Power Tools
Power Tools
Power Tools - AlterNote
AlterNote
DESCRIPTION: The AlterNote Tool is a programmable note mapper. Use it to convert any note to another note. For instance, set up AlterNote to convert all instances of the note C4 into the note D#2, and convert all C#4's into F3's.
In addition, you can give AlterNote a random facter for each note conversion, setting how frequently AlterNote should perform the conversion. For instance, set up AlterNote to convert C4 into D#2 only thirty percent of the time, leaving it as the original C4 seventy percent of the time.
*TIP* Although a strange feature at first glance. AlterNote's random factor can be very useful in drum tracks. For instance, if you have several snare sounds, AlterNote can randomly substitute one sound for another, creating a more dynamic interesting performance.
USAGE: PipeLine.
CONTROLS: AlterNote has three controls associated with it. The first two sliders set the original and converted values for each note:
Note Slider
Drag the Note slider to choose an input note. The AlterNote Tool randomly converts this note into the value set by the AlterNote slider.
*TIP* If you have a MIDI keyboard hooked up, set the note simply by playing
it into the PipeLine.
NOTE: AlterNote assign a set of two parameters to each note and displays these in the additional slider and button below. When you choose a note to edit, you are selecting the set of parameters that belong to only that one note.
AlterNote Slider
Drag the AlterNote slider to the destination note.
Frequency Slider
Drag the Frequency slider to set the percentage of time the original note is replaced by the second note. For example, with this slider at 33% the alternate note plays about one third of the time. For the remainder of the time, the original note plays.
NOTE: Each note may have a different Frequency.
Disk Menu
The Disk Menu provides three options: Load, Save, and Reset. The Load command loads in previously saved configurations of the AlterNote Tool. The Save command saves the current configuration of the AlterNote Tool. The Reset command resets the AlterNote Tool to its original state.
Display Menu
The Display Menu controls how AlterNote displays MIDI note names to the right of the Note: and AlterNote: sliders. Choose "Notes as... Bars & Pipes Names" to display MIDI notes as a range from C0 to C10. Choose "Notes as... MIDI Value Numbers" to display MIDI notes as their raw note numbers. Choose "Notes as...MIDI Standard Names" to display MIDI notes as a range from C-2 to C8.
Power Tools - AutoHarp
AutoHarp DESCRIPTION: AutoHarp is a simple input Tool that sends notes down the PipeLine quickly and easily with the clicking of the mouse. SPECIAL TYPE: Separate Screen. USAGE: PipeLine. CONTROLS: AutoHarp opens a control window in either the Barsss&Pamp;Pamp;Pipes Professional screen or its own, alternate screen. By default, AutoHarp opens on its own custom screen at the bottom of the Barsss&Pamp;Pamp;PIpes Professional screen. This allows you to keep the AutoHarp control window in a convenient place, even on double-width and double-height screens. AutoHarp contains several controls: the Little Keys, a Velocity On/Off Switch, a Velocity Up/Down Arrow, and a Television Switch. Little Keys Point the mouse over the Little Keys and press the left mouse button. While holding the left button down, drag the mouse to perform notes. AutoHarp send notes with every left/right mouse movement. Drag the mouse up or down to change the velocity of the notes. Velocity Switch-Velocity Arrow Click on the Velocity Switch to toggle automatic velocity selection by mouse location. If the Switch is Off (mouse doesn't dynamically set velocity), click down on the arrow and drag up or down to set the preset velocity. Television Switch Click on the Television Switch to transport the AutoHarp from its own custom screen to the Barsss&Pamp;Pamp;Pipes screen, and back.
Power Tools - Conductor
Conductor DESCRIPTION: Conductor converts note ons and note offs into user defined control changes. *TIP* Use conductor with Control #7 to mute a track by holding down a note, and numute it by releasing the note. Or, use it with Control #64 to convert notes into sustain messages. The possibilities are endless! USAGE: PipeLine, ToolPad. CONTROLS: The Conductor control window contains one button and several sliders: Note Value Slider Conductor assigns a unique MIDI Controller type and value for each MIDI note. Determine which note you'd like to work on by dragging the Value: slider. *TIP* If you have a MIDI keyboard hooked up, and can play a note into Conductor, and it automatically sets the Value: slider to that note. NOTE: Conductor assigns a set of five parameters to each note and displays these in the additional sliders and button below. When you choose a note to edit, you are selecting the set of parameters that belong to only that one note. Stop/Go Note Button Click on the Stop Note button to change it into a Go Note button, Conductor blocks the selected note value. When it is a Go Note button, Conductor passes the note through along with the defined control change. ON Sliders The ON sliders set the control change value to be sent for the Note On event (beginning of the note) determined by the Value: slider. If the On CC #: slider is set OFF, Conductor sends no control changes for a note on. Otherwise it sends a control change of the selected type, along with a data value set by the On Data: slider. OFF Sliders The OFF sliders are similar to the ON sliders, except that they set the control change value to be sent for the note off (end of the note) for the note set by the Value: slider. Maps Menu The Maps Menu provides three options: Load, Save, and Reset. The Load command loads in previously saved configurations of the Conductor Tool. The Save command saves the current configuration of the Conductor Tool. The Reset command resets the Conductor Tool to all Control Changes off, and all notes blocked. Display Menu The Display Menu controls how Conductor displays MIDI note names to the right of the Note: and AlterNote: sliders. Choose "Notes as... Bars & Pipes Names" to display MIDI notes as a range from C0 to C10. Choose "Notes as... MIDI Value Numbers" to display MIDI notes as their raw note numbers. Choose "Notes as...MIDI Standard Names" to display MIDI notes as a range from C-2 to C8.
