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BlackWinny · Post by **BlackWinny** » Fri Apr 11, 2014 11:25 pm

Here is a very little tutorial in video to show how to create pitch bends in RapidComposer.

By the bye, you'll notice that the same method may be used for many other MIDI CC (MIDI Control Changes).

Nota: to have all the text explaining the method under the video you must of course go to Youtube by clicking on the logo Youtube at the bottom right of the video. Here is the video:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1-Iulr7atc0

Have fun!

musicdevelopments · Post by **musicdevelopments** » Sat Apr 12, 2014 12:42 pm

Thank you, BlackWinny!!

Please note that you can make the pitch bend (or any other MIDI controller) events less sparse by setting the event density in the pop-up (right click, select Snap&Quantize). This way you can create more precise bends

BlackWinny · Post by **BlackWinny** » Sat Apr 12, 2014 6:33 pm

musicdevelopments wrote:Thank you, BlackWinny!!

Please note that you can make the pitch bend (or any other MIDI controller) events less sparse by setting the event density in the pop-up (right click, select Snap&Quantize). This way you can create more precise bends

Yes, I've seen that, and I could have mentioned it, but... too late!... it was just after the video was published!

guitarmanchu · Post by **guitarmanchu** » Tue Sep 30, 2014 4:24 am

Is there any way to do a pitch bend within a phrase? If not, I think it would make a nice feature request. Especially when sequencing ideas for guitar phrasing.

musicdevelopments · Post by **musicdevelopments** » Tue Sep 30, 2014 9:46 am

No, it is not possible to do a pitch bend within a phrase. This is planned to be included, but not in the short term (around v3.0).

Thanks,
Attila

BlackWinny · Post by **BlackWinny** » Tue Sep 30, 2014 1:09 pm

musicdevelopments wrote:No, it is not possible to do a pitch bend within a phrase. This is planned to be included, but not in the short term (around v3.0).

Thanks,
Attila

It would be nice, for sure, but I think it's certainly somewhat complex to manage...

musicdevelopments · Post by **musicdevelopments** » Tue Sep 30, 2014 2:20 pm

That is right, BlackWinny, especially when 2 phrases with pitch bends are used at the same time in the same track. The MIDI standard is very limiting in this regard. The solution would be using 2-3 different tracks but with the same preset and distribute the bends among the tracks, but this sounds complicated and messy...

BlackWinny · Post by **BlackWinny** » Tue Sep 30, 2014 2:29 pm

musicdevelopments wrote:That is right, BlackWinny, especially when 2 phrases with pitch bends are used at the same time in the same track. The MIDI standard is very limiting in this regard. The solution would be using 2-3 different tracks but with the same preset and distribute the bends among the tracks, but this sounds complicated and messy...

Without counting the number of unexpected bugs and strange side effects (certainly very difficult to analyze) that it will create. And without any certitude on the source of the problem (the DAW? the composition tool? the synth?...)

The MIDI specifications by the IMA association are very old and really need to be seriously updated to reflect the abilities of the tools of the current days...

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Video : How to create a pitch bend (and many other MIDI CC) in RapidComposer