[LAU] standalone midi editor

[alex stone]

On Tue, Mar 17, 2009 at 6:24 AM, Justin Smith <noisesmith at gmail.com> wrote:

> On Mon, Mar 16, 2009 at 8:18 PM, alex stone <compose59 at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> >
> > On Tue, Mar 17, 2009 at 6:15 AM, Justin Smith <noisesmith at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >>
> >> Have you tried seq24? I think it captures things like banks and
> >> patches if they are standard midi messages at least, but have not
> >> tried this explicitly.
> >>
> >> 2009/3/16 alex stone <compose59 at gmail.com>:
> >> > From time to time, as the inspiration comes, i find the need for a
> >> > quick,
> >> > simple, midi editor.
> >> > I currently use RG, and it does a fine job, but my question is:
> >> >
> >> > Is there, in Linux, a standalone midi editor, which can handle banks,
> >> > patches, event changes etc... for editing a couple or few bars.
> >> >
> >> > I record quite a bit these days, straight from LS into Ardour, but
> more
> >> > complicated passages, requiring patch changes, (i.e. Up and down bows,
> >> > NR
> >> > and R samples, etc..) and are unplayable live from a keyboard, need to
> >> > be
> >> > 'constructed' within a midi editor.
> >> >
> >> > As these runs, phrases, etc, are often only a bar or two long, i
> wonder
> >> > if a
> >> > simple standalone midi editor would suffice. (i.e. A standalone matrix
> >> > editor, with the ability to apply event changes.)
> >> >
> >> > I would then record the edited phrase or run, and keep the midi files
> >> > generated in the Ardour project folder.
> >> >
> >> > Is there such a thing?
> >> >
> >> >
> >> > Alex.
> >> >
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> > Justin, thanks for the quick reply.
> > I should add here i'm writing orchestral music, so the tempo's going to
> be
> > quite fluid, and not in a loop, or 4 on the floor sense, for much of the
> > time.
> >
> > Alex.
> >
> >
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> Just a shot in the dark here, not something I have tried, but wouldn't
> this be a non-issue for a one or two bar phrase like you are
> describing? It could simply record the notes, it does not necessarily
> have to quantize them or loop them.
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Justin, a good point.

In terms of workflow, when most of a piece can be played in live, (recorded
audio straight from the sampler to Ardour), i'm thinking it would be highly
useful to quickly open the "Standalone Editor", knock out the phrase,
including manually editing for 'human feel', record that phrase as audio,
then keep going.

Alex.

p.s. I'm really big on efficient workflow, and using keystrokes where
possible. Call me old fashioned. :)



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