Power Tools - ControlTime
ControlTime DESCRIPTION: ControlTime delays or advances in time any data sent through. The amount of time is controlled by a user set Control Change. This allows you to use, for instance, a modulation wheel to dynamically control the delay time of a Track. USAGE: PipeLine. CONTROLS: The ControlTime window has two controls and a graphic display. Control # Slider Drag the Control # slider to set the maximum time range for shifting events forward and backward in time. Max Clocks Slider Drag the Max Clocks slider to set the maximum time range for shifting events forward and backward in time. Graphic Display Bar The lower display bar shows the current status of the ControlTime Tool. It changes whenever a control change event of the type defined by the Control # slider goes through the Tool. To centre the ControlTime Tool (make No Time Change), send a data value of 64. Any data value above 64 causes the ControlTime Tool to delay events, up to a maximum delay set by the Max Clocks slider. Any data value 64 causes Control Time to advance events, up to maximum advance set by the Max Clocks slider.
Power Tools - DataBeep
DataBeep DESCRIPTION: DataBeep is a MIDI data viewer with a twist; it can flash the main screen to show the presence of any selected MIDI voice data type. This feature is helpful for finding those stray MIDI bugs that you know are there but don't want to take the time to LOOK for. *TIP* DataBeep's control window must be open for it to flash the screen. USAGE: PipeLine. CONTROLS: The DataBeep control window contains seven Display buttons, representing different MIDI voice types. The sceen flashes whenever a button is active and the respective MIDI event type is present. These buttons also serve as display locations for the data values. The Note On and Note Off buttons display the note value followed by the note velocity. The PolyAfter button displays the associated note value followed by the actual Poly Aftertouch value. the Control # button displays the control number followed by the control data. The remaining buttons simply show their corresponding data: Mono Aftertouch, Patch Change, and Pitch Bend. Window Menu Use the Change Orientation command under the Window Menu to alter the DataBeep's control window from an up and down orientation to a left and right orientation, and vice versa. Display Menu The "Notes as..." option in the Display Menu control how DataBeep displays MIDI note names in the Note On and Note Off buttons. Choose "Bars & Pipes Names" to display MIDI notes as a range from C0 to C10. Choose "MIDI Value Numbers" to display MIDI notes as their raw note numbers. Chose "MIDI Standard Names" to display MIDI notes as a range from C-2 to C8. The "Patches as..." option in the Display Menu controls how DataBeep displays MIDI patch change (program change) names in the PatchChng button. Choose 0-127 to display program changes as numbesr from, 0 to 127. Choose 1-128 to display program changes as numbers from 1 to 128. Choose 11-88 to display program changes as two banks, I and C, with numbers from 11-88. Edit Menu The Control Flash option in the Edit Menu controls which control change events cause the screen to flash when the Control # button is depressed. Choosing this option opens the Select requester. By default, all control numbers cause the screen to flash. To disable a particular control number from flashing the screen, drag the Control # slider in the Select requester to the control number value, and deactivate the flash Button. The Undo button resets the Select requester to its previous state before the current edit operation. The All button sets all control numbers to flash. The None buttons sets none of the control numbers to flash. Finally, the Exit button concludes the current operation, saving all edits.
Power Tools - Guitar String Filter
Guitar String Filter DESCRIPTION: The Guitar String Filter out notes that are tabulated to particular strings and within a fret range. SPECIAL TYPE: Branching. USAGE: PipeLine, ToolPad. CONTROLS: Guitar String Filter control window provides two sliders and several buttons. String Selection Buttons Highlight each of the six String Selection buttons to determine which guitar tablature strings Guitar String Filter filters notes from. The 1 button represents the "high E" (or whatever tuning you choose) string, while the 6 button represents the "low E". Other numbered buttons represent strings between these two strings. The Up Arrow button represents all notes that are transcribed above the "high E". The Down Arrow button represents all notes that are transcribed below the "low E". Fret Selection Sliders Drag these sliders to set the fret number reange. Set the low fret number with the Low fret: slider. Set the hig fret number with the High fret: slider. The Tool only filters notes tabulated on or between these two fret numbers, on strings selected by the String Selection buttons.
