'Cut itself' like feature for 808s

[Arabic Dude 1]

Okay. So there's this feature called 'Cut itself' in FL studio. It basically stops playing an instrument/sound if 2 notes are close to each other, and the timeline reaches the second note. (In the piano roll view).

 

I would like to use the feature for 808s. The mix gets really muddy with 2 808 notes playing over each other. 

I have tried Tx16wx and quite a few other samplers but they don't seem to have this either. 

 

I'd appreciate some help

[treesha 289]

If i had 2 midi notes I didn’t want to overlap sound at the same time i would shorten the midi notes in piano roll view. If i had 2 audio i would split off some of the notes in track view then apply a fade out to smooth its ending, or i would open the audio into melodyne and shorten/adjust the blobs (and can fade with version studio 5)

[Nigel Mackay 258]

Your answer is in your opening statement "there's this feature in FL Studio." Different sampler won't help. It is an FL Studio feature. And no, it doesn't exist in Cakewalk, so you will have to edit. @treesha has made two suggestions as to method.

[reginaldStjohn 206]

Is there not a CAL script that does/could do this?

[Nigel Mackay 258]

A CAL script could be written to clean up the MIDI file before you press play.

[Arabic Dude 1]

On 9/30/2020 at 10:21 AM, Nigel Mackay said:

A CAL script could be written to clean up the MIDI file before you press play.

How would you do that? I'm aware of what CAL files are but dont know how to write one.

 

[Arabic Dude 1]

On 9/30/2020 at 12:32 AM, Nigel Mackay said:

Your answer is in your opening statement "there's this feature in FL Studio." Different sampler won't help. It is an FL Studio feature. And no, it doesn't exist in Cakewalk, so you will have to edit. @treesha has made two suggestions as to method.

Thats bad.. Sometimes you just want notes held longer without note overlaps making it muddy.

[Arabic Dude 1]

On 9/29/2020 at 9:32 PM, treesha said:

If i had 2 midi notes I didn’t want to overlap sound at the same time i would shorten the midi notes in piano roll view. If i had 2 audio i would split off some of the notes in track view then apply a fade out to smooth its ending, or i would open the audio into melodyne and shorten/adjust the blobs (and can fade with version studio 5)

I see. Thanks :)

[Nigel Mackay 258]

2 hours ago, Gopinaath Gandotraa said:

How would you do that? I'm aware of what CAL files are but dont know how to write one.

 

Ask it as a favour question.

[Glenn Stanton 375]

depending on the material, you could use the "process effects" to shorten the length of selected notes (say you have 20 notes) and reduce by 50% (etc) to eliminate an overlap (esp for percussion, bass, and triggered effects) where the shorten length is not obvious for impacting the sounds.

[Arabic Dude 1]

On 10/7/2020 at 9:14 PM, Glenn Stanton said:

depending on the material, you could use the "process effects" to shorten the length of selected notes (say you have 20 notes) and reduce by 50% (etc) to eliminate an overlap (esp for percussion, bass, and triggered effects) where the shorten length is not obvious for impacting the sounds.

Yeah, I think reducing the length seems to be the only option in Cakewalk.

My question was for long 808s that overlap. I think gliding could help but I don't see the 'wheel' option on the list for some reason.

[Arabic Dude 1]

On 10/7/2020 at 5:11 PM, Nigel Mackay said:

Ask it as a favour question.

I don't understand what that means. Sorry

Edited October 9, 2020 by Gopinaath Gandotraa

[Nigel Mackay 258]

Go to the Feedback Loop forum and ask for it to be implemented.