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How to draw in noteOn offsets that resemble a strum?

I've been able to manually achieve various strumming effects by shifting the noteOn point of various notes in a chord. And I'm looking for a more efficient approach.


First here are a coupe of examples.


• This is a classic folk strum using Native Instruments Picked Nylon. The middle portion plays the chord with no onset stagger. And the third section is a bass-brush variation of the initial strum.


     Realistic strums via TAB Ring and Note on-off hand editing in Logic pro


• This is a similar strum on Native Instruments Session Ukulele


     Ukulele folk-rock strum


I'm pretty sure I recall seeing a Piano Rool graphic tool that easily sliced off the head of notes in the Piano Roll, just by brushing across the stack of chord notes. That's what I've done manually, but tool like that would make it about 5 times faster. I think the "cropping" tool in a video my Music Tech Help Guy.


Anybody the name of the tool? And if so, a link to a video.


Aside from that, does Logic any sort of built-in of "arpeggio" strum MIDI effect?

MacBook Air, macOS 13.5

Posted on Sep 29, 2024 11:18 PM

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Sep 30, 2024 1:18 AM in response to yoyoBen

@yoyoBen


Thanks for your reply. I used to get good results using a MIDI keyboard, though I'm not a keyboard player.


I've created scads of notation that very well sculpted in time, accent and dynamics. I am exporting these projects from MuseScore Studio and crafting them into more nuanced performances in Logic Pro X.


Here's a couple of examples:


    St. James Infirmary Blues - Mix


     Partial Capo Piece


Keyboard input might be workable for short repetitive phrases. But commonly strummed guitar voicings would prove awkward chordally. And a capable keyboardist would likely struggle with the required forward and reverse quick strum arpeggios at tempo.


I'd like something that intelligently processes the timing at various strum sections on a particular track or region—for strummed instruments like guitar, ukulele, mandolin. I've started conceptualizing a project that will impart strummed timing over selected notes in the MuseScore Studio score notation desktop app. Ultimately the option would be vialable via a plugin for MuseScoreStudio. I collaborated on the TAB Ring plugin project which offers a free way to add guitar realism to notation and MIDI. The recording above were enhanced with TAB Ring; without it they would sound unlistenable.


Circling back...


In the mean time swipe-slicing the note onsets in the Piano Roll seems like an achievable approach ... at least for a few pressing projects.


My current results, which you can hear above, look like the following image.

The rhythm is:    1  2 +    + 4 +



Fingers crossed that someone knows about the tool I've described.

How to draw in noteOn offsets that resemble a strum?

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