Power Tools - Not!!
Not!! DESCRIPTION: Not!! is a special note thinner that removes or branches notes on every other beat. SPECIAL TYPE: Branching. USAGE: PipeLine, ToolPad. CONTROLS: Not!! contains two buttons, one slider, and one note display. Back Beat button Toggle the Back Beat button to determine which beat Not!! starts removing or branching notes from. If the button is blue and displays "Back", the first beat is allowed through and the second beat is filtered. If the button is red and display "Up", the first beat is filtered. Note Resolution Slider Drag the Note Resolution slider to choose the beat that Not!! removes or branches note: from 1/64 note beat to one whole note beat. Dot button The Dot button allows Not!! to operate in a dotted note rhythm. For instance, for a dotted quarter note, choose 1/4 from the Note Resolution slider, and activate the Dot button. Note Display The Note Display shows a visual representation of the combined effect of the Back Beat button and Note Resolution slider. Grey notes indicate notes that Not!! allow through, while Black notes indicate notes that are Not!! filters or branches.
Power Tools - OffBeat
OffBeat DESCRIPTION: OffBeat changes the rhythmic character of a Track. OffBeat is not just another "feel" tool. OffBeat creates a new part altogether. OffBeat changes the rhythmic nature of a Track's performance by dynamically rearranging the note in a track by shifting them forwards or backwards in time and branching selected notes. The only way to truly understand what OffBeat can do for you is to place it into a prerecorded Track and experiment with it. SPECIAL TYPE: Branching. USAGE: PipeLine, ToolPad. CONTROLS: OffBeat has six sliders, one button, and a display. Filter Input Slider The Filter Input slider prevents notes entering OffBeat from returning to the PipeLine. Set the percentage of time this occurs by draggin this slider. For example, with this slider at 50% one half of the notes input to OffBeat get processed, the other half get thrown away. At 100% OffBeat becomes a plug, blocking all notes. Shift Value Slider Drag the Shift value slider to set amount of time to delay or advance shifted notes. Choose delay or advance values from 1/64 note to one whole note. Activate the "3" button for triplet notes. Drag the slider all the way to the right to set it to "same" if you do not want OffBeat to shift notes. *TIP* Set Shift Value to one half the value of most notes in the Track for best results. For example, if your Track contains mostly eighth notes, set Shift Value to 1/16, sixteenth notes. Late Early Slider Drag the Late Early slider to set the percentage of time that notes are advanced compared to the time they are delayed. For example, set the Late Early slider to 0% and notes will always be shifted Late, or behind the beat. At 100%, notes are always moved Early, or ahead of the beat. At 50%, notes may be moved either way in nearly even amounts. NOTE: Of course, one prerecorded events can be both advanced and delayed. Real time events can only be delayed, since they can't possibly be moved to a moment in time before you actually perform them on your MIDI input device. Shift Freq Slider Drag the Shift Freq slider to determine how often to shoft notes. At 0%, notes are never moved. At 100%, notes are always moved. Copy Input Slider OffBeat can create a duplicate of an input note to work on rather than the original. Drag the Copy Input slider to set the percentage of time that OffBeat duplicates the input note. All duplicates are sent out of OffBeat's branching output, when conneced to another Tool. Original notes which were copied are sent on down the PipeLine unaffected (except in the case of Forced Branching - see next). Force Branch Slider The Force Branch slider forces any non-branching note to be a branching note. Normally, all non-duplicated notes are non-branching. Drag this slider to 100% to branch all notes output from OffBeat. Make sure that OffBeat is connected to a Merge Tool on another Track. The OffBeat Display In the OffBeat control window, there is a display of the action that may result by using OffBeat with the current settings. The top line of the display depicts evenly spaced notes input to OffBeat. The bottom section represents possible output. Clicking anywhere on this display will recalculate OffBeat's actions and show another output possibility with the same settings. This feature can be very helpful in seeing the random actions OffBeat may take. The OffBeat Display does not change OffBeats effects. It displays different possibilities based on this sliders selections and inherent randomness of OffBeat.
