One 5/4 bar in a 4/4 verse in Session

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dupi
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One 5/4 bar in a 4/4 verse in Session

Post by dupi » Wed Apr 05, 2017 4:17 pm

I've succeeded in doing so in Arrangement but haven't discovered how to in Session. When CHANGING TIME SIGNATURE is discussed in the manual, Arrangement is mentioned but Session isn't which makes me think that it isn't possible in Session. To be precise: changing all note box bars to 5/4 is possible in Session, but inserting just one bar of 5/4 in the midst of many of 4/4 seems impossible. Can anybody enlighten me about this?

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Re: One 5/4 bar in a 4/4 verse in Session

Post by Stromkraft » Wed Apr 05, 2017 4:28 pm

dupi wrote:I've succeeded in doing so in Arrangement but haven't discovered how to in Session. When CHANGING TIME SIGNATURE is discussed in the manual, Arrangement is mentioned but Session isn't which makes me think that it isn't possible in Session. To be precise: changing all note box bars to 5/4 is possible in Session, but inserting just one bar of 5/4 in the midst of many of 4/4 seems impossible. Can anybody enlighten me about this?

The only way I know is to use Follow actions and split the clip per time signature. I don't think the change of time signature in Arrangement is done in a complete way either. It's mostly cosmetic and not at all practical.
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Re: One 5/4 bar in a 4/4 verse in Session

Post by bosonHavoc » Wed Apr 05, 2017 5:23 pm

you can change time Signature with a scene launch just like you can change tempo with a scene launch

add 3/4 into the scene name
ie

Scene whatever 104bpm 3/4
next scene 104bpm 4/4

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Re: One 5/4 bar in a 4/4 verse in Session

Post by chapelier fou » Wed Apr 05, 2017 6:21 pm

I think I made a m4l device that allows time signature changes inside a clip using clip automation.
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