I was pretty excited to see the keyboard mapping starting to make it's way into Doggiebox myself. But I think that it's still a little while before we could actually tap something in time like a drum machine. right? Still psyched tho. Happy tapping. Dan Walsh ============================================ ================ From: Carl Edlund Anderson <cea@carlaz.com> Date: 2004/03/09 Tue AM 11:25:09 EST To: Doggiebox <doggiebox@lists.zygoat.ca> Subject: [Doggiebox] (recent features) Ben Kennedy wrote:
On 02 3 2004 at 5:11 am -0500, Carl Edlund Anderson wrote:
and I start to wonder whether you can drag pre-definied sections from one open song file to another?
You sure can! I forget whether I mentioned that specifically in the release notes or not, but it's there. (You can also copy and paste.)
So I suppose that means I could create a song file that simply held all the patterns that I wanted to reuse, or it opens the way to a dedicated "pattern library" as part of the interface ....? Ben Kennedy wrote:
And finally, a new (old?!) feature: using keyboard shortcuts for selecting drums finally works. To take advantage, open a drum kit file and assign some key shortcuts to the drums in the drum kit editor. Then, while editing a song, pressing the corresponding key will select the appropriate drum (or cycle through, if the same key is assigned to several drums).
Ooooh, that's cool. I remember having a devil of a time trying to figure out the correct timing for something that I could tap on my knee without trouble but couldn't get entered into DB's editor without major brain strain (for my brain, anyway :) This should make such things easier :) Cheers, Carl -- Carl Edlund Anderson http://www.carlaz.com/ ------------------------------------------------------------- ------------ Zygoat Doggiebox discussion list - <http://www.doggiebox.com> To unsubscribe, view archives or change your options: <http://lists.zygoat.ca/mailman/listinfo/doggiebox> ============================================ ================
dpwalsh6@cox.net wrote:
I was pretty excited to see the keyboard mapping starting to make it's way into Doggiebox myself. But I think that it's still a little while before we could actually tap something in time like a drum machine. right? Still psyched tho. Happy tapping.
Ah well, it's still good to see. I haven't got kb shortcuts entered into my primary local kit, so I haven't played with it yet anyway! I did finally manage to fire up the new beta version late last night and play with the new layout stuff very briefly. Having already read a lot on the list about how it works, I had no trouble getting into it (for some reason, getting section/layout part names highlighted for renaming defeated me at first, though clearly I wasn't clicking ferociously enough -- I had a brainfailure coping with that in the older version too ....). I'm keen to start pulling apart one of my old songs and try reassembling it in the new format to see how it goes. I remember running into all sorts of trouble trying to repeat sections before by copying and pasting and getting out of sync in the process (and deciding I wanted to change the hi-hat sound or something at some late stage of editing and having to go tweak a bazillion entries), and so the new editing approach looks very good to me so far! A quick look at the kit editor and everything looked pretty much the same to me, though I need to crack open my ns_kit7 samples and start playing around -- I'll assign kb shortcuts this time :) BTW, if anyone knows good sources for downloadable percussion samples at reasonable prices that would be handy. Lots of places seem to sell CDs packed with lots of things I don't need in formats that I can't read for vast piles of money, though there seem to be some (and increasing number, I hope) of places that seem to offer smaller selections for download at relatively modest prices -- a situation that suits the small-time Doggieboxer's situation better. Still, there seems to be a vast reluctance for anyone to actually give any details on what samples they're selling! But I'm keen to fill out my "world percussion" options, which I think will really start to come into its own when we eventually hit 1.2 with the plans for the expandable drum grid and support for multiple kits. There are lots of great online resources that spell out basic rhythm patterns that I could enter into Doggiebox notation as easily as from reading any other drum tab :) Cheers, Carl -- Carl Edlund Anderson http://www.carlaz.com/
I'm catching up on some old mail here, after having been away for a week (and being busy before that!)... On 10 3 2004 at 5:45 am -0500, Carl Edlund Anderson wrote:
(for some reason, getting section/layout part names highlighted for renaming defeated me at first, though clearly I wasn't clicking ferociously enough
You can also hit Return while the list has input focus and a row is hilited.
A quick look at the kit editor and everything looked pretty much the same to me, though I need to crack open my ns_kit7 samples and start playing around -- I'll assign kb shortcuts this time :)
Shortly I'm going to start working on that "recipe" thing we've been discussing here a bit in the past. It's becoming clear to me that such a mechanism will be a huge boon to integrating samples from external sources (ns_kit, garageband, ...)
BTW, if anyone knows good sources for downloadable percussion samples at reasonable prices that would be handy.
I just picked up a Computer Music (I think? I forget offhand) mag which had a couple CDs attached, one of which was purportedly full of hundreds of megs of royalty-free instrument samples (incl an acoustic drum kit). I'm going to peruse that shortly for new kit fodder. -ben -- Ben Kennedy, chief magician zygoat creative technical services 613-228-3392 | 1-866-466-4628 http://www.zygoat.ca
Ben Kennedy wrote:
I just picked up a Computer Music (I think? I forget offhand) mag which had a couple CDs attached, one of which was purportedly full of hundreds of megs of royalty-free instrument samples (incl an acoustic drum kit). I'm going to peruse that shortly for new kit fodder.
Ooo, good idea. I have to pass through a big bookshop later today anyway, so I think I'll see if there are any computer music rags with free toys on disc attached! Cheers, Carl -- Carl Edlund Anderson http://www.carlaz.com/
anyone have some basic advice on how to put fills together? any links would be helpful. thanks. George On Thursday, April 1, 2004, at 01:15 AM, Carl Edlund Anderson wrote:
Ben Kennedy wrote:
I just picked up a Computer Music (I think? I forget offhand) mag which had a couple CDs attached, one of which was purportedly full of hundreds of megs of royalty-free instrument samples (incl an acoustic drum kit). I'm going to peruse that shortly for new kit fodder.
Ooo, good idea. I have to pass through a big bookshop later today anyway, so I think I'll see if there are any computer music rags with free toys on disc attached!
Cheers, Carl
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