Deciphering the manual

[ritmo_del_corazon]

It seems to me that the JS manual doesn't do the software justice - to put it politely! While going through it again, I came across the following statement in the bias sliders:

Conversely, moving the slider right reduces the number of early ticks allowed for usage by the element. Note that this does not change the way notes are generated in the allowed ticks, it simply filters out the start or end of the bar.

So what does this mean in human-ese? In terms of what actually happens to the music? All I want to know is "does moving the bias to the left mean that I got "more" or "less" of a particular drum at the start of a bar? Which drum does it relate to?

In general, it seems to me that the manual has been written totally backwards. Starting with all sorts of stuff about configuration, it is section 12 before we get to the brain section! Surely we should be starting there?

Also, the way the manuual progesses from songs, to parts then finally to the bar editior. Again, surely this is the wrong way round? Or am I the only one who starts with a bar or two, builds them to a section and finally, last of all, starts putting a song together. From what I've read on the forums, this seems a very common way to work.

While I'm at it, is there a 'catalog' of all brain elements and what they do?

[Ralph @ Rayzoon]

There is no 'catalog' of brain elements because each style and drummer model implement their own (though many elements are a recurring theme).

Imagine the length of the BIAS slider as the length of the bar. The position point of the slider is the focus of the AI for the brain element. It will do its thing for half a bar to the left and half a bar to the right of that point. If it is in the middle then the AI is active over the whole bar. If you slide it right, then the beginning of the bar becomes off limits for the AI.

Hope this helps.