| How FlexiMusic
Composer Works
Sequencing:
A FlexiMusic Composer song
is composed of one or more tracks. Each track has one instrument or multiple
instruments. You can create a FlexiMusic Composer song by adding multiple tracks. Each track contains one or more looping patterns. You can also add lyrics
to a track instead of music. There are three choices for the sound source of
tracks. They are Step Cycle, Bar Cycle, and Single File/Voice. Play positions
are shown as blocks that you can drag using the mouse to adjust the timings.
You can adjust the volume, pan and height for each track separately.
Additionally, for individual play blocks, you can set the side/pan and volume.
Step Cycle
Track:
In Step Cycle Track's pattern (step sequencer), there are a fixed number of steps
repeating at equal intervals. Some can be ON, and others can be OFF,
making a rhythm of melody. In "Select Instrument Sound" you can select the
instruments' sounds for the each step. When you click the ADD PATTERN button, a randomly-generated
pattern is added to the Music Cycle.
If you don't like the new
pattern, you can edit it until you do like it, or else delete it and add a
different pattern. Repeat this process until you've added as many patterns
to the track as you wish.
You can also add effects
to your patterns. You can adjust the number of repeats, volume and pan for
pattern. For a simple pattern, use step cycle patterns.
Bar Cycle
Track:
In Bar Cycle Track's pattern, there is a block on the bar for each beat of the
sound. Arrange a few beats as blocks on this track as per melody timings.
In "Select Instrument
Sound," you can select the instruments' sounds for the blocks. When you click the ADD PATTERN button,
add as many patterns you need.
Add multiple patterns with
different delays. Set the number of repeats (to loop it) and adjust pan and
volume to it. If you don't like the new pattern, you can edit it until you
do like it, or else delete it and add a different pattern.
These Music cycles can be
placed on the tracks as a single block. This way, you can adjust the whole
cycle of many patterns on the track as one piece. Use bar cycle for advanced patterns.
Single File/Voice:
To use one single set of lyrics, use "Single File/Voice" type. For a single sound type,
there is no Pattern.
Music Cycle:
The Music
Cycle is the sound source to use for every block of play position on the
track.
Select Instrument
Sound:
Select Instruments Sounds
is a list of wav file samples (names) available in our FlexiMusic Composer.
When the Composer starts for first time, all sound samples apply together
with the Composer installation file. You can select and arrange all existing
wave files in your hard disk into different groups, and save them as a
default collection. Then, that default collection will come automatically
with every new composer file. Select Instruments Sounds has two main groups:
one is Instrument group and the other is My Recordings.
My Recordings: This is special group used exclusively for this file
only. The files added through this group will not be available in
the common instrument list. In this group, you can add your voice, lyrics,
special sounds etc...
After finishing the first track, repeat the process and add as many
additional tracks as you wish. A FlexiMusic Composer song can contain an
unlimited number of tracks.
After you've added a
number of tracks to your song, FlexiMusic Composer's
output mix allows you to stretch this basic unit of music into a
full-length composition by turning tracks ON or OFF as the
song plays. You can add an unlimited number of mixes to a song.
Visible Waveforms:
At each stage of
processing, a waveform is displayed, like the stages of blocks, patterns, music
cycles, tracks and the final output. This will help you to find and repair any
problems in-between.
Play select range /
part play:
During the entire process of
making music, you can select a range (time range) and test play each part
separately. This saves time in trial and error testing. And, you can loop any
part for testing with your defined loop delay.
Tick, Cycle, Steps
Tempo:
You can use tick time and
cycle time to adjust the timings. Tick time (the smallest time unit) can
be adjusted. The number of ticks per cycle and number of steps per cycle
also can be adjusted. There is a tempo percentage to adjust the tempo of the
music.
Files:
A new composed song file can be saved and opened.
You can also merge one file to another.
The FlexiMusic Composer's (*.FmCmp) output (played, selected or full song)
file can be saved as standard wave
format audio file (*.Wav). The quality of the output wave format (bit rate,
sampling frequency and channel) can be set as required. If you would like to
use the mp3 format to compress and save the audio file, you can use our FlexiMusic Wave
Editor to convert wav to mp3.
Wave output format
supported:
Channel: Stereo and Mono
Sample size: 8 bits and 16 bits
Sample rate: 11025, 22050 and 44100 Hz. |
