MidiPatterns User Manual
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1. Stop Active Sensing Reset xx x K x X XIX XXX X X KK XxX X XK MidiPatterns User Manual Version 1 0 0 152. M d Patterns user manual version 1 0 0 Copyright 2012 Amedeo Farello Ali rights reserved MidiPatterns User Manual Version 1 0 0 Table of contents eg pr 3 e GEL OS sare cette APP en uo 3 ln e Stane aba l na 3 GOL A 4 Instrument Ma Deus li akla e a a l pa d lad 4 Cl ee a ai a al A m ni 4 BO Lira e b aa DUR 4 e e 4 Tack edi 4 e 5 00057 Re ee ee a a aa ap ee casos negate RI LI LU BOYL e 5 O ru o A amaca a a cana 5 DETAUITCOCUMMGMIME sie alada 5795957 5 S 0 5 US ACS a a A do A d di 6 MG IMOGS m DL a o 1 e 7 The mu te Sesolo DUO Sia aaa 7 ne trans Dort EL OR Sierra laica 7 IZ e e e ii KL MY SR e MA a eee 7 The IAStruments MOLES TOWS sarsan Kina bay olana 8 The pattern properties editor Kanma ala Aaaa da lll al lan dk 9 Tre paterns Selectos m alel lal mii 9 ihho nodulanon e do a in dieta 10 Ilin e e a e ge e am nu eee 11 MIDI Manageme ME a aad b a n d b 13 Devices channels and tracks V VS s s s s s narn ana nar aaa yaaa adaya sadas 13 HHDOL RU L s 13 EXPORTA PE RM YAYA 13 MIDI e e e e e TL 14 MIDI implementation adaya sanan 14 MidiPatterns User Manual Version 1 0 0 2 Introduction Features MidiPatterns is a multitrack patt
3. This is a typical MidiPatterns window The control panel located at the bottom contains 1 the mode selector 2 the mute amp solo buttons 3 the transport buttons The score occupies the main part of the window and contains 4 the track headers 5 the instruments notes rows The patterns panel is located at the right end and contains 6 the pattern properties editor 7 the patterns selector Accordingly to the currently selected mode the lower space of the score might host 8 the modulation editor or 9 the song editor MidiPatterns User Manual Version 1 0 0 6 The mode selector mn yam In pattern mode which is the initial mode when you start MidiPatterns for the first time the score fills the entire space available Click the modulation or song selectors to show the corresponding editors at the bottom of the window MidiPatterns remembers the mode that is in use when you save a document and restores it when you reopen that document The mute 6 solo buttons a The mute switch is shown in red when at least one of the M Switches in the instruments notes rows or tracks headers is on That is if at least one MIDI note in a track or an entire track is muted If no M switch is active pressing the mute switch activates all individual instrument note rows switches but not those belonging to the tracks headers Otherwise any active M switch is deactivated The
4. disable switch near the mute switch is enabled only when the mute switch is on You can use it to switch between the muted and unmuted state without changing the current mute configuration The solo and S switches behave in an analogous way except that the color used to indicate the solo state is green The transport buttons I lt II gt bl These are the usual buttons to start stop and pause the sequence playback You can also use the space bar on your Macintosh keyboard to start playback Pressing the space bar during playback puts MidiPattern in pause until you press it again To completely stop playback press alt and the space bar togheter The lt and gt buttons behave differently according to the current mode When in pattern or modulation mode they select the previous or the next pattern in the list if any VVhen in song mode and with MidiPatterns in stop state they jump to the first or last step of the song The track headers Roland GS Each track header contains 1 the track name with percussive and chromatic tracks right clicking on the track name will open a menu with commands to delete or duplicate the track a Visible Range submenu allows to define in detail which instruments or notes are to be shown for the metronome track the menu will snow a menu containing the available instruments for the chosen bank MidiPatterns User Manual
5. Version 1 0 0 7 and set use the New Percussive Track or New Chromatic Track commands of Edit menu to add new tracks 2 a collapse expand arrow click it to show or hide the instrument note rows belonging to the track 3 a mute M switch when this switch is on red the corresponding track is inaudible an active mute svvitch could be grayed if for some reason its state is superseded by other settings for instance the state of the mute enable switch in the control panel 4 a solo S switch when this switch is on green only tracks in this state are audible an active solo svvitch could be grayed if for some reason its state is superseded by other settings for instance the state of the solo enable svvitch in the control panel or the M svvitch of the track 5 a track type symbol MS for percussive tracks for chromatic tracks and for the metronome track 6 a MIDI devices menu containing all available or referenced output devices the menu shows the currentiy selected device for the track if that device is unavailable offline will appear next to its name this menu is disabled during playback 7 a MIDI channels menu some channels in this menu could be grayed if they are already in use by other tracks 8 an instrument maps menu 9 a banks menu containing the available instrument banks for the chosen map 10 a patches menu containing the available instruments for the chosen b
