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Classic_Man Jam Meister

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Posted: Sat Apr 30, 2022 3:38 am Post subject: Managing Fills In A Song |
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What is the best way to manage fills during a song?
For example, I have a song with three consecutive verses of 12 bars each. I want fills as follows:
Verse 1: Fill at bar 9 only.
Verse 2: No fills. I want to mute fills for this verse.
Verse 3: Fills at bar 5, 9 and 12.
By default Jamstix adds fills every 5th bar so if I select a standard 4-bar verse and repeat this 3 times I get fills at bars 5, 9 & 12 for each verse.
If I select a verse and make this 12 bars long I have a fill at bar 12 for each verse.
My solution would be to add three instances of a verse in the Build then treat each verse differently in the Song panel. When I try this and it just adds a verse with 3 repetitions.
Naturally, I also want to follow with choruses so I will need to manage fills for these too.
Thanks for any help with this. |
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Azimuth Moderator & Beta Team

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Posted: Sat Apr 30, 2022 2:49 pm Post subject: |
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After I've gotten the Groove & Accents in the Verses the way I like, the way I would handle that situation is:
1) Song dropdown menu>Global Actions>Disable Automatic Fills In All Parts
2) Switch to the Fill window.
3) Click the Bar in the Timeline where I want a fill, add a fill I like from the Fills folder or click "Recompose" until I get something I like. The Bar will turn Blue indicating a manual fill.
4) Repeat Step 3 in all further Bars requiring a fill.
I would likely do Step 1 when starting the song if I knew this was going to be the situation but it's not necessary. |
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Classic_Man Jam Meister

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Posted: Sun May 01, 2022 1:23 pm Post subject: |
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Thanks again Azimuth.
That's a great way of managing fills. |
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Knopf_ Jamologist

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I want to officially propose Azimuth for Metagalactic Emperor of the Universe. |
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Azimuth Moderator & Beta Team

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Posted: Sun May 01, 2022 4:05 pm Post subject: |
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| Knopf_ wrote: | OT:
I want to officially propose Azimuth for Metagalactic Emperor of the Universe. |
........... If only I had mad programming skills!
| Quote: | | That's a great way of managing fills. |
It is the best way I've found to handle that type of situation, glad it helps you. |
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d_steinschneider Jam Meister

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Posted: Fri Jun 10, 2022 6:52 pm Post subject: |
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| Great tip Azimuth - I've always wondered what the best method is to add fills to only certain verses. |
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