Doggiebox January 2005

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5 discussions

MIDI Interaction with Roland SPD-S
by Chris Wicklas 21 Jul '05

21 Jul '05

Hi Everybody, I have read through past posts and haven¹t been able to find an answer to my question. I¹m curious to know if there is a way for me have a Roland SPD-S control the start/stop of patterns in DB. I am just a beginner when it comes to MIDI, so forgive me if this is a simple question. Let me explain. I am using DB as a click to play along with live. I created sections for each of my band¹s songs. Each section consists of a 1 bar phrase that loops with the song¹s tempo... In essence, a database of songs and tempos. When we play live, I create a playlist to mirror our set list of the songs from the sections list. I can then easily start/stop the click for each song by hitting the space bar on my Powerbook and then the down arrow to move on to the next song. This works pretty well, but it would work even better if I could figure out a way to control the start/stop, or maybe even the moving on to the next pattern from the Roland via a foot switch or extra pad. Is this possible? Or is there a way to connect a foot switch directly to the Powerbook which would do the same thing? The Roland is currently connected to a 1ghz Titanium Powerbook via a USB to MIDI controller. I can succussfully use the Roland to record drum parts in GarageBand, so I know the connection works. I haven¹t tried it in DB yet. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance, Chris -- "If you can't hear me, it's because I'm in parentheses." - Steven Wright Visit me on the web -- http://www.thedrummist.com

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Hello All
by Scott Kerr 13 Feb '05

13 Feb '05

hey there, I'm new to the list, just thought I'd say hello. So far, so good since I bought Doggiebox. I'm extremely happy with it, BUT... lol I have a question or 2; Any Ideas on 1/4 note triplets, or do you do it the 'hard' way and create an odd-time measure with a different tempo to approximate it? Also, how about other odd-time groupings like 5:4, 7:4, etc... Does one pretty much do the same thing? Last Question, anyone have any ideas on approximating a 'swung' feel? At any rate, here's my site, http://www.guitarius.net and in particular, here's my link to my newest tunes (2005) All done with doggiebox, so check it out, and lemme know what you think... http://homepage.mac.com/scottkerr1/FileSharing6.html Thanks for your time, happy drumming...

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doggiebox -> reason
by Eric Davila 03 Feb '05

03 Feb '05

newbie question!! anyone have any experience/tips/tricks for loading doggiebox drum MIDI into reason's drum computer? it is fairly easy to load the MIDI file, and it seems like some of the drums even load up, but it seems to be doing strange things like muting drums where it would be triggering them and such. i love the doggiebox sequencing interface, but would like some more control over the final sound. -eric

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Re: Hello All
by Sion Morris 31 Jan '05

31 Jan '05

Hi Scott Excellent guitar playing especially all the complicated soloing - those trills are unbelievably fast! Listened to Fuzzwhackmfer and The Crux and agree with Mike that you might get some good results from some other kits. My fave is David Holloway's second 70's Ludwig kit (downloadable from the doggiebox site: http://www.doggiebox.com/library/dbkits/70sLudwigKit_vII.zip). Its got a really good 'live drummer sound. and its a classic rock beat-up kit which would suit your sound well I think. All the best with your recording anyway Cheers Sion > hey there, I'm new to the list, just thought I'd say hello. > > So far, so good since I bought Doggiebox. I'm extremely happy with it, > BUT... lol > > I have a question or 2; Any Ideas on 1/4 note triplets, or do you do > it the 'hard' way and create an odd-time measure with a different > tempo to approximate it? > Also, how about other odd-time groupings like 5:4, 7:4, etc... Does > one pretty much do the same thing? > Last Question, anyone have any ideas on approximating a 'swung' feel? > > At any rate, here's my site, http://www.guitarius.net and in > particular, here's my link to my newest tunes (2005) All done with > doggiebox, so check it out, and lemme know what you think... > http://homepage.mac.com/scottkerr1/FileSharing6.html > > Thanks for your time, happy drumming...

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Happy new year, with 1E6
by Ben Kennedy 25 Jan '05

25 Jan '05

Hey all, Happy 2005. A new interim beta build is available here: <http://www.doggiebox.com/distribution/Doggiebox-1E6.tbz> Here's the deal since the last build: • Selection highlighting in the pattern editor now works on a beat- subdivision granularity: - Mousing in a bar's header area provides a triangle cursor which when clicked will select the beat subdivision below it. - Double-clicking in the header area (or in the drum grid between beats) will select the entire bar. - Contiguous regions can be selected by holding the shift key. - Individual divisions may be toggled by holding the command key. • Copying/pasting bars will include only the selected beats (remainder of bar will be filled with rests). This will shortly be improved so that only the beats themselves will be copied. • Improved robustness of MIDI Clock tempo control so that response should be more solid and tempo slider should not wiggle. (Please report conditions under which you find it still does; for example, playing a nominally 140bpm passage with a 150bpm clock seems to cause oscillation between 105-107% on the slider.) • Temporary "Carlpatrick" diagnostic warning on nil drum event detection. This will raise an alert dialog in certain circumstances where empty drums are found in a pattern. Under normal operation this should never occur, so this is an effort to help track down why it does. Please report if you ever see this alert, and describe the circumstances that led up to it. (Named after Patrick and Carl who have both reported symptoms previously :) Next up, I hope to make some actual progress with pasting beats within bars and so on. -ben -- Ben Kennedy, chief magician zygoat creative technical services 613-228-3392 | 1-866-466-4628 http://www.zygoat.ca

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