Topic: Randomize note timing

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  • August 5, 2006 at 10:40 #893
    Podianer
    Participant

    I must admit, I am a little bit lost with this feature..

    I have a drum sequence that I want wo “humanize”. On the same track I enable “randomize note timing”. No matter what value I dial in, I never hear a difference. Even with 200 ms. The drums should then be total out of time, because 200 ms means 100 ms +/- the snap grid. Is there anything I do wrong here?

    I would so like to have a quantise feature that gives me a “visible” clue of what it does.. i.e. a destructive quantise that can be set in tics. THAT would make a difference. Podium is so great to work with Midi (audio too!! 😉 ), but it lacks some good quantise features, or at least I didn’t get the gist of how to work with it.

    Please anybody? Andy idea how to humanize my drum sequences?

    Max

    August 5, 2006 at 11:22 #7247
    Zynewave
    Keymaster

    Been a while since I used this feature, so I just tested it to see it was still working. The amount of randomization is scaled according to note lengths. Anything above quarter notes are applied the full timing randomization. You probably have very short notes in your drum sequence.

    August 5, 2006 at 11:29 #7248
    Podianer
    Participant

    Yes, they are short. 1/8 length as average. Long notes aren’t useful for drums, because in fast songs they would overlap easily.

    August 5, 2006 at 13:02 #7249
    Podianer
    Participant

    So, any workaround?

    August 5, 2006 at 13:13 #7250
    Zynewave
    Keymaster

    So, any workaround?

    Not with the current implementation.

    I made the randomize timing option mainly to achieve variation with several tracks playing the same note sequence. This could be a violin section consisting of 12 solo violin tracks. If they play slow long notes then a large time randomization achieves a nice effect, whereas passages where they play short staccato notes would generally require more precise timing of the players.

    I don’t think this feature is suited to add humanization to drum tracks. For that it would probably be best if the plugin where to make the intelligent decisions, like e.g. the Jamstix plugin.

    August 5, 2006 at 13:18 #7251
    Podianer
    Participant

    Hm.. the sequence is programmed and not made with Jamstix.. All notes are exactly in time.. That sounds like a robot! 🙂

    Thanks for the explanation, Frits!

    Max

    January 27, 2008 at 22:30 #11632
    Podianer
    Participant

    I wanted to resurrect this thread because I feel it is time to give MIDI users a feature that is very important when working with midi drum tracks. Perhaps you find some spare time (ok, I know you won’t 😉 ) to implement a simple groove randomization. Best would be to have the possibility to dial in a certain percentage of quantize snap..

    Max

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