Get this sequencer (Max5patch and Lemurtemplate) for 39,- Euro.
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A very instructional video showing the main functions of V2.0 and giving some examples how to work with... | ||
Short video about beat constructing..... | ||
Video showing melody construction with additional Synth 1 control surface..... | ||
Trying to explain the new functions in V2.3 (Midichannel and Humanize) | ||
Jamming around
with V2.3 and the 4 balls-module (see JM user area) Talking about my meeting with Robert Henke Show OSC-connection. |
Notes-Overlay Set
Note (left side) and Octave (right side) for each track.
The chosen notes here (pink) are typical for Ableton-Impulse triggering. Activate the Transpose-slider individually for each track (yellow switches, here 5on/3off) Transpose all activated tracks with the blue slider. only V2.0-2.1: Set Midichannel to send the notes to (brown radioswitch on the bottom, here channel 4) Trackcontrol (on the right side) showing Volume (green horizontal multsliders) for each track. At the bottom is a range to fade in the minimum and maximum of all the values. |
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Grid-
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Direction- Overlay
Set the grid (green switches) for each track. It says how many steps are done each bar: 2 - 3 - 4 - 6 - 8 - 12 - 16 - 24 - 32 Containing triplet grids enable very interesting rhythmic variations... Set playback direction (foreward / backward) for each track with the red switches. With the switches on the bottom you can jump all tracks to a certain value at once. Trackcontrol showing Notelength (blue horizontal multsliders) in milliseconds for each track. |
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Steprange-Overlay
Set the Start- and Endpoint for each track resulting in different Tracklengths (up to 16steps). Layering tracks with different Tracklength will cause very complex, ever changing polyrhythmic patterns. (The position is calculated from the songstart, so a change in Tracklength will cause a little jump. But this is the only way to keep you on 0 when jumping back to 16 steps.) Trackcontrol showing Random (purple horizontal multsliders). Random alternates the stepposition of your indicated steps. You have to activate random by the switches on the right, the sliders control the propability of a random-variation and will light up if activated. Furthermore a little "Random" is displayed on the Tracks grid (always on top). For changing the amount of steps, you have to deactivate random mode. |
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Startpoint-Overlay
Skip the startpoint of each track. In contrast to the steprange this doesn´t change the number of steps but gives a delay on the track. The size of the startpoint-steps is coupled to the grid on each track. Trackcontrol showing volume again (green horizontal multsliders). (The Trackcontrol (right side) is independent from the Overlay (middle and left), I just showed both variations togehter in one picture.....) |
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Midichannel-Overlay
(since V2.2)
You can choose a midichannel for each track. This enables you to address different instruments within one pattern. You can also jump the midichannel while playing and all Midichannels are saved within the presets. With the bottom line you can change all. |
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Humanize-Overlay
(since V2.3)
The humanize function sends a (random) delay on the track triggering. This can be done to get a more human feeling of slight inaccuracy. You can set 2 parameters of a random walk: -right range-point: set maximum of random delay -left range-point: set maximum of changing between 2 steps (since V2.5 you have 3 different kinds of humanize to control with these range-objects...see Maxpatch) You can set the maximum meaning of all ranges on the Maxpatch. I would suggest a small value like 50msec, but you can set it to whatever.... With the bottom line you can change all. |
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Rollpad-Overlay
(since V2.5) - unsynced
This XY pad gives you the possibility to do rolls, whenever you touch it, a ball appears. It triggers a sound corresponding to what note you have chosen on the Note-Overlay and the blue switchs on the left side (here: sound of track1). You control the speed of the triggering on the horizontall axis and the velocity on the vertical axis. There is a range for the velocity output (green) and for the speed of the triggering (blue, directly under the XYpad) Also you can control the Length of the notes that are triggered with the purple slider at the bottom. Furthermore there is a Midicontrolchange-message routet to the vertical axis. This function can be turned on/off by the red button on the bottom, the range is controlled by the red range. If the pad is not touched the value falls back to the minimum of the range. Choose the Midichannel and Controllernumber with the dropdown menu at the top (sending on Lemurmiditarget 0). |
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Rollpad-Overlay
(since V2.5) - synchronised
The triggering on the rollpad can also be syncronised to your DAW if you press the "Sync" button. In that case a horizontal grid appears and the timing of the triggering is synced like on the grid overlay. That means you can exact 16th fills, while still having control over velocity and/or CC on the vertical axis. The grid can also be turned on in unsynced mode via the little button and you can choose the number of grids there. If you jump to "sync" it is automatically turned on and the grid is set to 9. If you don´t like triplet grids, just set the grid to 5. |
The
Max5patch
Inside the Max-patch follow the gray boxes. - enter your Lemur IP (*) and port - choose "ad_rewire" as driver and activate the Sequencer by the switch. - choose one of your Midiports(**) installed on your system (here on win7 PC: Loopbe Internal Midi) PC: It could
be a Midiport you already use on your Lemur-setup or
a complete other Midiport to avoid conflicts with other controllers.
