Reverse MIDI

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benji23
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Reverse MIDI

Post by benji23 » Wed Nov 03, 2010 7:02 pm

Something I've wanted for a few years is the ability to reverse a MIDI clip. For example:

MIDI clip is: A 1/8th B 1/4 C 1/8 D 1/2
reverse it: D 1/2 C 1/8 B 1/4 A 1/8th

This would be really useful to make reverse audio clips. Put your MIDI in, reverse MIDI, resample the reversed MIDI, and then reverse your resampled MIDI. Then you have your original phrase reversed with the original timings.

malutki
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Re: Reverse MIDI

Post by malutki » Thu Nov 04, 2010 7:22 pm

yes please!
other compositional tools would also be nice,
no idea what they are called in English,
inversion, retrogfrade,...?

well one of them is reversing of the order?
there is also inverting the interval movements and...

sorry i am tired...





ps:
oh, but if this happens,
make sure that "reversing things without stopping the set" gets implemented at the same time.
thank you
I'm going home

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Re: Reverse MIDI

Post by siliconarc » Fri Nov 05, 2010 10:12 am

benji23 wrote:Something I've wanted for a few years is the ability to reverse a MIDI clip. For example:

MIDI clip is: A 1/8th B 1/4 C 1/8 D 1/2
reverse it: D 1/2 C 1/8 B 1/4 A 1/8th

This would be really useful to make reverse audio clips. Put your MIDI in, reverse MIDI, resample the reversed MIDI, and then reverse your resampled MIDI. Then you have your original phrase reversed with the original timings.
you can do that already with the 'stretch notes' function. just select the notes and right-click > stretch notes
now you can reverse them, change the timing etc.

but yea a dedicated 'reverse notes' would be easier.

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