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Date: 30-Jan-03 @ 03:21 AM -
Grooves & Patterns Article
getting a lil dusty in here so I thought I'd throw one out there!
I was looking over the grooves & patterns article written by k and he mentions working in double time as in, twice the tempo of your track. Why would you want to do that? That is one sick article by the way... but for me it raises a lot of questions... What did others think of the article?
One thing I'm trying to wrap my head around is the difference between:
a) working in 2 different time signatures (one with 3 time feel and the other with 4) and having them 'play together' synchronizing at beats 12 or 15, or....
b) working in 1 time signature but writing sections of your rhythms in triplets and others in 4 time so the beats 'add up' to 12 or 16.
Working with my MPC I can't easily switch time signatures back and forth since doing so chops off the end of the bar if the change is from one longer to one shorter! So far my workaround is to run 2 sequences simultaneously, (one 3 time, one 4). My attempts to merge these 2 sequences have been unsuccessful. What happens is the imported midi gets 'requantized' to the current time signature losing its origianl feel.
matt