Once I do that, it creates a track (and I believe this track is a drum rack) with lots of slices per the parameters set in the dialog box.įrom there, I would like all the slices to glide between each slice. Select my acapella, right click it and "slice to new MIDI track" Now if you set that to voices = 1 and glide active it WILL glide. To see the difference try re-slicing your original audio using a slicer preset like "Sampler Beat Offset". Are they all different Samplers or Simplers? then it will not work. If each slice is in a different sampler it WILL NOT WORK.ĭouble click on a cell of a drum rack, then flip through each cell. Portamento affects voices of one instrument.Ī drum rack is a container for Samplers. The slices need to be in the same Sampler for portamento to work. In the same drum rack? Hmm, that won't work. there's got to be a reason the portamento is there! Just can't get it to work And yes they are all in the same drum rack. I turned the retrigger on and off as well just to see what would happen.
I selected each slice and set them to 1 voice. You need a preset where all the slices are In one sampler. I think some of the slice presets create chains with a sampler fror each slice. I also seem to recall it's called "glide", I'm assuming you found the correct control (in the pitch tab)Īlso, all the slices must be in the same Sampler. I don't think Sampler does poly portamento. I am sure that many devices and plugins have implemented their own solutions, such as proprietary uses of certain MIDI CCs for controlling portamento behavior, but I don't know of any off the top of my head.Įdit: turns out there is a standard set of CCs for portamento control, see Henrique's answer.Angstrom wrote:Have you set it to monophonic / voices =1 I personally find this to be a useful solution, since I work with largely electronic music and I prefer extending and reducing note lengths to editing envelopes, as I find it more intuitive.
Again, this only works in the context of single-voiced instruments, since with multiple voices it isn't clear if it should bend the note or play the second voice.
Generally there is a knob, usually labeled 'portamento' or 'portamento time,' which sets the amount of time it takes to bend the pitch to the next note, if that note is triggered before the previous note ends. Many soundbanks and synthesizers (monosynths, in particular) have an automatic portamento feature. Choose 'MIDI Control' from the first chooser and 'Pitch Bend' from the second one. Click on the little "E" in the lower-left corner, which will open up your envelope editor. Click on the 'Velocity' chooser and you'll see that you can choose 'Pitch.'įor Ableton Live, this is another overlay in the Clip View (where the piano roll is). You likely won't find it in the piano roll however, you'll have to find it wherever your sequencer stores envelope or automation information.įor Reaper, this is the view at the bottom of the piano roll that by default shows your note velocities. Most instruments I've used that accept MIDI respond to pitchbend information, and so you can program this in your sequencer. Given that, there are two ways I know of to attack the problem of portamento: Just use pitchbend However, if you're only sequencing for one voice, you can send MIDI pitch bend information, like you have suggested, but this is global to the channel so you can't, say, bend one note while keeping the other at its original pitch (at least, not without duplicating your instrument on another track). There is not, to my knowledge, any way in the MIDI standard to specify portamento between two specific notes. Those piano roll editors provide a convenient way to sequence MIDI note data.