Swing eighth notes

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Swing eighth notes

10 years ago

Re: Swing eighth notes

Reply #1 – 10 years ago

Hi Yoshikazu,
I haven't looked to your particular problem because I'm going to suggest an easier way to achieve a swing approximation:
See:
https://forum.noteworthycomposer.com/?topic=2335.msg50038#msg50038

An example in practice - swinging along at 180bpm for 168 bars:

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!NoteWorthyComposerClip(2.75,Single)
|TimeSig|Signature:4/4
|Tempo|Base:Quarter Dotted|Tempo:180|Pos:7
|Rest|Dur:8th
|Bar|Style:LocalRepeatOpen
|Tempo|Base:Eighth Dotted|Tempo:180|Pos:-8
|Rest|Dur:8th
|Tempo|Base:Quarter Dotted|Tempo:180|Pos:7
|Rest|Dur:8th
|Tempo|Base:Eighth Dotted|Tempo:180|Pos:-8
|Rest|Dur:8th
|Tempo|Base:Quarter Dotted|Tempo:180|Pos:7
|Rest|Dur:8th
|Tempo|Base:Eighth Dotted|Tempo:180|Pos:-8
|Rest|Dur:8th
|Tempo|Base:Quarter Dotted|Tempo:180|Pos:7
|Rest|Dur:8th
|Tempo|Base:Eighth Dotted|Tempo:180|Pos:-8
|Rest|Dur:8th
|Tempo|Base:Quarter Dotted|Tempo:180|Pos:7
|Rest|Dur:8th
|Bar|Style:LocalRepeatClose|Repeat:168
!NoteWorthyComposerClip-End

Re: Swing eighth notes

Reply #2 – 10 years ago

Quote from: Yoshikazu – 10 years ago

How can I fix it?

Try:

Code: (nwc) [Select · Download]

!NoteWorthyComposerClip(2.75,Single)
|TimeSig|Signature:Common
|MPC|Controller:tempo|Style:Absolute|TimeRes:Quarter|SweepRes:1|Pt1:0,126|Pt2:1,125|Pt3:1,126|Pt4:1,125|Pos:-6
|Rest|Dur:8th
|MPC|Controller:tempo|Style:Absolute|TimeRes:Quarter|SweepRes:1|Pt1:0,252|Pt2:1,251|Pt3:1,252|Pt4:1,251|Pos:8
|Rest|Dur:8th
|Rest|Dur:8th
|Rest|Dur:8th
|Rest|Dur:8th
|Rest|Dur:8th
|Rest|Dur:8th
|Rest|Dur:8th
|Bar
!NoteWorthyComposerClip-End

Re: Swing eighth notes

Reply #3 – 10 years ago

I see the change, but why is it necessary?

Re: Swing eighth notes

Reply #4 – 10 years ago

Quote from: Lawrie Pardy – 10 years ago

I see the change, but why is it necessary?

I don't know. Arguably, it makes no sense to change the tempo to the tempo's current value, but more would need to be done to determine the current tempo than just looking at the prior offset within the MPC.

Pitch Bend is similar. In the following clip, the first MPC causes 2 events and the second MPC causes 3:

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!NoteWorthyComposerClip(2.75,Single)
|Instrument|Name:"Flute"|Patch:73|Trans:0|DynVel:10,30,45,60,75,92,108,127|Pos:10
|MPC|Controller:pitch|Style:Absolute|TimeRes:Quarter|SweepRes:32|Pt1:0,16383|Pt2:1,16383|Pt3:0,8192|Pos:6
|Note|Dur:Whole|Pos:0^
|Bar
|MPC|Controller:pitch|Style:Absolute|TimeRes:Quarter|SweepRes:32|Pt1:0,16383|Pt2:1,16352|Pt3:0,8192|Pos:6
|Note|Dur:Whole|Pos:0
!NoteWorthyComposerClip-End

Quote from: Midi2Mtx

MFile 1 2 192
MTrk
0 Meta Text "By <Name>"
0 Meta Copyright "Copyright \xc2\xa9 2015 <Name>"
0 Meta Copyright "All Rights Reserved"
0 Meta Text "Generated by NoteWorthy Composer"
0 Meta TrkEnd
TrkEnd
MTrk
0 Meta 0x21 00
0 Meta TrkName "Staff"
0 Par ch=1 c=7 v=127
0 Par ch=1 c=10 v=64
0 PrCh ch=1 p=73
0 Pb ch=1 v=16383
0 On ch=1 n=71 v=110
192 Pb ch=1 v=8192
768 Pb ch=1 v=16383
960 Pb ch=1 v=16352
960 Pb ch=1 v=8192
1488 On ch=1 n=71 v=0
1488 Meta TrkEnd
TrkEnd

Re: Swing eighth notes

Reply #5 – 10 years ago

Thanks a lot Lawrie and Rick!
Lawrie's way is great because it can be easily done
from overall tempo.
And yes, Rick's way did work even though I still don't
understand why!
I'm going to give amendments to older files by using
one of these methods.
Thanks again.