6. from 1 to 24 quarters per pattern qpp from 1 to 9 Since the number of beats in a pattern is the product between the bpg and the gpp values a pattern can have a number of beats comprised between 1 and 216 Song step A song step is made by a reference to a pattern and the number of times the pattern must be repeated Song A song is a sequence of song steps There s one and only song in a MidiPattern document Default document If you are repeatedly working on the same document each time you open MidiPatterns you may find the Choose Default Document command of the File menu useful It will simply load that document when you launch the application instead of just creating a new empty one If you change your mind use the Cancel Default Document command MidiPatterns User Manual Version 1 0 0 User interface MidiPatterns 1 0 example Metronome Driver Bus 1 16 Roland GS GS Standard Track 1 vv x Driver IAC Bus 1 ch 10 General MIDI GM Standard Acoustic Bass Drum a Side Stick a Cif aa aaa mala Close Hi Hat uu a sm Em ER ER EE Open Hi Hat High Floor Tom 4 LILI LJE Ride Cymbal 2 Covvbell Hi Bongo High Timbale duration VON swing VON ie volume 11 chorus 10 pattern_7 4x4 120 4x4 0 120 7 pattern 4 1x4 0 120 4x4 0 120 9 pattern 6 4x4 Q 120 6 pattern 3 1x4 120 14 1x4 120 mute disable
7. the actual value is chosen randomly between them Near to each selector there is an on off switch whose state has meaning shown in the following table Property when switched on when switched off velocity a value randomly chosen between min and max is sent the maximum value is sent duration a value randomly chosen between min and max is sent the maximum value is sent probability the note may be sent or not according to probability the note is alvvays sent swing a random proportional anticipation or delay is applied no swing is applied volume a value randomly chosen between min and max is sent not sent MidiPatterns User Manual Version 1 0 0 10 Property when switched on when switched off reverb a value randomly chosen between min and max is sent not sent chorus a value randomly chosen between min and max is sent not sent attack a value randomly chosen between min and max is sent not sent decay a value randomly chosen between min and max is sent not sent release a value randomly chosen between min and max is sent not sent pan a value randomly chosen between min and max is sent not sent cutoff a value randomly chosen between min and max is sent not sent resonance a value randomly chosen between min and max is sent not sent Reset To Default A Sliders can be manipulated individually clicking and Copy dragging their endpoints vertically or just clicking to Paste set a
8. Concepts and User interface chapters MidiPatterns has a fevv sample mpn files embedded in it To save them on your computer please use the Extract Examples command of the File menu MIDI is a trademark of MIDI Manufacturers Association Roland is a trademark of Roland Corporation Yamaha XG Motif Rack are trademarks of Yamaha Corporation MidiPatterns User Manual Version 1 0 0 3 Concepts This section explains the terminology used in this manual Instrument map An instrument map describes the instruments banks and patches defined by a particular MIDI standard or extension and in case of percussive sounds also maps MIDI note numbers to instruments names MidiPatterns supports the GM General MIDI Roland GS Yamaha XG and Yamaha Motif Rack ES standards Score The score is the tool that MidiPatterns uses to build its seguences It s a grid where each row represents a MIDI note and each column represents a beat Each intersection between a row and a column can host an event Beat A beat or step represents a moment in time when an event can be fired Of course many events can share the same beat Event An event holds a single MIDI note that belongs to a beat Events have some user controllable properties e MIDI velocity range each time the event is fired velocity is randomly chosen within the user specified range velocity can span between 0 and 127 duration each time
