[ddots-l] Re: ChordStrum.cal
- From: "Greg Brayton" <greg@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <ddots-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 2 Jan 2007 11:51:32 -0500
Cause sometimes buddy, I'm just plane lazy lol.
http://www.gbrayton.com
----- Original Message -----
From: "Gordon Kent" <dbmusic@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <ddots-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, January 02, 2007 11:07 AM
Subject: [ddots-l] Re: ChordStrum.cal
> Hey greg:
> You are an excellent guitar player, why would you need a simulator?
> Gord
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Greg Brayton" <greg@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <ddots-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Tuesday, January 02, 2007 9:33 AM
> Subject: [ddots-l] Re: ChordStrum.cal
>
>
> > Ok Phil,
> > my email address is,
> > greg@xxxxxxxxxxxx
> >
> > http://www.gbrayton.com
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Phil Halton" <philhalt@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> > To: <ddots-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > Sent: Tuesday, January 02, 2007 9:28 AM
> > Subject: [ddots-l] Re: ChordStrum.cal
> >
> >
> >> Hi Greg,
> >>
> >> Its super easy from a technical point of view. I've documented its
> >> installation & use. Why don't I send you the documentation file(its a
> >> notepad text file) offline, and let you look it over. If you think you
> > can
> >> hack it--we'll go from there.
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> -----
> >> From: "Greg Brayton" <greg@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> >> To: <ddots-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> >> Sent: Tuesday, January 02, 2007 8:47 AM
> >> Subject: [ddots-l] Re: ChordStrum.cal
> >>
> >>
> >> > Phil I'm a guitar player, and I'd love to try this, but as a computer
> > wise
> >> > fellow, you'd have to say I'm not as with it. However, if you could
> >> > talk
> >> > me
> >> > through some things instilation wise, and any other technical deal
that
> >> > might come along, I'd love to give this deal a try. Thanks for trying
> > this
> >> > stuff Phil. I think it's great!
> >> > http://www.gbrayton.com
> >> > ----- Original Message -----
> >> > From: "Phil Halton" <philhalt@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> >> > To: "ddots-l" <ddots-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> >> > Sent: Sunday, December 31, 2006 12:51 PM
> >> > Subject: [ddots-l] ChordStrum.cal
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >> Hello listers,
> >> >>
> >> >> A while back I mentioned a CAL program I was working up to enable
> >> >> chord
> >> >> strumming. Well, I've been working like a dog on this software and
> > have
> >> >> probably over 150 hours of development into it now. The good news
for
> > me
> >> > is
> >> >> that its essentially finished and I'm doing final testing and
working
> > up
> >> > the
> >> >> documentation for it(the easy part).
> >> >>
> >> >> It features the ability to:
> >> >> Set the span of chord tones (the seperation of chord tones in ticks)
> >> >>
> >> >> Scale and reverse scale the span by percentages (increases, or
> > decreases
> >> > if
> >> >> reverse scaling, span of latter chord tones an additional x%)
> >> >>
> >> >> set velocity of chords with different settings available for
upstrokes
> >> >> and
> >> >> downstrokes. Also allows for scaling and reverse scaling of chord
> >> >> tone
> >> >> velocities.
> >> >>
> >> >> Set duration of chords, with ability to randomly adjust durations of
> >> >> individual chord tones for a "looser" feel.
> >> >>
> >> >> All settings are made at runtime, but you can also adjust program
> >> >> settings
> >> >> "on the fly" from within the sequence itself through the use of
"chord
> >> >> events" which are manually embedded notes from the zero octave that
> >> >> the
> >> >> program responds to by adjusting settings accordingly, and then
> >> > discarding
> >> >> from the sequence. These "chord event" markers can be combined in
> >> > different
> >> >> ways for different effects like upstroke, reverse velocity scaling,
> >> >> linear
> >> >> span etc.
> >> >>
> >> >> Its fairly powerful and flexible compared with most CAL programs
I've
> >> > seen.
> >> >> Now that I've encoded all the features I thought useful, all that
> > remains
> >> > is
> >> >> to put it through its paces and see how these features combine, and
> > just
> >> >> what they're capable of producing.
> >> >>
> >> >> My goal in all this has been to produce a program that will answer
the
> >> > need
> >> >> for a flexible and easy to use way to simulate realistic guitar
rhythm
> >> >> patterns from a MIDI controller. As much as possible, I have kept
the
> >> >> emphasis on intuitiveness and simplicity of use. The biggest
problem
> >> >> with
> >> >> CAL scripts is that basically, you have no real idea what they will
do
> > as
> >> >> there is virtually no documentation that accompanies them. So, I am
> >> > writing
> >> >> up a full length documentation as well as a few sammple Sonar
projects
> >> >> showing its use.
> >> >>
> >> >>
> >> >> If anyone(preferably a guitar player with plenty of Sonar
experience)
> >> > would
> >> >> be interested in doing a little beta testing, please contact me
> > off-list
> >> > at:
> >> >>
> >> >> philhalt@xxxxxxxxxxx
> >> >>
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