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  • Perf Tool Repetition Mode question (Concert Guitar)

    Hi

    I've just purchased the Concert Guitar and I don't quite understand one thing. I've read the manual which tells me that I can tell the Perf Tool what speed I want the repetions to happen at, but it doesn't tell me how. I don't see anything on the Repetions screen that looks like a command for this. Obviously I want the repetitions to follow the tempo of my sequence.

    Help please!

    Zoffmeister

  • Hello Zoffmeister,

    I posted these lines some time ago, maybe it's helpful for you:


    Repetition Mode

    Performance repetitions are „Phrase“ samples, where the musician played repetitions notes in a defined tempo and playing style.

    The repetition tool enables you, to have directly access to each single repetition out of this phrase. The instrument naming tells you the most important informations about this repetition:

    VI-14_leg-rep5_4-120

    Stac = performed as staccato articulation,
    “rep5” = there are 5 repetition notes
    4-120 = the tempo is 4th at BPM 120

    Each repetition is specially prepared.
    If it is a “rep5” phrase, than there are 5 prepared variations mapped.

    1st: starting with the start note (you hear 5 notes)
    2nd: starting with the second note (you hear 4 notes)
    3rd: starting with the 3rd note etc. (you hear 3 notes)
    etc

    Now this different starting variations are mapped to different keyswitches:

    C1 = triggerning the version with 5 notes
    C#1 = triggering the version with 4 notes
    D1 = triggering the version with 3 notes

    The basic concept of the algorythm is, that each note ON forces the tool to switch to the next keyswitch.

    That means, you can perform this repetitions faster than the original recording speed. You can’t perform it slower!
    This is important for your selection which repetition instrument you want to use.
    With the VI-14_leg-rep5_4-120 you can perform legato repetition quarters from BPM 120 up to 200 (300).

    You also perform exactly the same way, you would perform with normal multisamples, each keystroke is one note.
    If you hold the key too long, and you hear more than 1 note you are using the tool not in the way it was designed for.

    All repetition variations of a sample do have a little release tail of the previous note.
    The fade in of each part matches perfectly with the envelope release, so the parts are blending like a normal crossfade.
    So the repetition tool is a kind of "realtime midibased wav editing engine".

    Each performance repetition instrument you load into EXS should have already the right settings:

    The Matrix display is similar to the Alternation tool.
    Important is that in the first entry to the left the right numbers of repetitions have to be set.
    For VI-14_leg-rep5_4-120 all first entry are set to “5”

    In the matrix line you can enable or disable each part of the repetition.
    1 = enabled
    0 = disabled

    For example, you need 3 legato repetitions “taaa-taa-taaaa”
    You could setup the matrix like this: 1:0:0:1:1

    You play the first note = the first note of the repetition phrase is triggered
    Play the second note = the fourth note of the repetition pharse is triggered (the tool jumped form keyswitch c1 to d#1)
    Play the third note = the fifth note of the repetition pharse is triggered.

    The tool always goes linear (chromatically) through the keyswitches starting with the lowest keyswitch.

    You don’t have to think about the original mapped keyswitches – the tool is managing the keyswitches automatically.
    So you can use “keyswitches” for switching between the 12 matrix presets of the Repetition Tool.


    Important is also the “Release Time” slider:
    I described above, that the different parts of the repetitions should blend perfectly like you would work in wav editor using crossfades.
    Now it is impossible to perform on a keyboard repetitions on the same key without a pause between the different strokes.
    Therefore the algorythm does not send a Note OFF if you release OFF a key.
    The Note OFF is sent when you play the next key, so when you send the next Note ON.
    The release time slider enables you to define who long this “Note ON hold” should be.
    This depends on your playingstyle.

  • Thanks for the reply

    I'm not sure this answers my question. If I have an instrument with lets say 5 reps at 4-120bpm. How do I get the repetitions to play in time with my project which is 130bpm? Is it just a case of me hitting the key successively at the appropriate speed and the Repetion Tool takes care of which repetition notes are played? Is that what you mean by the tool not responding to note-off until the next note is struck?

    Zoffmeister

  • basically you are right, although depending on your input device it might be not easy to hit the key accurately - here you could adjust the note-ons in your sequencer. also you could record a repetition with lower speed and bring it to the intended bpm value in your midi editor.
    the performance tool takes care the next part of the repetition sample gets triggered correctly and you could also decide which repetition to use next working with the expanded view of the repetition mode editing the matrix
    christian

    and remember: only a CRAY can run an endless loop in just three seconds.