Absolutely correct! User definable controllers in the MPC dialogue would allow for Portamento (CC65),extended Pitch Bend (CCs 100, 101) and many other useful controllers like CC121 (Reset All Controllers).
Here is an example of a Pitch Bend of 2 octave range in a MIDI file of mine.. (Trumpet in the concluding measures) http://dl.dropbox.com/u/3449356/Fallout.mp3 Had to be done in a sequencer - couldn't be done in NWC.
It's not really that NWC doesn't "supports" the controller 65. It just doesn't have it available for users to select in the notation properties menu. A simple solution would be to add a custom controller option and let users define that controller.
an example would be "MPC|Controller:#65|Pt1:127,32|Pos:9."
These 2 midis were made using Sonar4 cakewalk. Note the "laserish" sharp synth effect in the beginning of each song. Is that extended pitch bending down or there are some other controllers involved? Can someone please try and duplicate that effect in NWC
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NWC (as of the Version 2.5.4 Beta) does not support RPN's (Registered Parameter Numbers). Without RPN support, Pitch Bends on GM (General MIDI) compliant synths are limited to ±2 semitones.
I get it now. This is exclusively a XG effect. The author of these two midis kept telling me it's the Portamento Controller for XG. So the question is now this: does NWC support XG controllers?
Portamento means a sliding effect between two different, slightly overlapping notes. The portamento controller event sets the rate at which portamento slides the pitch. The effect has to be switched on by the controller event number 65 (Portamento) before.
The example "portamento_time.mid" sets the effect to the values 0, 32, 64, 96 and 124. respectively.
The controller number 37 is reserved for a fine portamento time adjustment, but the PSR-8000 ignores this. "
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Portamento
Number: 65
Wether the portamento effect is on (parameter value 64 - 127) or off (0 - 63). This effect is used to activate and deactivate the portamento time controller, which is set by the controller event number 5, look at this section.
This must mean that the controller#65 must be switched on before the PortamentoTime #5 would do anything. Is there a way to manually select a controller number and set its value?
Have you looked at gliss.nwc, found in nwc-scriptorium.org? An octave jump is created by having a part fade in, go up four semitones, and fade out while another hidden staff is sliding during the first stave's fade, leapfrogging. You will need to check out the hidden staves to see how it works.
Wow, I'm amazed and confused at the sametime. He didn't even need to use notation properties? In addition, the entire bar is on mute. How do you see hidden staffs?
Is there a way to extend the range of the pitch bending values/range? I've been reading some info. on midi controllers and it seems you can by adjusting the Registered Parameter Number (RPN) http://home.roadrunner.com/~jgglatt/tech/midispec/rpn.htm
If anyone knows any tricks on extending the range of pitch bending, please enlighten me!
-_-., all it does is add 3rd 5th or 7th to a tonic note. I thought it can actually generate chords based on the highlighted melodies. Can you make another script that can read a set of melodies and tell you what scale and key it is in?
So called "install" font is just a fancier way of saying "drag your font file into the window font folder."
I do currently have a problem though. Everytime when I start NWC2.5, I get an error saying that the font is missing, but if I restart NWC, it's fine. This only occurs when I start NWC2.5 after system booting. It seems that the fonts are not loaded until initially, could it be my startup config?
If all else fails, simply Google for "weeds general midi soundfont v3.0"... you'll find it all over the Internet, as well as folks discussing it. In any case, the piano preset is suberb IMHO
that soundfont is awesome , it's great for making videogame music. But if you're just doing piano stuff, almost anything font will do
NWC 1.7 worked wonders with its transposition feature for staff, but now I just got 2.5 and it no longer works. Also, highlighting is a lot slower, and I miss the insert instrument by GM numbers instead of instr. tree. Can I have my money back?
Update: transposition works, but you have to set a new instrument to get the effect.
, it's great for making videogame music. But if you're just doing piano stuff, almost anything font will do