Power Tools - Pandemonium
Pandemonium DESCRIPTION: Pandemonium sends out Random Control Change data with every note. Use it to provide random effects for every note by assigning any control change number. When set to Control Change #10, or pan, Pandemonium creates the effects of notes bouncing around in the stereo filed, a remarkably useful effect. In fact, this is primarily what Pandemonium was designed to do. USAGE: PipeLine, ToolPad. CONTROLS: Pandemonium has three sliders: Width, Center, and Control #. Width Slider Drag the Width Slider to determine the range of Pandemonium. This controls how much the control data can change. Center Slider Drag the Center slider to set the centre value of the random range. Pandemonium sends random data ranging from this Center value minus the Width value, up to the Center value plus the Width value. For example, a Wdith and Center setting of 64 each, the defaults, returns data within the 0-127 range. Setting of Width 64 and Center 0 returns data in the range of 0-64. NOTE: When the Width is set to 127, Center has no effect as the full range of 0-127 is always covered. Control # Slider Drag the Control # slider to set the Control Change number Pandemonium sends out.
Power Tools - PlayTime
PlayTime DESCRIPTION: PlayTime delays or advances in time any data sent through it by a predetermined user selectable amount. NOTE: Of course, only prerecorded events can be both advanced and delayed. Real time events can only be delayed, since they can't possibly be moved to a moment in tim before you actually perform them on your MIDI input device. USAGE: PipeLine, ToolPad. CONTROLS: PlayTime has a slider, two buttons and a pop-up menu. PlayTime Slider Use the PlayTime slider to set the delay or advance time to any value from 0 (no delay or advance) to 1.00.00, a whole note. PopUp Button There is a PopUp button at the location of the PlayTime time display to the right. Click here to bring up a menu containing standard notes for selection as the PlayTime. Triplet button Use the triplet "3" button to switch PlayTime into or out of triplet mode (this munltiplies the PlayTime by 2/3). Early/Late button Use the Early/Late toggle button to switch PlayTime between advance, or Early mode, and delay, or Late mode. NOTE: Early Times greater than one eighth notes, about 100 clocks (0.00.100) do not work well in the PipeLine. These longer Early times work fine while using this tool as a PadEdit Tool.
Power Tools - PolyGraph
PolyGraph DESCRIPTION: PolyGraph is a diagnostic tool that finds locations in a track that have more notes playing at once than your sound module is capable of playing. (This can result in lost or clipped notes and in some casews stuck notes.) PolyGraph can flash the screen, stop the sequence from playing, or simply display the location that the polyphony has gone above the limit. *TIP* To test the polyphony of several Tracks going to the same MIDI device, place a Receiver Tool in the Output PipeLine of one of the Tracks before a PolyGraph Tool, and put Transmitter Tools on the Output PipeLines of all the other Tracks. USAGE: PipeLine. CONTROLS: PolyGraph has a slider, two buttons, and several displays. Limit Slider Use the Limit Slider to set the polyphonic number allowed to pass through PolyGraph without triggering an action. For example, if the limit is set to 8, PolyGraph acts if 9 or more notes are played at once. Flash Button Activate the Flash button to cause PolyGraph to flash the screen in the event of a polyphony problem. Stop Button Activate the Stop button to cause the PolyGraph to stop the sequencer in the event of a polyphony problem. *TIP* Place the PolyGraph in the Output Pipeline. Set the limit to the maximum polyphony of your sound modules; turn on the Stop and Flash Options and play the sequence. If there is a location where the note count is above the limit the sequencer will stop playing, the screen will flash and the location will be displayed. While the sequence is stopped, you can use the Graphic Editor to edit the track. After editing, continue playing the track until all troublesome spots have been located and fixed. Graphic Display The large rectangular area is the graphic display area. Here, PolyGraph display in scrolling graphic form, the number of notes travelling through it. Black line denote notes: short lines represent fewer notes, longer lines represent more notes. Purple lines represent areas where the polyphony went over PolyGraph's limit. Measure Display The measure display in the upper right hand corner of PolyGraph shows the last location in the sequence that went over PolyGraph's limit. Polyphony Now: The number after the Polyphony Now: prompt shows the current number of notes passing through PolyGraph. Max Polyphony The number after the Max Polyphony: shows shows the highest number of notes that have passed through PolyGraph.
Power Tools - Receiver
Receiver DESCRIPTION: Receiver receives data sent to it by the Transmitter Tool that is set to the same channel (up to 128 channels available). The Receiver and Transmitter are more powerful than the FeedBack In and FeedBack Out Tools provided with Barsss&Pamp;Pamp;Pipes Professional 2.0. You can place them anywhere in any PipeLine, and they provide 128 different channels for Transmission. Warning: it is quite possible to create feedback loops by placing a Receiver in front of a Transmitter on the same channel. A note entering into the Transmitter is sent to the Receiver, which sends it down the PipeLine back to the Transmitter, and so on and on. If this happens, the sequencer may stall or sounds funny. Pres the ESC key on your Amiga keyboard several times if necessary. USAGE: PipeLine. CONTROLS: Receiver has only one slider. Drag the Channel slider to choose the channel on which Receiver receives. Set it to be the same channel as a corresponding Transmitter Tool. NOTE: Do not confuse Transmit and Receive channels with MIDI channels.
