OctaMED tutorials

[Karlos]

motorollin wrote:
I've loaded samples in, but I don't know what to do next :-) I understand the matrix of numbers is where you specify the pitch and duration of the samples, but I also need to know how to use effects etc.

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moto

IMHO, the best way to get used to OctaMED is to load a few existing modules and seeing how the patterns build the music up. I find it's better to deconstruct an existing thing to learn about it than attempt to construct something I have no idea how to implement from scratch ;-)

[Karlos]

@ElZorro

If your MIDI hardware is anything like mine, you probably have bank MSB / bank LSB messages you can send for a particular channel to select a variation on one of your basic GM sounds.

Alternatively, your hardware might allow NPRN bank selection, though I've never seen it implemeneted.

To be honest, I'm so lazy in that regard I tend to set up everything the way I want it on the hardware, then dump it to octamed and save it as part of the module.

[Karlos]

I went through a phase where adjusting the track timing cyclically on every quarter beat so that all the even quarters had 7 and all the odd ones had 5 was my favourite effect. It basically gives it a bit of porn groove timing :lol: