- If you want to exstensively edit a piece of music in your sequencer
and need to keep switching between different clips, it can get very
irritating having to keep selecting and copying the same clips, due to
limitations of the Windows Clipboard.
Open up your sequencer in a second window. Resize both windows
so you can easily switch between them. Copy the clips you will need
to seperate tracks in your second window. Think of the second
window as a multiple clipboard.
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You can free up some of your effect processors by re-creating effects
in your sequencer. To create delay or echo, copy the track you want
delayed, say track 1. Paste on to a new track which we will call
track 2. Time shift track 2 forward by the desired ammount. Reduce
the velocity of the new track by about 50%. If you want a third echo
repeat the above procedure starting with track 2.
You can get some unusal delay effects by time shifting parts by
different ammounts, or changing the pitch of the repeats. Be creative!,
but remember each new track is going to use up polophony in the
sound module or keyboard.
The technique for creating chorus is the same as creating a delay, but
only time shift the new track by a small ammount (a few ticks or pulses).
If your sequencer has a random time facility, use a small ammount on
the new track (a couple of ticks or so) for a more interesting effect.
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Most modern sequencing software has the ability to save templates of
blank songs so when you open a new file the sequencer is set up the
way you want it. If the software you are using does not have this
facility, open a new song, set everything up the way you want it and
save it as a song giving it a name such as "Newsong". When you want
to open a new song open this file and everything will be set up to
suit you. Remember to change the name of the song before you save it
so you don't save over your blank.
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If your sequencer or computer has multiple midi out ports connect your
most used synths or sound modules to different ports. That way you will
minimize the likelihood of congestion of midi signals at any one port.
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