midi loops

[Newbie dude]

How do I make a midi track repeat itself over and over without causing the whole song to repeat the section over and over?

[travelin travis]

copy and paste the midi event. alternately, you can select the midi event, hold the alt key, and drag and drop the copies. if your midi event wasn't recorded to a metronome or isn't in strict time, you will have to play around with the event length.

i have seen some midi looping plugins around but i can't remember where off the top of my head. check kvraudio.com

[Newbie dude]

darn. I was hoping you wouldn't say that. Se, my midi recordings on't stop exactly after the last note, and I can't trim it down and paste down to a science, so theres always odd overlaps or gaps.

[studiomaster]

Originally Posted by Newbie dude

darn. I was hoping you wouldn't say that. Se, my midi recordings on't stop exactly after the last note, and I can't trim it down and paste down to a science, so theres always odd overlaps or gaps.

Science? What is that?

[Newbie dude]

By "down to a science", I just mean making it exact, so the lopp goes smoothely without skipping or pausing.

[Newbie dude]

.....I just opened the project with that loop........and now its over 5 minutes and fifteen seconds long.....and it's alll one track[ well, actually three, but you get what I mean], perfectly smoothe....

I think i've been visited by the home recording fairy....

[TelePaul]

Originally Posted by Newbie dude

.....I just opened the project with that loop........and now its over 5 minutes and fifteen seconds long.....and it's alll one track[ well, actually three, but you get what I mean], perfectly smoothe....

I think i've been visited by the home recording fairy....

You mightnt always get so lucky; its almost impossible to run continuous loops without having synched to a metronome. I didnt like it at first, but getting into the habit of strumming along to a metronome is a life-saver when you're trying to use drum loops especially.

[Newbie dude]

oh, when i recorded it, i used a metronome. And I quantized it. The rhythym was perfect. But I only recorded it for abourt ten seconds. I couldn't cut and paste that 10 seconds over and over to the point where the transition from one ten second piece to the next was smoothe.

[travelin travis]

set the timeline for bars and beats (right click it and select from the popup). turn on snap, set snap mode to grid, set grid selector to bar or beat.

[travelin travis]

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[Agent47]

You could have a go at the 'play order track' if you're using SX3 or higher. A safe, handy little tool for looping things without editing or screwing up your project.