Power Tools - Skip
Skip DESCRIPTION: Skip causes slected events types to skip over a selectable number of Tools in the PipeLine. *TIP* Skip considers the sequencer itself to be a Tool. If Skip is placed as the final Tool in the Input PipeLine, selected events will skip over the sequencer, even skipping over the Thru/Mute/Play faucets! NOTE: Skip does not cause events to skip over the PipeLine's output Tool. USAGE: PipeLine. CONTROLS: Skip has six buttons and two sliders. Event Type Buttons Skip has a button for each MIDI event voice type: Note, Pitch Bend, Poly Aftertouch, Mono Aftertouch, Patch Change, and Control Change events. Activated buttons denote MIDI events that skip over the next Tool in the PipeLine. Deactivated buttons denote MIDI events that do not skip over the next Tool in the PipeLine. By default, all events are activated. Control Change Slider Drag the Control Change slider to select control change numbers. The Control button displays the status of the currently selected control number. Skips Slider Drag the Skips slider to select how many Tools the active events should skip. This can be from 0 (off) to 16 Tools. From the input side, the sequencer itself is considered to be a Tool. No matter how high you set the value, none of the events skip over the Output Tool of the PipeLine. Controls Menu The Controls menu has three choices that set up the state of the control numbers in the Control Number slider. Choose All On if you would like the Control Voice Type button selected for all 128 control numbers. Choose All Off if you would like the Control Voice Type buttone deselected for all 128 control numbers. Choose Default if you would like the default control number configuration: on for all control numbers except 64-67 (64=damper pedal, 65=portamento, 66=sostenuto, 67=soft pedal), 96 (data increment), 97 (data decrement), and 122-127 (122=local control, 123=all notes off, 124=OMNI off, 125=OMNI on, 126=mono on, 127=poly on).
Power Tools - SuperStop
SuperStop DESCRIPTION:SuperStop solves those pesky stuck note, pitch-bent, wrong patch problems by sending out whatever data you select every time the Transport stops. By default, SuperStop sends Note Off events for every note, and the following Control Change events: CC #7, 100 (full volume);CC #64, 0 (sustain off); and CC #123, 0 (all notes off). NOTE: Barsss&Pamp;Pamp;Pipes Professional automatically sends CC #121, 0 (Reset all controllers). USAGE: PipeLine. CONTROLS: SuperStop contains five data sliders, five Send gadgets for each data slider, and one Control Change Edit slider. A visual graph helps in setting up control changes. Send buttons Activate the Send button for an event to send that event down the PipeLine each time the Transport stops. There are Send buttons for Control Change, Mono Aftertouch, Poly Aftertouch, Pitch Bend, and Patch Change events. Control # Slider Drag the Control # slider to change the Control Change number available for editing. A purple line in the control change graph (see below) denotes the currently selected number. The Send button and the slider after the Data Vaule prompt both change to reflect the chosen Control Change number. Data Value Slider Drag the Data Value slider to set the Control Change data value that SuperStop sends for the currently selected Control Change number. NOTE: Be sure to activate the Send button if you would like the displayed data value to be sent! Control Change Graph The control change graph visually shows shows the states of all 127 Control Change numbers. Red lines denote Control Change numbers that have their corresponding Send buttons activated. Blue lines denote Control Change numbers that do not have their corresponding Send buttons activated. The purple line denotes the currently selected Control Change number. The height of the red and blue lines denote the data value chosen for each Control Change numbers. The higher the line, the greater the value. Other Sliders Drag each of the other sliders to set the value for each event you wish to send. Be sure to activate the Send buttons for the events you wish sent. There are sliders for Mono Aftertouch, Poly Aftertouch, Pitch Bend, Patch Change, and Control Change Data. NOTE: SuperStop sends Poly Aftertouch data for each note it has received. Controls Menu The Controls menu has three choices that set up the state of the control numbers in the Control Number slider. Choose All On if you would like the Control Voice Type button selected for all 128 numbers. Choose All Off if you would like the Control Voice Type button deselected for all 128 numbers. Choose Default if you would like the default control number configuration: on for all control numbers except 64-67 (64=damper pedal, 65=portamento, 66=sostenuto, 67=soft pedal), 96 (data increment), 97 (data decrement), and 122-127 (122=local control, 123=all notes off, 124=OMNI off, 125=OMNI on, 126=mono on, 127=poly on).
