't have to be exact here: anything between those numbers means "pedal is down now."
9. Find the end of the line, toward the far right. Click the pencil icon again.
10. Click at the far, far right to create another event with the pencil.
11. Click the arrow icon again, and drag this down between 0 and 64 ("pedal is up now"). You can drag the second dot as far right as you can...but don't drag it past the end of the clip or weird things can happen on playback. Keep an eye on the bar/beat grid on the editor window to help yourself here.
12. Got the Pedal Down and Pedal Up dots where you want them? If so, close out of the editor window! You did it.
*** HOW DO I LOOP A CLIP? ***
1. Click on the clip in question
2. Zoom in on the clip until some boxes appear at the top of the clip.
3. One of them has a little L in the center.
4. Click the L. You'll see the clip double in length.
5. Drag the arrow in the upper right of the clip all the way for as many repeats as you need.
*** HOW DO I PUT A CLIP BEHIND ANOTHER? ***
1. Rename the looped clip "Sustain Pedal." You'll thank yourself later when trying to figure out which clip is which.
2. Drag the looped clip over your MIDI track.
3. It looks like there's one clip there, as one is hiding beneath the other. You might seen the names overlap in the lower left corner.
4. Click on the top clip.
5. <ctrl+shift+alt+z> to push the first clip behind the second one. Repeat this if you want to switch them back.
Now you can continue to work with the MIDI clip, with your sustain pedal clip safely tucked away, behind the one you're working on.
*** HOW DO I MERGE CLIPS? ***
Careful with this, as if you're not perfectly happy with one clip, you can spoil the other. It can be a pain to undo this if you realize it much later!
Make a backup copy of each clip on different tracks and mute them...just in case!
Ready?
1. Create a new track below the MIDI clips.
2. Drag the top clip to that new track.
3. Shift-click both clips.
4. Right-click on either one...
5. ...and select Merge.
The two clips will fuse together.
6. Delete the empty track that results.
You're done!
If you know how to create CC information in Waveform, read on. If you don't, skip to the end and then come back here.
Assuming you want the sustain pedal on at the start of the bar, I'd create a MIDI control change there for CC64, and set its value between 64 and 127 (sustain on).
Then, at the very end of the clip, create an event for CC64 and set the value between 0 and 63 (sustain on).
Then, I'd loop the clip--repeating it as long as the song is. I'd drag that over the MIDI track and send it behind your note data.
If it works for you, you can merge the MIDI note data and the sustain on/off clips.
**** HOW TO CREATE MIDI DATA IN A CLIP***
If you don't know how to create MIDI CCs in a clip....
1. Double-click the MIDI clip to open up the MIDI editor window
2. Find the rectangle button named Controllers. Click the + button next to it to open up a flyout menu.
3. Select Control Changes.
4. Select 64 - Hold Pedal (on/off). Another window pops up below the editor window.
5. This is the width of the clip itself, so anything on the far left happens at the start of the clip, and anything on the far right happens at the end of the clip.
6. Click the little pencil icon above this window, and click in the empty window. Try to be accurate, as this tells your instrument where the sustain pedal will be pressed down!
7. A line appears, with a dot at the actual event itself.
8. Click on the arrow icon (next to the pencil), and you can select this line, moving it right or left (moving the event forward or back in time), or up or down. Move it up or down until it's between 64 and 127 (a little balloon pops up to tell the value). You don't have to be exact here: anything between those numbers means "pedal is down now."
9. Find the end of the line, toward the far right. Click the pencil icon again.
10. Click at the far, far right to create another event with the pencil.
11. Click the arrow icon again, and drag this down between 0 and 64 ("pedal is up now"). You can drag the second dot as far right as you can...but don't drag it past the end of the clip or weird things can happen on playback. Keep an eye on the bar/beat grid on the editor window to help yourself here.
12. Got the Pedal Down and Pedal Up dots where you want them? If so, close out of the editor window! You did it.
*** HOW DO I LOOP A CLIP? ***
1. Click on the clip in question
2. Zoom in on the clip until some boxes appear at the top of the clip.
3. One of them has a little L in the center.
4. Click the L. You'll see the clip double in length.
5. Drag the arrow in the upper right of the clip all the way for as many repeats as you need.
*** HOW DO I PUT A CLIP BEHIND ANOTHER? ***
1. Rename the looped clip "Sustain Pedal." You'll thank yourself later when trying to figure out which clip is which.
2. Drag the looped clip over your MIDI track.
3. It looks like there's one clip there, as one is hiding beneath the other. You might seen the names overlap in the lower left corner.
4. Click on the top clip.
5. <ctrl+shift+alt+z> to push the first clip behind the second one. Repeat this if you want to switch them back.
Now you can continue to work with the MIDI clip, with your sustain pedal clip safely tucked away, behind the one you're working on.
*** HOW DO I MERGE CLIPS? ***
Careful with this, as if you're not perfectly happy with one clip, you can spoil the other. It can be a pain to undo this if you realize it much later!
Make a backup copy of each clip on different tracks and mute them...just in case!
Ready?
1. Create a new track below the MIDI clips.
2. Drag the top clip to that new track.
3. Shift-click both clips.
4. Right-click on either one...
5. ...and select Merge.
The two clips will fuse together.
6. Delete the empty track that results.
You're done!
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- KVRian
- 1006 posts since 4 Oct, 2019
Great detailed explanation Watchful! 
You can also use the Midi CC Waveform Plugin and drag a modifier to it for controlling CC64:
You can also use the Midi CC Waveform Plugin and drag a modifier to it for controlling CC64:
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Waveform Pro 13.5.25 Windows 10
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- KVRAF
- 1601 posts since 9 Jan, 2018
Asprog, I didn't even know about this plugin. I'll want to check that one out, thanks!
Spotify, Apple Music, YouTube, and even Deezer, whatever the hell Deezer is.
More fun at Twitter @watchfulactual
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