Real Step Time Note Entry



Here you play your music while simultaneously tapping a regular beat 
on either a defined key (i.e. C2) or a controller pedal (CC 64, 65, 
67) while the clock IS running!  It is best that the beat value you 
choose to tap be kept as small as possible as there will be less 
error in the 'converted' file.  Even though you can vary the speed of 
your playing, try to maintain a steadiness between individual taps 
regardless of the tempo.  Because when the conversion is made, the 
note times are calculated proportionately to the time between taps.



When you are done recording, split the taps from the music and 
convert to measured time as prescribed in Chapter 4.  Since here 
we're only interested in putting the notes neatly into measures, you 
may discard the resulting tempo map.



Readjusting Time Values 



By manipulating the Tap Track before converting real time tracks

Load EX_G.ALL from the \T_EXMPL\ folder on the program disk. (If you 
have TIGER this process is considerably easier and I suggest you 
follow along fron that environment should you have it.) If the taps 
in this case represent `quarters' then the notes in the music track 
would consecutively represent: half, quarter, quarter, half, half, 
and would be converted as such.  However, if one were to `monkey 
around' with where these taps come, one could change the converted 
result to something different.  This could often create positive 
consequences.



Now load EX_G2.ALL from the \T_EXMPL\ folder on the program disk. The 
music track is EXACTLY the same as it was in EX_G.ALL but the taps 
have been altered.  Because of where the taps come, a converted track 
(assuming the taps to be quarters) will come out as: dotted-half, 
eighth, eighth, dotted-quarter, and eighth tied to a half.

So even though the original music track was the same, the converter 
will always convert the times and durations according to `each taps 
placement', even if they have been manipulated.  This is a very 
useful way to make accurate changes to the file without re-recording 
it especially at points of timing error.