Power Tools - Swing
Swing DESCRIPTION: Swing adds a "human" feel to rigid quantized tracks. It also can change a straight beat into a shuffle, at its higher setting. It's great for that rock-a-billy it-ain't-no-shuffle-but-it-ain't-no-straight-beat-neither feel. Once you get used to it, you'll put this in evert track. *TIP* Swing works best on quantized tracks. If tracks are sloppy already, why be redundant? NOTE: Swing does not change note durations. USAGE: PipeLine, ToolPad. CONTROLS: Swing has six sliders and a display representing the current settings. Swing display The rectangular area at the bottom of the Swing control window shows a graphical representation of the current settings. As you change each slider, this graphical representation changes to reflect the new settings. The notes themselves reflect the current resolution. The position of the notes approximate the rhythm. The width of the notes represent the amount of randomness in their placement. The purple areas represent the amount of emphasis on each beat. Resolution Slider Drag the resolution slider to set the rhythmic note value that Swing acts upon. Swing only affects notes that start on this note rhythm. Note durations are not pertinent to this setting. Set the resolution from 1/64 note to 1 (one whole) note. Notice that the notes in the display change to reflect this value. Swing Slider Use the Swing slider to set the coarse setting of how much Swing affects notes. The range is 0 through 8: 0 is no effect (although other sliders may still have an effect), and 8 is maximum. In the display, the notse in the second and fourth beats move backward and forward to show the rhythmic effect of the Swing slider. Groove Slider Drag the Groove slider to set how randomly (sloppily) notes play. This value also sets how far a note swings. In the display, the notes in the second and fourth beats become wider for large grooves, and narrower for small grooves. This denotes the random placement of the notes. FineTime Slider Use the FineTime slider to add or subtract, in clocks, a set amount of time from "Swung" notes. Its primary purpose is to fine tune swing action. As you change this value, notice that the second and fourth beats in the display move backward and forward to visually show this rhythmic effect. DownBeat Slider Drag the DownBeat slider to set the velocity volume change of the downbeat note. This adds or subtracts emphasis from the downbeat. The downbeat is the first note of a musical phrase. This is usually the first and third beats out of four beats. The purple area in the first and third beats of the display reflect the effect of the DownBeat slider. The higher the purple areas, the louder the downbeats. BackBeat slider Drag the BackBeat slider to set the velocity volume change of the backbeat note. This adds or subtracts emphasis from the backbeat. The backbeat is the "other" note of a musical phrase. This is usually the second and fourth beats out of four beats. (The snre drum is almost always placed on the BackBeat in Rock-n-Roll.) The purple area in the second and fourth beats of the display reflect the effect of the BackBeat slider. The higher the purple areas, the louder the backbeats.
Power Tools - Thin
Thin DESCRIPTION: Thin removes every other selected event to help save memory on tracks with lost of continous control changes, aftertouch events, or pitch bends. NOTE: Thin works in the PipeLine but is more useful in the ToolPad. *TIP* Use Thin to decrease the amount of memory your composition requires, especially of it uses a lot of continuous control change data. USAGE: PipeLine, ToolPad. CONTROLS: Thin has four buttons and a slider. Voice Type Buttons Thin has buttons that represent the following voice types: Control Change, Pitch Bend, Poly Aftertouch, and Mono Aftertouch. Activate the voice type buttons to thin the corresponding events. By default, all voice types are active. To leave particular voice types alone, deactivate their corresponding voice type buttons. Control Number Slider Drag the Control Number slider to edit a particular control change. The Control Voice Type button changes to reflect the current Control Number setting. NOTE: Some thinned out data may create unpredictable results and may require additional editing. For example, thinning Pitch Bend data may remove the data responsible for returning pitch to center in-tune position, leaving your synth out of tune. You should be aware of this especially when using Thin in the PipeLine. Controls Menu The Controls menu has three choices that set up the state of the control numbers in the Control Number slider. Choose All On if you would like the Control Voice Type button selected for all 128 numbers. Choose All Off if you would like the Control Voice Type button deselected for all 128 numbers. Choose Default if you would like the default control number configuration: on for all control numbers except 64-67 (64=damper pedal, 65=portamento, 66=sostenuto, 67=soft pedal), 96 (data increment), 97 (data decrement), and 122-127 (122=local control, 123=all notes off, 124=OMNI off, 125=OMNI on, 126=mono on, 127=poly on).
