Prospective Jamstix buyer with ?\'s (MIDI import, etc.)

planetnine_ · Post by **planetnine_** » Mon Dec 10, 2012 5:29 am

I'm no expert here, but I would expect it would be better to import MIDI in parts so that the drummer engine can interpret them as such, and you could influence chorus, bridge, verse, etc, parts differently to fine-tune the feel of the track.

Does that make sense?

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Post by **Ralph @ Rayzoon** » Mon Dec 10, 2012 5:03 pm

I've checked the MIDI file. There are two ways to do this:

A - SIMPLE
Just use Jamstix in drum module mode to play back the drum MIDI file. The AI won't be used but at least you can use Jamstix drum sounds.

B - COMPLEX
This would involve re-creating each part of the song from scratch or based on the MID file. You'd skip fills etc. and just focus on getting the basic groove of each part imported. After that, you'd let loose a drummer (i.e. Neil). The result will be a unique track, not a 1:1 copy of the original MID file but that's the point with JS anyway.

non_drummer (Archive) · Tue Dec 11, 2012 12:09 am

Ralph, thanks for messing around with the MIDI file. I have some questions about the 2 methods you mentioned.

With the simple method, are you saying the entire MIDI drum file can be imported in one big chunk? If so, is there a limit to the file size or number of bars/measures in the MIDI file?

I think I'd prefer the results of the complex method, but I don't want to get bogged down in hours of tedious work to get the result I want. Would it be possible to import the entire MIDI drum track from a song and then break it down into the individual parts *within* Jamstix? In the case of the MIDI file I sent you, the song is about 300 bars long. It seems like it would be a fairly quick job if you could import all 300 bars, and then within Jamstix be able to say bars 1-10 is the intro, 11-26 is this, 27-42 is that, etc., etc. Can that be done?

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Post by **Ralph @ Rayzoon** » Tue Dec 11, 2012 11:34 am

non_drummer wrote: With the simple method, are you saying the entire MIDI drum file can be imported in one big chunk? If so, is there a limit to the file size or number of bars/measures in the MIDI file?

The limit is 64 bars per part. The simple method actually skips any import and just plays back the MIDI file in drum module mode.

I think I'd prefer the results of the complex method, but I don't want to get bogged down in hours of tedious work to get the result I want. Would it be possible to import the entire MIDI drum track from a song and then break it down into the individual parts *within* Jamstix? In the case of the MIDI file I sent you, the song is about 300 bars long. It seems like it would be a fairly quick job if you could import all 300 bars, and then within Jamstix be able to say bars 1-10 is the intro, 11-26 is this, 27-42 is that, etc., etc. Can that be done?

We have ideas on an automatic MIDI drum track breakdown for Jamstix 4. Not sure how much time we can invest there as most people have simple MIDI loops (1-4 bars) that they want to use within Jamstix.