9. merge them Merging means adding the events from the first pattern to the second overwriting them if necessary Finally you can drop a pattern over the song editor to add a new step to the song The Edit menu in the application menu bar contains commands to create a new empty pattern or to delete all existing patterns resetting the document to its default state The modulation editor The modulation editor allovvs the detailed control of event and track properties It contains A the properties selectors B the sliders panel C the editing buttons 1 14 N 123 4 5 6 The columns in the sliders panel are synchronized with the score and thus vary with the current pattern size and scroll position When an instrument note row is selected in the score a slider is shovvn for each existing event in the row The slider represents the values of the selected kind of property for the event or beat The properties selectors are colored differentiy to reflect the distinction between the properties that belong to each single event like velocity duration probability and swing from those shared by all the events belonging to the same beat of the same track like volume reverb chorus attack decay release pan cutoff and resonance Probability and swing have a single value while all the other properties have both a minimum and a maximum value Minimum and maximum can coincide but if they differ each time the event is sent
10. new position Apply Event Property To Current Note In Current Pattern You can also click and drag vvhile moving the mouse d si Mankeni E A horizontally to rapidly apply variations to several Apply Event Property To Current Note In All Patterns Apply Event Property To Current Track In All Patterns sliders at once Reset To Default Finally right click a column containing a slider to Copy B open a menu with various editing commands There Paste are different menus for event A and beat B related sliders Apply Modulation To Current Track In Current Pattern Apply Modulation To Current Track In All Patterns The editing buttons can be useful to collectively change all the sliders Increases both the minimum and maximum values Decreases both the minimum and maximum values Increases the maximum value and decreases the minimum value expands Decreases the maximum value and increases the minimum value compresses Randomly changes both the minimum and maximum values e gt e A mR Randomly changes the centroid of the bars The song editor The song editor allows you to assemble existing patterns into a song In a new document this editor is initially empty E m 7 5 patte 1x4 120 10 patte 4x4 d 120 6 patte 4x4 120 5 patte 1x4 120 m 3 m 2 m 2 3 8 2 E S R x a e E 14 patte 1x4 di 120 J k k MidiPatterns User Manu
11. physically connected to your computer through a USB port or a MIDI interface e MIDI hardware devices physically connected to another computer on your local ethernet or wireless network linked through a session of the network driver of the Audio MIDI Setup application e MIDI software devices installed on your computer e MIDI software devices installed on another computer on your local ethernet or wireless netvvork linked through a session of the netvvork driver of the Audio MIDI Setup application If you don t have any real or virtual MIDI device at hand you can activate one or more ports of the TAC Driver in the Audio MIDI Setup application Importing MIDI MidiPatterns can import MIDI files with the Import MIDI command from the File menu Please note that in the resulting MidiPatterns document the tracks layout will not necessarily reflect the original MIDI file layout This is because the import process uses MIDI channel numbers to determine how many tracks to create and gathers all messages sharing the same channel into the same MidiPatterns track As a consequence of this the maximum number of tracks resulting from a MIDI import is 16 plus the metronome track Exporting MIDI MidiPatterns can convert the current song into a MIDI file with the Export MIDI command from the File menu This command is available when the document contains at least one track beyond the metronome track Please note t
12. the event is fired duration is randomly chosen within the user specified range duration spans between 1 64 and 4 4 probability determines how many chances the note has of being actually generated swing controls the anticipation or delay relative to the exact beat timing the note is advanced or delayed by an amount randomly ranging from zero to swing 2 Track Tracks are used to gather notes that are intended to be sent to the same MIDI device on the same MIDI channel There are 3 types of tracks percussive meant to be used with sounds of indefinite pitch here each note actually represents a different instrument newly created documents initially contain an empty percussive track e chromatic meant to be used with tuned sounds metronome a MidiPatterns document always contains a metronome track which you cannot delete MidiPatterns User Manual Version 1 0 0 4 Each track refers to a specific instrument map and uses it to name its rows Fach beat in a track can send a number of MIDI control messages collectively called modulations to the corresponding device and channel Modulations include volume reverb chorus attack decay release pan cutoff and resonance Each value is randomly chosen each time within the user specified ranges Pattern A pattern is a sequence of beats steps It has properties like name e tempo expressed in beats per minute from 8 to 1000 e beats per quarter