Power Tools - Transmitter
Transmitter DESCRIPTION: Transmitter sends data that enter it to a receiver on the same channel (up to 128 channels available). Transmitter can send notes to the Receiver, and block the notes from travelling through itself. Is can also send the notes and allow them through. The Receiver and Transmitter are more powerful than the FeedBack In and FeedBack Out Tools provided with Barsss&Pamp;Pamp;Pipes Professional 2.0. You can place them anywhere in any PipeLine, and they provide 128 different channels for Transmission. NOTE: Do not confuse the Channels that Transmitter and Receiver use with MIDI channels. Warning: it is quite possible to create feedback loops by placing a Receiver in front of a Transmitter on the same channel. A note entering into the Transmitter is sent to the Receiver, which sends it down the PipeLine back to the Transmitter, and so on and on. If this happens, the sequencer may stall or sounds funny. Pres the ESC key on your Amiga keyboard several times if necessary. USAGE: PipeLine. CONTROLS: Transmitter has one slider, one pop-up button, and one menu. Transmite Channel Slider Drag the Channel slider to choose the transmit channel. Set this value to correspond to a Receiver Tool on another part of a PipeLine. Pop-Up Button Click on the pop]up] button to the right of the slider to choose whether Transmitter sends through (looks like a straight pipe), sends through and transmits (looks like a branching tool), transmits only (look like an elbow), or plugs notes that enter it. By default, Transmitter sends through and transmits. Transmit Menu Choose the MIDI data types that you would like the Transmit. You should only Transmit notes if you are working on an unaccelerated machine.
Power Tools - Transport
Transport DESCRIPTION: Transport provides auxiliary very small transport controls. It contains all of the normal transport gadgets plus the M auto-locate gadgets, and a song position display. The song position display toggles between SMPTE time and Song time. USAGE: PipeLine. CONTROLS: The Transport Tool contains duplicates of some of the controls in the main Transport Window. Because the Transport Tool's control window is small, please note that the far left button is the standard Close window button. To the right of this button is the Drag button, which you can grab with the mouse in order to drag the window around the Barsss&Pamp;Pamp;Pipes Professional screen. From left to right the buttons are: Stop, Start, Play, Rewind, Fast Forward, Record, and AutoLocate registers 1 through 4. They are basically self-explanatory. Please see your Barsss&Pamp;Pamp;Pipes manual for more information on Transport Controls, if needed. Clicking on the song position time display toggles the display between SMPTE time mode and Song time mode. NOTE: The M1-M4 AutoLocate gadgets are duplicates of the gadgets the Transport Window, but they behave slightly dfferently. If the Transport is not running, they behave exactly like their counterparts. If the Transport is running, double-clicking on the AutoLocate gadgets automatically sets that flag to the current Song Position Pointer. *TIP* One big advantage of the Transport Tool is that it works at a higher priority than the Transport Window. Occasionally, when there is a lot of MIDI data being sent, the Transport Tool responds quicker than the Transport Window itself *TIP* The Transport Tool works GREAT directly from a Tool Tray.
Power Tools - VeloDoc
VeloDoc DESCRIPTION: VeloDoc controls and sets the velocity of notes in a variety of ways. USAGE: PipeLine, ToolPad. CONTROLS: VeloDoc has five sliders, two buttons and one standard menu. Velocity Slider The Velocity slider acts just like the slider in the Doctor of Velocity Tool. It changes the velocity of all notes to a set level. In addition to dragging, you can change this slider remotely by Control Changes, Pitch Bends, or a specifically assigned note (see below). Maximum Slider The Maximum slider sets the maximum value that you can set the Velocity slider. Minimum Slider The Minimum slider sets the minimum value that you can set the Velocity slider. Control Slider VeloDoc can respond to Control Changes or Pitch Bends to set the value in the Velocity slider. Drag the Control slider to choose the Control Change number that the Velocity slider responds to. Drag it all the way to the left to turn this option off. Drag it all the way to the right to cause VeloDoc to respond to Pitch Bend events instead of Control Change. Control Button The Red (Plug)/Blue (Thru) button determines if VeloDoc passes through or blocks the Control Change or Pitch Bend that controls the Velocity slider. By default, the control event is blocked. To allow it to pass through, deactivate this button. CopyNote Slider The CopyNote slider sets a note value that acts as a trigger note. VeloDoc sets the Velocity slider to the value of this note's velocity. For example, if you set CopyNote to C5, every time a C5 is played, the Velocity slider is set to the same value as the velocity value of C5. All notes that pass through VeloDoc thereafter are also set to that velocity. CopyNote Button The Red (Plug)/Blue (Thru) Button determines if VeloDoc passes through or blocks the note set by the CopyNote slider. By default, the note is blocked. To allow it to pass through, deactivate this button. Display Menu The Notes as... option in the Display Menu controls how VeloDoc displays MIDI note names in the Note On and Note Off buttons. Choose Bars & Pipes Names to display MIDI notes as a range from C0 to C10. Choose MIDI Value Numbers to display MIDI notes as their raw note numbers. Choose MIDI Standard Names to display MIDI notes as a range from C-2 to C8.
