Originally Posted By: Beachboy
Originally Posted By: Notes Norton
I've been asked this question so many times that I set up a web page to answer your question.

http://www.nortonmusic.com/backing_tracks.html

Take what you need, and leave the rest.

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Hi Notes

Thanks for the link.

The “groove filter” you mentioned is that in Master Tracks Pro?

Col

Yes, but I suppose other sequencers have something equivalent.

Master Tracks Pro was purchased from Passport by GVox long ago, and they let it go stagnant. I think all they really wanted was Passport's other product, Encore.

MTPro no longer works on Win10. I don't know if the Mac version works on OSX or not. Since I use my sequencer with the BiaB style maker a lot, I use it exclusively on the PC, as the BiaB StyleMaker in the PC has more features than the one on the Mac (or at least it did, I haven't tried the Mac StyleMaker for years). MTPro was a Mac program before it was ported to Windows, and I first used it on my Mac Classic II and my Atari/ST.

I have an old XP computer that I use for that. I like MTPro because it does not have audio included. That means faster loading, and faster working as everything is available from single drop down menus, not a menu with a sub menu with another sub menu. When doing a lot of clicking, in the end it saves a lot of time with my hands on the computer, and gives me more time with my hands on the synth keyboard or wind synth keys.

In MTPro every change dialog box includes a button that activates the change filter.

This enables you to do things like for example.

If you wanted to move only the second and forth beats ahead or behind the beat by so many tics.

1) Highlight the entire track

2) In the Change menu select "Slide Data" and check how many tics left or right you want the beats (along with any continuous controller data) moved and in what direction and click the use Change Filter box


3) Clicking the box opens the Change filter, click the appropriate boxes and only select beats 2 and four then click OK



4) With these few clicks, you can move everything that falls on beat 2 on every instrument (or whatever you select first) ahead or behind the beat by as many tics as you want. Listen, if it's too much or too little, click Undo and try again until you like it.

You can change other things with the filter as well, examples:






It seems I've reached the limit of how many pictures I can add, or else I'm doing something wrong, so I'll continue on the next post.

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