My Manuel is mailed, question before it arrives, Markers

Hesseman · Post by **Hesseman** » Thu Aug 25, 2005 12:12 pm

I just might be rambling on this
one, but here goes. There's this cool function that
allows you to "record hits" in the marker window,
which turns your MIDI controler into a marker placer
as the song is scrolling, by hitting any key. COOL!
So when I was done placing my markers, they weren't
snapped to my grid, just placed where I hit my
keyboard. No problem, but then I was like "Ok now I
want them aligned with my gird, so they are in time."
Well when I started moving them, they moved in even
increments of where ever they were created, not with
my grid though. So then I held down my apple button
to turn my grid off so I could slide them closer, but
to get them right on the money was a pain in the ass.
I figure their must be a way to snap your marker onto
your grid more easy than all this... is there? And
not having to open your marker window and manually
type in the measure number?? Thanks you so much
Your converted DP friend

FM · Post by FM » Thu Aug 25, 2005 12:18 pm

what a coincidence!

my Pedro and my Juan are also in the mail!!!

sorry... couldn't resist...

FM

FM is just an accident waiting to happen.

Hesseman · Post by **Hesseman** » Thu Aug 25, 2005 12:42 pm

Oh jees, I need a spell checker installed to my brain

heheh, that was funny though

YouTube · Post by **James Steele** » Thu Aug 25, 2005 12:43 pm

FM wrote:what a coincidence!

my Pedro and my Juan are also in the mail!!!

sorry... couldn't resist...

Great. I'm waiting now for the first complaint that you're "insensitive." Oh brother...

Jaime Steele
Nacion de Unicornio

Shooshie · Post by **Shooshie** » Thu Aug 25, 2005 1:14 pm

Basically, you're asking for the ability to quantize markers. I'm sad to say that I do not know of any way to do that, and it's something I've needed many times, just like you. The Record Hits command is still useful, as it gets you in the ballpark of where you want the marker, but to get it exact, you still have to tab through them and type the position. It's not that hard to do when the positions are always on 000. What I learned is to make my hits just a little bit late. Then I'm only typing zeros. If it's early, you have to type the next measure number. I'm assuming you're using barlines as your time measurement.

It would be nice if MOTU gave us the ability to quantize markers, or at least made them "snap" to the beat when desired. But not at the loss of current functionality. Sucks having to accommodate so many different ways of working, but that's what MOTU has always been good at--giving you options. Ask them. They might get around to it.

Shooshie

Shooshie · Post by **Shooshie** » Thu Aug 25, 2005 1:15 pm

James Steele wrote:
FM wrote:what a coincidence!

my Pedro and my Juan are also in the mail!!!

sorry... couldn't resist...
Great. I'm waiting now for the first complaint that you're "insensitive." Oh brother...

Jaime Steele
Nacion de Unicornio

Oh, indeed. FM's insensitive. I hit him over the head with a 2x4, and he doesn't feel a thing.

Shooshie

FM · Post by FM » Thu Aug 25, 2005 1:36 pm

James Steele wrote:
FM wrote:what a coincidence!

my Pedro and my Juan are also in the mail!!!

sorry... couldn't resist...
Great. I'm waiting now for the first complaint that you're "insensitive." Oh brother...

Jaime Steele
Nacion de Unicornio

well, i AM of latin american origin so if any of my peeps gets a little hot around the collar all i have to say is :

"tranquilo compay, nada mas estoy bromeando"

or i should just go back to Charm School.

in other words, no offense intended, just being a wise ass as usual.

"Oh, indeed. FM's insensitive. I hit him over the head with a 2x4, and he doesn't feel a thing.

Shooshie"

and Shooshie... that is so not true... i do feel it... it tickles...

peace!

FM

FM is a puny pundit parading his Papist perspective.

musicarteca · Post by **musicarteca** » Thu Aug 25, 2005 6:37 pm

FM wrote: well, i AM of latin american origin

So... FM stands for Francisco Martinez!!!

FM · Post by FM » Fri Aug 26, 2005 7:48 am

musicarteca wrote:
FM wrote: well, i AM of latin american origin
So... FM stands for Francisco Martinez!!!

FM

merrek · Post by **merrek** » Fri Aug 26, 2005 8:43 am

You can quantize markers with the Quantize command:

Simply choose "Custom" from the Quantize command's "What to Quantize" pop-up menu and enable the "Marker" option.

fontane · Post by **fontane** » Fri Aug 26, 2005 9:37 pm

merrek wrote:You can quantize markers with the Quantize command:

Simply choose "Custom" from the Quantize command's "What to Quantize" pop-up menu and enable the "Marker" option.

thats pretty cool

MIDI Life Crisis · Post by **MIDI Life Crisis** » Fri Aug 26, 2005 10:01 pm

I think the proper protocol would have been to refer him to the page # in the manual. If we post too many actual pictures from the manual, the freeloaders can harvest them. Next thing you know, poof, there's a PDF version on the www!

Shooshie · Post by **Shooshie** » Fri Aug 26, 2005 10:19 pm

You can quantize markers with the Quantize command:

Simply choose "Custom" from the Quantize command's "What to Quantize" pop-up menu and enable the "Marker" option.

Doh! I've even used that before! Funny how we forget. Er.... at least, how *I* forget.

Shooshie

art bain · Post by **art bain** » Sat Aug 27, 2005 9:00 pm

You can also drag markers in the tracks window. Grab 'em with the mouse & they will snap to the nearest grid line.

Gibble · Post by **Gibble** » Sun Aug 28, 2005 4:22 am

MIDI Life Crisis wrote:I think the proper protocol would have been to refer him to the page # in the manual. If we post too many actual pictures from the manual, the freeloaders can harvest them. Next thing you know, poof, there's a PDF version on the www!

I quite agree with Shooshie on this, however if you look at the reason for the original post, the "Manuel" is in the mail, giving a page number does not solve the problem.

And besides, with as large a manual as DP's I don't think posting a portion of a page is going to lead to a 'harvested' manual.

Cheers

MOTUnation.com

My Manuel is mailed, question before it arrives, Markers

My Manuel is mailed, question before it arrives, Markers

Well, maybe not this time.