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Figure 48-33: Move releases to closest attack.
Extend releases (to the closest attack)
The duration of each note in the selected region is
extended until it ends at the same time as the next
note begins. This is very similar to the Move
releases to the closest attack option but the
durations of all notes are guaranteed to increase
since the release is always moved forward in time.
Any notes which end after the last note in the
selected region begins are left unmodified.
This option creates a legato effect, where the notes
follow each other smoothly and without a gap.
Figure 48-34: Extend releases to closest attack.
Extend Releases sub-options
Use these sub-options to extend releases and still
preserve rests in a region. If both sub-options are
checked, each note in the region is analyzed and
the option that results in the smallest duration
increase is used. Try using these options after
quantizing attacks and releases to improve the
notational display of the notes. Doing so adjusts
the durations of notes that were not played in a
legato style. For best results, experiment with
different values. A good setting to start with is
100%.
Randomize
The randomize option allows you to randomize
durations within a range of the current duration,
which you specify in the box provided. This range
can be specified as an absolute number of ticks, or
by a percentage of the current duration. The
emphasis sub-option causes the tendency of the
randomization to be higher or lower within the
specified range. Thus, if you wish to randomize the
durations within a certain range, but you wish
them to tend to be longer, use a positive emphasis;
use a negative emphasis if you wish them to tend to
be shorter. A value of zero equals no emphasis,
which causes the randomization to occur evenly
within the range.
Note that the randomize option is a check box,
which means that it can be selected together with
one of the radio button options above. This allows
you to randomize at the same time as executing
one of the other Change Duration options.
Hints
Some drum machines cannot receive dense bursts
of MIDI data; they will often miss data altogether,
causing drop-outs and other perplexing problems.
Since the durations of drum machine events tend
to be very short, the note releases tend to follow the
attacks very quickly resulting in a very high data
density. A problem also arises with Step Record:
the release for each note is sent immediately before
the attack of the next note. One way to improve the
situation is to delay the note releases (most drum
machines ignore these anyway since their note
events have such short decays) by making the note
durations longer. Use the Change Duration
command to set the durations of these note events
to a value somewhere around 10 to 20 ticks.
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