Topic: Midi file selection (Preview?)

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  • March 25, 2008 at 22:17 #1564
    Mike G
    Participant

    Hi,

    Couple of suggestions for midi files.

    1 –
    Often I start browsing, looking for beats inspiration with different midi drum files, I’m sure you could make the number clicks required to preview a midi file a few less (I have 100’s of midi drum loops for example, so iterating though each takes a bit of time) A “preview midi file” feature for a particular track might be nice when working from within the list pane. (Not drag, play, delete, drag, reset to start, drag, play, etc.)

    2 –
    Often drum loops come with duration of 0 for each hit, so no drums play at all. I can fix it by editing midi file, select all and set duration. But would it be possible for this just to work without doing this? (Is this a plug in thing or a host thing I’m not sure, I seem to have the same issue no matter which drum plug-in/sampler I use and I don’t remember it being a problem in cubase LE, my previous daw)
    (This is the part that really makes previewing midi drum files a real bind for me at the moment)

    Thanks,
    Mike G

    March 26, 2008 at 11:30 #11975
    Zynewave
    Keymaster

    Often drum loops come with duration of 0 for each hit, so no drums play at all. I can fix it by editing midi file, select all and set duration. But would it be possible for this just to work without doing this? (Is this a plug in thing or a host thing I’m not sure, I seem to have the same issue no matter which drum plug-in/sampler I use and I don’t remember it being a problem in cubase LE, my previous daw)
    (This is the part that really makes previewing midi drum files a real bind for me at the moment)

    I don’t know if Cubase changes the note lengths in the MIDI drum file, but I would expect dedicated drum plugins to be able to trigger drum sounds on note-on without regard to note length. That’s how many older hardware instruments played drum sounds. The Podium drum editor handles zero-length notes by showing all notes with a minimum length defined by the editor quantize value.

    March 31, 2008 at 15:05 #12001
    Conquistador
    Participant

    @Mike G wrote:

    Hi,

    Couple of suggestions for midi files.

    1 –
    A “preview midi file” feature for a particular track might be nice when working from within the list pane. (Not drag, play, delete, drag, reset to start, drag, play, etc.)

    Nice idea that would be very useful indeed.

    March 31, 2008 at 15:31 #12005
    Mike G
    Participant

    Tried midi files with 0 length hits in the same drum machine in another daw (Ableton) and the behaviour is the same as Podium, I can’t find my old Cubase LE disk so I’ll have to assume I was wrong about the daw making the 0 midi note lengths work for the drum machine plug in.
    Thanks,
    Mike G

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