5/26/2023 0 Comments Creative midikeys keyboard![]() ![]() And controllers with lighted buttons are even better (like the Livid Ohm64, Novation Launchpad, and Akai APC40), because you can assign a key note to each button and they will be lit when on and unlit when off, making this whole setup a piece of cake. But I don’t know of any manufacturers that supply such a keyboard. It would be really nice if you had a keyboard that had lighted keys to note which ones are on and which are off. BUT (and this is a big BUT), you DO need to remember which patterns are running at any given time, so you know which key to press to turn them off when you want them to stop. If, on the other hand, you are playing “Live,” you’ll probably benefit more from the “Latched” method, because you don’t have to have your fingers on the keys to keep things running. So to summarize, if you are programming your song in the studio, you’re probably better off using the “Momentary” method. Even so, I tried it using the “Latched” method, just to see how it would work. If, on the other hand, you are programming your notes in using the “Latch” method, you need to provide a start and stop note on the same key to trigger your pattern to turn on, and then turn off. You place the note along the clip lane for as long as you want your pattern running. The reason is that it’s easier to write notes into the sequencer. The main thing I learned while doing this is that it’s much easier to program a song using the “Momentary” method of Key Triggering. I also have a few tips for those of you trying this out on your own. However, there’s a few new ideas in this one which I’m going to highlight below. The idea behind the Combinator builds upon the previous two tutorials I wrote about Key Triggering your Patterns. Read on to see how the Combinator is setup.Įxplaining the “One Finger Band (Latched – R5)” Combinator ![]() It’s a bit of a showcase for the song I created. Here’s a video showing you what I’m explaining below. Thief! □ All joking aside, if it wasn’t for him wanting to see a third part to this series, I wouldn’t have written this “next part.” And now you’ll all have to suffer through more MIDI Key Triggering madness. Have a look at his creative Thor Step Sequencer tutorial for some fresh ideas. Don’t be shy!īefore jumping in, I just wanted to give a shout out to Hydlide, who did a great tutorial over at TSOR (The Sound of Reason) site which shows you how you can split several Thor patterns along all the octaves of the Combinator Key Range. But if you remix or play with the file, send them back to me privately and I’d be happy to showcase them here in a new posting (send to my email in the top menu), I’d love to see what you come up with. Share and share alike ok? And you can’t make any money off the file. Note: please respect that these project files, like everything else on this site, is under the Creative Commons 3.0 licensing, meaning you can mix, remix, share, and play around with the song to your heart’s content, but you will need to provide the source info and a link back to my site here in any productions you do with this file. You can also open up the Combinator inside Record and use it there if you like. rns files for those using Reason 5, and 2 Combinator files (one for Reason 5 and the other for those still running Reason 4). You can download the project files here: one-finger-band. You can use this as a template for your own ideas, and simply switch out the sound generating devices and patterns to create your own track. In other words, I’m going to construct a song using a single Combinator and some Reason devices. In this tutorial, I’m going to go all out and create a one-finger band Combinator which makes use of MIDI Key Triggering to launch an array of patterns for all my instruments.
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