Arrow keys

[fluffy_little_something]

Is there a way to configure Mulab so that the arrow keys allow me to change the pitch (one semi-tone at a time) with the up/down keys and the timing (depending on the resolution/grid) with the left/right arrow keys, like in the editors of other DAW's? I find that very useful as dragging selected notes with the mouse is not very precise and often introduces unwanted changes as well.

[MuTools]

Is there a way to configure Mulab so that the arrow keys allow me to change the pitch (one semi-tone at a time) with the up/down keys

Yes you can assign a key shortcut to the "Transpose" sequence functions.

http://www.mutools.com/info/docs/common ... tcuts.html

[fluffy_little_something]

Why are those standard things not set up by default?

Anyway, the up/down arrow keys work now. And what about the left/right arrow keys? Since that giant function list with its tiny fonts is very hard on my eyes, what is the function called that moves the selection to the right or left by one 1/x note (with x depending on the resolution/grid)? Under Move I did not find any suitable function. What do I have to look for on that long list?

Also, are there instructions for setting up a rack so that playing a note triggers several plugins at the same time, or for instance an arp, which then controls a synth after it in the chain? I remember someone explained it like two years ago, but it was not easy, I think one had to use the modular view, right?

[sl23]

I think the list of options needs a refinement. The list is so long that looking for any specific option, sometimes not even knowing if it exists, is extremely laborious.

This list would be greatly enhanced by categorising the list into groups. Another benefit would be to either allow users to define font size of this list, or just increase the size without giving options.

[MuTools]

And what about the left/right arrow keys? What do I have to look for on that long list?

That function does not yet exist as a shortcut function.

Also, are there instructions for setting up a rack so that playing a note triggers several plugins at the same time

Insert a MUX and in that MUX hookup as many synths as you want to the common event input and audio output. That will play all those synths in parallel.

[BlackWinny]

[fluffy_little_something]

Looks a bit complicated just to perform such a basic task
Why have half a dozen rack slots when one can't drop shit in there? First slot could receive an instrument/effect or a midi data generator such as an arp or sequencer. The remaining 5 could receive instruments and/or effects.

(Shall we collect some money so that Jo can buy a microphone? A tutorial without voice and subtitles is a bit odd...)

When you say "insert a mux", how do I even find a mux in Mulab? What is a mux in Mulab? I only know the separate plugin by that name.

[BlackWinny]

Looks a bit complicated just to perform such a basic task
Why have half a dozen rack slots when one can't drop shit in there? First slot could receive an instrument/effect or a midi data generator such as an arp or sequencer. The remaining 5 could receive instruments and/or effects.

(Shall we collect some money so that Jo can buy a microphone? A tutorial without voice and subtitles is a bit odd...)

When you say "insert a mux", how do I even find a mux in Mulab? What is a mux in Mulab? I only know the separate plugin by that name.

MUX is totally included in Mulab, simply using the button "Modular" at the top line of Mulab.

MUX is even the Holy Grail in Mulab. It allows you to make very easily tons of things. It just needs a (very short) learning curve to discover its principles.

I can tell that since the day I loaded for the first time Mulab instead of my previous DAW (Reaper) or Host (Cantabile) I have quasi-never loaded again my previous DAWs. It was with Mulab 4 and I discovered a totally new world for me with these weird cables... but now I could never do any more without them. I have made personal patterns, templates, modules, etc. simply by beginning to watch the tutorials and reproducing them to understand the behavior of Mulab and how it works, then diving deeper by funny and enthralling experiments.

But even without cabling anything by the modular screen (which is MUX in fact) it is possible to do many things just using the arrows which are at the right end of each line in any rack at the bottom of Mulab. These arrows lead you to a world of possibilities of routing. And from a rack to another by using the last line of any rack. You can also dive in other possibilities of Mulab by creating sub-tracks (you right click on a track name at the leftmost edge of Mulab to open the menu of that track then in that menu you create a sub-track, add automations to it, etc.

The use of Reaper or Sonar always need a learning curve for someone who discovers them for the first time. They all have tons of features that are generally ignored by the user, and although when one thinks of it, even to make a basical thing in Reaper or in Sonar there is a minimum of things to learn before... and in Mulab it is the same thing.


The main difference between the built-in MUX in Mulab and the external MUX is that the external MUX is a VST environment, meaning that it brings the features of the embedded MUX... to the other DAWs, MUX being then seen by these other DAWs as a VST instrument or effect which opens a new world to these DAWs by expanding their possibilities using these cabling features.

[BlackWinny]

For example, by the symbol "+" at the right of the Master rack, you create a rack for an instrument, another rack for another instrument, a third rack for a third instruments. You let the fourth rack (named MASTER) as it is. You put a different instrument at the first line of each one of these three racks. Then you put different effects (up to 5) on the second, third, fourth, etc. line of the racks, just under the first line which contains the instrument of the rack.

Then you route all these racks to the master rack simply by declaring your routing of each rack by use of the menu which appears when you click the last line. By this way you route each rack toward the master rack.

That's all. Just doing that allows you to use as many instruments as you want (one per rack), each VST instrument being followed by up to five VST effects, and all being then routed to the master.

And if you drag-drop one of these new racks to the symbol "+" which appears under the line of the first track at the left of Mulab... it creates a MIDI track for that rack.

And if you put VST effects in the lines of the MASTER rack, these effects will be the last effects of your signal path, so they will apply in common for all the instruments, while effects used in a rack under an instrument are used only for that instrument.

Very quickly, by this way, you create all the structure of you next song.

It is an example.

[BlackWinny]

You can also group your racks (two racks using each one an instruments) to route them to a master which will be in fact a sub-master if you do the same thing for two other instruments... then sending your two "sub-masters" to the general MASTER.

All the possibilites can be found, just by experimenting. Without any need for the moment to dive into the built-in modular environment (the equivalent of MUX, used by the button "Modular" at the top of Mulab).

[fluffy_little_something]

Ok ok, curb your enthusiasm

I think you simply tick very differently compared to me...

[Michael L]

dragging selected notes with the mouse is not very precise

To maximize precision, click the '+' in the vertical scrollbar to enlarge the vertical size of the note events, and scrollwheel to increase their horizontal size, and then decrease mouse tracking speed in your OS control panel.
"There's More than One Way in MuLab!"

[BlackWinny]

"There's More than One Way in MuLab!"

There's More than One Way in MuLab!

It could become the motto of Mutools, written in italics as a foot part at the bottom of the Mulab's welcome screen.

[ZeePok]

dragging selected notes with the mouse is not very precise

To maximize precision, click the '+' in the vertical scrollbar to enlarge the vertical size of the note events, and scrollwheel to increase their horizontal size, and then decrease mouse tracking speed in your OS control panel.
"There's More than One Way in MuLab!"

 
I agree with fluffy that dragging notes in Mulab is not precise and error-prone. That annoys me too. There should be a way to 'lock' axes when dragging notes!

[Michael L]

If you need more precise control of your mouse, get a soft mousepad with more texture and friction.