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"Squashing" melodies in FL Studio
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| Beat Blog |
I have a midi file which is 200BPM which I have imported into a 145BPM project.
The particular melody which I would like to use is at 200BPM, but it is relatively slow compared to the rest of the track it came from. At 145BPM it's even worse.
Question: is there a way to "squash" a melody in the piano roll, i.e make all notes shorter by a pre-set ratio and shorten the distance between them, all whilst keeping the BPM the same?
...or would it be possible to speed the midi file up to 290BPM (145 x 2) so that the melody plays twice as fast but still in time with my project? |
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| kitphillips |
| In ableton then definately yes, just check the manual mate, I'm sure there's also a way in FL. I don't use it so I'm not sure, but it'll be there. |
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| LfmC |
| quote: | Originally posted by Beat Blog
I have a midi file which is 200BPM which I have imported into a 145BPM project.
The particular melody which I would like to use is at 200BPM, but it is relatively slow compared to the rest of the track it came from. At 145BPM it's even worse.
Question: is there a way to "squash" a melody in the piano roll, i.e make all notes shorter by a pre-set ratio and shorten the distance between them, all whilst keeping the BPM the same?
...or would it be possible to speed the midi file up to 290BPM (145 x 2) so that the melody plays twice as fast but still in time with my project? |
Select all notes (ctrl+a) and holding shift drag the note length. |
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| Icone |
I think I've had this experience before, but I forgot how I solved it... Maybe you could set a new project up at 200bpm and import it?
Last time I did it I manually moved the notes though. |
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| david.michael |
| quote: | Originally posted by LfmC
Select all notes (ctrl+a) and holding shift drag the note length. |
^ that's what I was going to suggest. |
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| Beat Blog |
| quote: | Originally posted by LfmC
Select all notes (ctrl+a) and holding shift drag the note length. |
That will only shorten the notes themselves and not the intervals between them.
Hence the melody will still be slow.
Thanks for the reply though. :) |
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| LfmC |
| quote: | Originally posted by Beat Blog
That will only shorten the notes themselves and not the intervals between them.
Hence the melody will still be slow.
Thanks for the reply though. :) |
Dude what are you talking about? This is used for resizing a riff/melody, not the notes. If you tried it, you'd know. :rolleyes:
It's also prolly the thing you're looking for, and the only option for resizing an entire midi melody in FLStudio.
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