Partial Bar

notringo · Post by **notringo** » Sun Mar 22, 2009 1:27 am

So far I haven't been able to get this to work quite right.

Is there another way I could do this?

If we were able to put in (.5) instead of a full bar (1) when building a song, that would help quite a bit.
Maybe in a future version??

rcraig42 · Post by **rcraig42** » Sun Mar 22, 2009 10:48 am

Make sure "Allow Time Sig Changes" is checked in Jamstix Options. then you have to create a separate 1 bar - 1 rep part for that measure in the song sheet.

notringo · Post by **notringo** » Sun Mar 22, 2009 3:21 pm

Thanks rcraig42, I'll dig around in the JS2 options and see if that is checked.
One bar will not do it though, I need something that will allow less then one bar. I run into this all the time when creating songs. Possible example is a sudden change in the song like entering the bridge after 1/2 a bar.

rcraig42 · Post by **rcraig42** » Sun Mar 22, 2009 3:42 pm

If the bar is set up as 2/4 in the Host, and you have the corresponding 1 bar part in jamstix at the same location, it will be 2/4, or "half a bar", or "2 beats".

The point is, you have to have a separate part in Jamstix for each different time signature.

notringo · Post by **notringo** » Sun Mar 22, 2009 6:30 pm

Hey thanks rcraig42. I do have the 1 bar part set up in jamstix, but getting it right in my sequencer is a bit more tricky. I already have guitars, vocals, bass recorded in my sequencer, so if I start playing around with timeline, won't that throw that off? Not sure.

Also in the 1 bar 1 beat which I have separated, when you open that up, the bottom has 4 beat that looks like it could be changed to 1,2,3,4, but it is [u:176c269ecb]greyed out[/u:176c269ecb]. I did select the "allow time signature changes".

rcraig42 · Post by **rcraig42** » Sun Mar 22, 2009 6:49 pm

Audio tracks should be unaffected by changes to the time signatures in the timeline. MIDI tracks may shift though, but that is usually a pretty easy fix if you have half decent MIDI editing functionality.

Most sequencers I have dealt with change the time signature for all following measures when you insert a time sig change, so you have to go to the next measure to change it back each time you want to do this.

You have to change the time signature in the host before jamstix realizes it is supposed be a 2/4 measure.

notringo · Post by **notringo** » Sun Mar 22, 2009 10:14 pm

OK, I got it now. I only have audio in the sequencer beside Jamstix, and I'm using Samplitude 10 Pro (object oriented).

You have to change the time signature in the host before jamstix realizes it is supposed be a 2/4 measure.

Yeah that makes sense.

Thanks for all your help!!!