by HYPNAGOGIA » Fri Jun 19, 2015 11:40 pm
Well, if you look at the image he posted, and take a closer look at the section where he wants to have this "stop moment", in the 109-113 part, you will see that he has patterns that are 4 bars long, that they have their place. Now, conventionally, if he wanted an empty space on 112 bar, for 1 bar, he would do #2 from his post, which is: he would need to duplicate all of the patterns and change them to get that empty bar, which in his case (according to that image) is 6, when you exclude 1 for Ultran that needs to stay there. He could also use an extra pattern with a Solo automation in it on 112th bar, but to me that would most likely sound weird and unnatural since all sounds would just be chopped off, without trails ending. But that's just me.
So, to put some perspective with steps needed for #2 in his post:
- Changing patterns
1. Bring up instrument / pattern from playlist
2. CTRL+C
3. Select a new pattern
4. CTRL+V
5. CTRL+MouseClick to select notes to delete / click on select tool and THEN go to select (which adds an extra step there)
6. Right click / press Delete button
7. Change to the new pattern in Playlist
(all this x6)
or
- Adding empty patterns
1. Add a pattern on playlist
2. Change it to an empty one
3. Move into place over an existing pattern
(all this also repeated 6 times)
So, duplicating and changing 6 patterns vs just adding and moving empty 1 bar patterns in place? I don't know, but sure seems like a time (and effort) saver to me.