Brian Walton Posted September 19, 2019 Share Posted September 19, 2019 31 minutes ago, abacab said: That is Waveform 8 (no chord track existed in Waveform until version 9). The track you see named "Chord" in the video is just Track 1 that he labeled "Chord", to contain his chord pattern MIDI clips. Later in the video you will notice that he has done the same with the "Bass" and "Melody" tracks after he inserts the MIDI clips. He uses a different pattern generator (i.e. Chords, Bass, Melody) with each of these clips, and has named the tracks accordingly. I have Waveform 8 and 9, but not this free version, and I would assume the pattern generator works the same in the free version if they bothered to include it. Yes, you can export your MIDI tracks as MIDI files from Waveform. Since that is a core function of the DAW, it would not make any sense to limit that. If this interests you, it is free to try, so why not grab it? The Waveform installer itself should be rather small without all of the bundled content of the full version. My "Waveform 9 (64-bit).exe" installed program is only 66MB. I may do that, but it did not interest me until the discovery of the "chord/song" building functions you pointed out. Installing software is more than just the size, instaling and uninstalling things can start to have a trickle effect in computer performance depending on the way a compay handles the process, therefore I only install when I beleive there is an expected value out of a program. Appreciate the feedback. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matthew Sorrels Posted September 19, 2019 Share Posted September 19, 2019 If you don't want to learn yet another DAW you might want to consider Captain Chords. https://mixedinkey.com/captain-plugins/ It's slightly more EDM centric than perhaps you'd like but it's become my favorite play with chords and rhythms without doing a lot of work tool. They don't list it but it works fine in Cakewalk (better than in Cubase actually, the resize works in CbB). The Windows version of Captain Melody may still be a beta. But I've been using it without a lot of headaches for a while now though. I guess the big downside is you have to be online -- copy protection requires a net connection or something. Doesn't effect me so I haven't cared, but if you are purely offline it might. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slartabartfast Posted September 19, 2019 Share Posted September 19, 2019 I sprung for Waveform 8 Basic for $26.70 a couple of years ago. I really have had almost no use for it--so free might be a reasonable price for an upgrade--but not if this is an even more basic version than Basic. In what ways is this "free" version crippled? In fairness if you are a loop style composer this might be something for you. PS was anyone actually paying $386.00 for Waveform 10 Basic? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Walton Posted September 19, 2019 Share Posted September 19, 2019 35 minutes ago, Matthew Sorrels said: If you don't want to learn yet another DAW you might want to consider Captain Chords. https://mixedinkey.com/captain-plugins/ It's slightly more EDM centric than perhaps you'd like but it's become my favorite play with chords and rhythms without doing a lot of work tool. They don't list it but it works fine in Cakewalk (better than in Cubase actually, the resize works in CbB). The Windows version of Captain Melody may still be a beta. But I've been using it without a lot of headaches for a while now though. I guess the big downside is you have to be online -- copy protection requires a net connection or something. Doesn't effect me so I haven't cared, but if you are purely offline it might. Thanks, aware of Captain Chords, but $80 is way out of line with what I'd be willing to pay. Have EzKeys, which I got for about $29. Would certainly like something with an improved workflow, but $80 isn't going to do it for me at this time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slartabartfast Posted September 19, 2019 Share Posted September 19, 2019 4 hours ago, Brian Walton said: Installing software is more than just the size, instaling and uninstalling things can start to have a trickle effect in computer performance depending on the way a compay handles the process, therefore I only install when I beleive there is an expected value out of a program. Uninstalling just takes a few minutes, and does not leave scars on your computer. More to the point, the time it takes to figure out how to use new software is the major cost of anything new. If you spend a couple of dozen hours figuring out that the software is not really going to be useful, that is time you will never be able to buy back at any price. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abacab Posted September 20, 2019 Share Posted September 20, 2019 I bought Waveform 8 basic a couple of years ago when I was looking for something with creative MIDI tools that did not exist in Sonar. I had loaded up demos of Cubase Elements, FL Studio, and Waveform. FL Studio turned me off right away, and so I uninstalled it. Then I struggled with the learning curve of Cubase just to access the chord track and the circle of fifths assistance. Then I tried the demo of Waveform, and in 30 minutes I had a jamming multi-track project that I was having fun with. Disclaimer: I just use Waveform for MIDI, so the mixing workflow is not something I am interested in. Waveform is pretty much self contained, and doesn't install a bunch of crap like Steinberg has a habit of doing. The uninstaller is very clean. So not much risk in that regard, and it is also light on the system. The brains behind Waveform is Julian Storer, the original Tracktion developer and also creator of the JUCE framework that Tracktion software is based on. He is also a software architect at ROLI. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/JUCE Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kitekrazy Posted September 20, 2019 Share Posted September 20, 2019 4 hours ago, slartabartfast said: I sprung for Waveform 8 Basic for $26.70 a couple of years ago. I really have had almost no use for it--so free might be a reasonable price for an upgrade--but not if this is an even more basic version than Basic. In what ways is this "free" version crippled?In fairness if you are a loop style composer this might be something for you. PS was anyone actually paying $386.00 for Waveform 10 Basic? Working with audio loops is the worst thing in this DAW. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kitekrazy Posted September 20, 2019 Share Posted September 20, 2019 (edited) 5 hours ago, slartabartfast said: I sprung for Waveform 8 Basic for $26.70 a couple of years ago. I really have had almost no use for it--so free might be a reasonable price for an upgrade--but not if this is an even more basic version than Basic. In what ways is this "free" version crippled? In fairness if you are a loop style composer this might be something for you. PS was anyone actually paying $386.00 for Waveform 10 Basic? The pricing is not that great for what it is, also few updates between releases. I've had a license ever since it came out. V9 is it for me. I never use it. Edited September 20, 2019 by kitekrazy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kitekrazy Posted September 20, 2019 Share Posted September 20, 2019 4 hours ago, Brian Walton said: Thanks, aware of Captain Chords, but $80 is way out of line with what I'd be willing to pay. Have EzKeys, which I got for about $29. Would certainly like something with an improved workflow, but $80 isn't going to do it for me at this time. There are other 3rd party stuff like Cthulhu, Auto Theory, and another one by W.A. I forget how many of these things I have. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matthew Sorrels Posted September 20, 2019 Share Posted September 20, 2019 1 hour ago, kitekrazy said: There are other 3rd party stuff like Cthulhu, Auto Theory, and another one by W.A. I forget how many of these things I have. I have all of those and then some. Some are better than others but nothing in the sub-$30 dollar range would I classify as improving workflow. Even at the sky is the limit end of the pricing spectrum (Cubase Pro/Orb Composer S/Rapid Composer) you really don't get much in the way of really improving workflow. I only mention Captain Chords because it really does seem to replace all the functionality Waveform has in a DAW neutral way. There are a some free plugins that can help with various things though, the stuff from https://www.codefn42.com is very good. The pizMidi stuff is also pretty nice https://code.google.com/archive/p/pizmidi/ 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Walton Posted September 20, 2019 Share Posted September 20, 2019 (edited) 4 hours ago, slartabartfast said: Uninstalling just takes a few minutes, and does not leave scars on your computer. More to the point, the time it takes to figure out how to use new software is the major cost of anything new. If you spend a couple of dozen hours figuring out that the software is not really going to be useful, that is time you will never be able to buy back at any price. Instaling and Uninstalling software can leave, scars. Lets just say I know more than the average person in this area (though I'm not a full blown expert in that particular area of computer science), if you are not familiar with this, especially with software that can require authrizaiton methods you might want to either do more research in the area or just remain blissfull. Not all software leaves such scars, but this is pretty small time software, so I'm betting it would take way more time than I'd be willing to commit to looking into how the particualr software operates. Ever wonder why you can't just uninstall and reinstall software to start a trial over again? Pretty basic stuff...it leaves things behind that are (usually) not easy to get rid of. And the more software you install and uninstall, the more of those leftovers you have. And that doesn't even touch on other things that can get left behind. Edited September 20, 2019 by Brian Walton Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abacab Posted September 20, 2019 Share Posted September 20, 2019 Learning how to make system images can remove the fear from your life of trying new things on the computer. No more risk! Don't like it??? Roll back in minutes!!! Priceless!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kitekrazy Posted September 21, 2019 Share Posted September 21, 2019 3 hours ago, abacab said: Learning how to make system images can remove the fear from your life of trying new things on the computer. No more risk! Don't like it??? Roll back in minutes!!! Priceless!!! Those are called Windows (f)Updates. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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