Power Tools - VeloFade
VeloFade DESCRIPTION: VeloFade assists in creating smooth velocity changes between two levels across a span of notes. This Tool replaces the sometimes difficult task of drawing smooth velocity curves by hand in the Graphic Editor with the Wand or Pencil. Use VeloFade in the ToolPad with either the Toolize option, or the ToolPad and Bounding Box in the Graphic Editor. NOTE: This Tool has no effect in the Pipeline. USAGE: ToolPad. CONTROLS: VeloFade contains two sliders and one button. Beginning Slider The Beginning slider sets the velocity value of the first event in the list of events to be VeloFaded. NOTE: If AUTO is selected, this slider is Off, since the value is then the velocity of the first note in the list. Ending Slider The Ending slider sets the velocity value of the last event in the list of events to be VeloFaded. NOTE: If AUTO is selected, this siider is Off, since the value is thne the velocity of the last note in the list. AUTO Button The AUTO button switches the VeloFade Tool between automatic and manual velocity selection. With AUTO On, VeloFade uses the velocities of the first and last events being edited. With AUTO Off, VeloFade uses the Beginning and Ending slider values.
Power Tools - VeloMap
VeloMap DESCRIPTION: VeloMap is a graphic velocity mapping tool that allows you to draw in the velocity curve you desire with the mouse. The velocity curve changes one velocity into another. VeloMap can make soft passages louder, loud passages softer, or anything in between. USAGE: PipeLine, ToolPad. CONTROLS: The heart of the VeloMap is a large drawing tablet in the center of the control window. At the right of the window are several buttons and sliders. Drawing Tablet Use the Drawing Tablet to draw in the velocity curve you desire. The Drawing Tablet displays output velocity vertically on the left, and input velocity horizonally along the bottom. The blue line is the actual velocity curve. The purple crosshair shows intersection points. Click on the numbers beneath the Drawing Tablet to move the crosshair. The vertical line of the crosshair shows the input velocity. The horizontal line shows the output velocity. NOTE: The default curve is bottom left to upper right. This curve applies no change to entering velocities. Clicking on any number in the input velocity along the bottom produces the same number on the output velocity along the left side. Drawing in the curve is one of the simplest methods to modify the velocity scale there is; just point the mouse inside the Drawing Tablet, click and drag the left button, release, and you're done. There is a center Pivot Point highlighted by cross-hairs that defaults to dead center, 64 in, 64 out. This point is used by the Twist edit button (see below) and as a single velocity edit point. It may move to a different Input location without changing its Output value by clicking anywhere in the bottom Input border area. The Output value of the Pivot Point may change by clicking anywhere in the Output border. A single non-dragging mouse click anywhere on the Drawing Tablet automatically moves the Pivot Point and set its value to the current mouse location. Clicking on the numbers to the left and beneath the Drawing Tablet also moves the Pivot Point to the mouse location. Velocity In-Out Button The velocities of notes passing through VeloMap display as text in the Velocity In-Out button. This button is at the upper right hand corner of the VeloMap. It is a simple display of event velocity being mapped by VeloMap. It also aids in drawing. NOTE: Clicking on the In-Out Button sends a varietg of Notes down the Pipeline. Activation Gadgets At the upper right half of the Edit Window you will notice gadgets that contain midi voice event types. These gadgets determine what event type the VeloMap affects. Usually notes are all you ever use VeloMap for but the ability to remap the data or velocity values of all Controllers and Mono and Poly Aftertouch is available if needed. NOTE: Any amount of Controller Numbers can be active at any one time. Changing the Control Sider reveals which Controllers VeloMap acts upon. Edit Gadgets Flip:These gadgets do just what they say they do. The up and down arrows invert the velocity map, switching top to bottom. The left and right arrows switch the velocity map left to right. Any questions? Twist: The Twist slider rotates the velocity map around the Pivot Point, raising values on one side of the point while lowering them on the other side. The amount of Twist is determined by the Twist number -10 to +10. Slide: There are four Slide Gadgets; one for each direction. These gadgets move the whole map in a linear fashion in the direction that the arrow is pointing. Smooth: Clicking on the Smooth button evens out any rough edges in the velocity map. This makes for smoother transitions between adjacent velocities. However, there comes a point where Smooth does not make the map any smoother. VeloMap Menu The VeloMap menu provides Loading and Saving to disk as well as reset and undo options. Choose Load... to load a previously saved map from disk. Choose Save... to save the current map to disk. Choose Reset Map to reset the map to the default map (i.e. all incoming velocities map to the same outgoing velocity.) Choose Undo Map to undo the last change you made in the map. Choose Reset Controls to reset the buttons to their initial states.