Category: Library
How to Make Quantizing Sound Less Rigid
A complaint about “MIDI music” is that quantizing to the beat sucks the life out of a song—but here are three ways to make quantization more human-sounding.... Read More
The Advantages of Starting Songs with MIDI
Songwriting often benefits from a fast workflow—and starting the songwriting process with MIDI, rather than recording audio, can speed up the process.... Read More
Use Arpeggiation to Create More Varied Percussion Parts
Most people of think of arpeggiation solely in melodic terms, but arpeggiation has additional uses—especially for triggering useful percussion patterns.... Read More
What Is Groove Quantization with MIDI?
Instead of quantizing to a rigid grid, you can load a specific, humanized groove—for example, a hand-percussion part—and quantize to that instead.... Read More
Mix with a Keyboard’s MIDI Control Surface
Some synthesizers let you program their faders, switches, and buttons so you can mix with them in conjunction with a recording program’s virtual mixer.... Read More
Get Imaginative with the Mod Wheel
Mod wheels are often used to introduce LFO-controlled vibrato, but they have many other potential applications—all you need to do is add some imagination. ... Read More
How to Use Jamstik+ as a MIDI Guitar Controller
Although originally intended as a way to help learn how to play guitar, the Jamstik+ from Zivix can also serve as a useful, basic MIDI guitar controller.... Read More
How to “Strum” MIDI Notes
When playing a chord progression, it’s easy to have chord notes hit at the same time—but “strumming” the chord can add a more guitar-like quali... Read More