13. which track they belong to a couple of strips indicate the minimum and maximum duration for the note when in pattern Paste Event At All Beats or modulation modes you can click an emtpy cell to insert an Paste Event At Quarters event or click on an existing event to remove it right click a cell to Paste Event Randomly open a menu with various editing commands use drag and drop to Delete Event move single events around Instrument note rows can be selected There can only be a single row selected at once and it s shown with thin white borders To select a row click it or use the up and down arrow keys on the keyboard The selected row determines the content of the modulation editor The pattern properties editor This panel shows the properties of the current pattern By clicking on the white items you can change the pattern s name tempo expressed in beats per minute the number of beats steps per quarter and the number of quarters in the pattern All properties can be modified only when MidiPatterns is in stop state except for the tempo value which can be changed during playback in pattern or modulation mode also using the and buttons which apply a 10 bpm variation Of course the tempo value cannot be changed when MidiPatterns is in MIDI slave mode that is when the Clock source setting in the MIDI Preferences dialog shows External MIDI Sync If this is the
14. al Version 1 0 0 11 To start building a song drag one pattern from the patterns selector and drop it on the song editor A new song step will appear shovving the properties of the pattern along with a number in the bottom showing the number of times the pattern will be repeated before passing to the next step during the song playback Double click a song step to open a window to change its number of repetitions The current step drawn in green is the step from which song playback will begin when you hit the start button To choose a different step just click on it Set repetitions Clicking also has the effect of selecting a step Selected steps have a thin white Cut border around them You can select more than a single step at once if you shift Copy click to extend selection or command click to add to or remove from selection Paste Insert before Right click a step to open a menu with various editing commands All available insert after commands apply to the currently selected steps only Duplicate Delete Select all MidiPatterns User Manual Version 1 0 0 12 MIDI Management Devices channels and tracks Since MidiPatterns is a MIDI sequencer it needs at least one active MIDI output device driver on your computer to function properly Otherwise although its interface is fully functional you won t be able hear anything The list of the available devices can be varied and include e MIDI hardware devices
15. ank 11 a volume control slider The instruments notes rows 1 23 4 5 Each instrument note row contains 1 the instrument note name click it to hear how this row sounds right Cut Events click it to open a menu with various editing commands for the events on ea the row Paste Events Merge Events 2 a mute M switch when this switch is on red the corresponding note Delete Events is inaudible an active mute switch could be grayed if for some reason its Shift Events Left state is superseded by other settings for instance the state of the mute Shift Events Right enable switch in the control panel or the M switch of the owner track 3 a solo S switch when this switch is on green only notes in this state are audible an active solo switch could be grayed if for some reason its state is superseded by other settings for instance the state of the solo enable switch in the control panel or the M or S switches of the owner track or the M switch of the row 4 a percussive instrument category image for percussive tracks or a piano key for chromatic tracks click it to hear how this row sounds drag and drop the image to move all the events belonging to the row to another row MidiPatterns User Manual Version 1 0 0 8 5 a series of cells one for each beat each potentially holding an Cut Event event events are represented as rectangles whose color changes e Event according to
16. case the clock source indicator turns from INT to EXT The patterns selector 12 3 4 750700 ES 10 11 12 Duplicate Clear Delete MidiPatterns User Manual Version 1 0 0 This panel shows all patterns defined in the current MidiPatterns document Patterns are represented as gray squares with a white identification number The current pattern is shown in green and its properties appear in the pattern properties editor while its events and related properties are shown in the score and inside the modulation editor if visible When in pattern or modulation mode pressing the play button will start repeating the current pattern indefinitely To select another pattern just click on it The tracks editor and the modulation editor if shown will change to reflect your choice If MidiPatterns is in playback the pattern will became active only when the current pattern has finished playing During this time the next pattern will be shown in orange and you can select another one You cannot change the current pattern while in song mode during playback Right click a pattern to open a menu with commands to duplicate delete or clear the pattern Clearing means removing all the currently defined events from the pattern To duplicate a pattern you can also drag and drop it on the empty space of the pattern selector If you drop the pattern upon another pattern you will be asked if you want to
17. ern oriented MIDI step seguencer It does not generate sounds by itself Its task is to send notes and control messages to any MIDI compatible hardware or software instrument You can use it as a simple drum machine or to handle complex multi timbral polyphonic scores controlling multiple software synthesizers and hardware expanders at once Its main features are multitrack virtually up to 32000 polyphonic MIDI tracks per document altough memory MIDI system capabilities and your sanity will probably lower that limit multiple MIDI devices support variable patterns size up to 32000 patterns per document powerful modulation capabilities sophisticated swing and randomizing capabilities to improve expressiveness e song mode MIDI files import and export MIDI clock master and slave options e powerful mute amp solo features e drag amp drop support MidiPatterns is a 32 64 bit Intel fat binary that runs on Mac OS X 10 6 6 Snovv Leopard and later versions Getting started If you are already using your computer with MIDI then you probabiy already have experience with sequencers so just press the gt button and start clicking the cells in the score to hear something You may want to return to this manual later to understand in detail what MidiPatterns has to offer If this is not the case review the MIDI management chapter first to make sure you will be able to hear something Then please read the
18. hat since MidiPatterns can address much more MIDI channels beyond the 16 available to a MIDI file the resulting MIDI file will contain the same number of tracks found in the MidiPatterns document but tracks addressing the same MIDI channel onto different devices will simply address the same channel For this reason if you plan to use this function you should probably limit the number of tracks in your MidiPatterns document to 16 metronome track excluded MidiPatterns User Manual Version 1 0 0 13 MIDI preferences Neg MIDI Preferences MIDI Synchronization Clock source Internal Driver IAC Bus 1 M Transmit MIDI clock Renoise MIDI In Y From device To device MIDI Remote Control From device Driver IAC Bus 1 g l On channel 6 g l arca JC oK CPU resources and MIDI traffic To open the MIDI preferences dialog select MIDI Preferences from the MidiPatterns menu The MIDI Synchronization section deals with MIDI clock messages If you want MidiPatterns to act as a MIDI clock master set Clock source to Internal activate Transmit MIDI clock and select a slave device between those listed by the To device menu MidiPatterns transmits start continue stop and clock messages Please note that if you don t use this feature you may want to turn off Transmit MIDI clock to avoid wasting If you want MidiPatterns to act as a MIDI clock slave se
19. t Clock source to External MIDI Sync and select a master device between those listed by the From device menu The MIDI Remote control section lets you choose the device and channel from which to receive control messages Please see the MIDI implementation reference section to learn which messages MidiPatterns responds to MIDI implementation reference Functions Transmitted Recognized Basic Channel 1 16 1 16 Note Number 0 127 X Channel Voice Note Off event X X Note On event O X Polyphonic Key Pressure X X Control Change 7 Channel Volume O X 10 Pan O X 0 pattern 14 Mode X 1 modulation 2 song 0 stop 15 Transport X 1 start 2 pause 16 Set Tempo MSB X 0 3 17 Set Tempo LSB X 0 127 87895 bpm 32 Set Pattern X 0 127 71 Harmonic Content O X MidiPatterns User Manual Version 1 0 0 14 Functions Transmitted Recognized 72 Release Time O X 73 Attack Time 74 Brightness 75 Decay Time 91 Reverb Depth 93 Chorus Depth Program Change Channel Pressure Pitch VVheel Change Channel Mode All Sound Off Reset All Controllers Local Control All Notes Off System Common System Exclusive MIDI Time Code Song Position Pointer Song Select Tune Request End of Exclusive System Real Time Clock Start Continue
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