MAC: choose
another port than the Jazzdemon (this send Lemur
data-exclusively) e.g. IAC
- set a delay time for Midichannel-Change (necessary to get rid of possible Midihung while the "noteoff" is sended to the new channel) - set maximum of delay for the humanize function - choose one of three humanize types: a) exact delay on a track via x[1] b) drunk random walk where x[0] is the maximum variation between the steps and x[1] is maximum delay at all c) a classic humanize with minimum and maximum delay ______________ (*) If you are unsure with OSC connection, see here... (**) virtual midicabel make sure they are activated in max ->File ->Midisetup->... |
Preferences
In your DAW (here: Ableton Live8) activate the Input"Track" on whatever Midiport you have chosen on the Maxpatch (here: Loopbe Internal MIDI). You don´t need to activate input"Remote" for that, because the sequencer only send notes, but you can also keep it open (as seen here) You don´t need to activate any Output"Sync" for sending a clock because this sequencer works with rewire(!) That also means, you can not use the Midi-clock-sync-delay (shown here). This will not work on a rewire clock, but you can use "track delay" (explained below). The other ports (Marple in and out) are my normal lemur config. It might differ on your system but that doesn´t matter..... _________________________________ (*) Working with a rewire-clock is very comfortable, but it depends hardly on your DAW sending a stable clock! Mostly this is not a problem, but please check the stability of your DAWs rewire clock with the free "Sequencomat V1" before purchasing V2. (both versions use the same clock-type). |
The
channel settings and REWIRE-clock
On "MIDI from" you choose that Midiport from the maxpatch (again: Loopbe Internal MIDI) also activated in the preferences before. .... You can use a certain Midichannel for opening more than 1 track with different instruments. Change the Midichannel on the Lemurtemplate. Activate "in" on Monitor before you hear notes.... If you want to record parallel on more than 1 track you might deactivate "exclusive" for "arm" (->preferences in your DAW) With "Track delay" (bottom of the track) you can compensate a latency shift (if you got one). |
For
defining a OSC-connection you need to know 2 IP addresses: - your Lemur - your computer You can find both numbers on your Lemur: The LemurIP (to enter in the Maxpatch) is shown on the left. Use it with static IP. The IP address of your Computer is on the right. (see "Jazzeditor connected to") Of course you can also look for it inside the network settings of your computer, but this might be easier ;) |
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define
your OSC-target 0 on the Lemur: ...just enter your computer IP. thats it. now one way (Lemur->Max) is done. For the way back (Max->Lemur) you have to enter your LemurIP inside the Maxpatch. On first load of the Maxpatch you have to enter the Lemur IP once.... |
version | release-date | Lemur-memory | changelog |
2.0 | 12 - 19 - 2009 | 63% | |
2.1 | 01 - 04 - 2009 | 64% | -
split Midichannel in 2 sections (4/4) at bottom of note-overlay - bug fix "direction reset" |
2.2 | 01 - 09 - 2009 | 66% | - new overlay "midichannel", now with independent midichannel on each track |
2.3 | 01 - 10 - 2010 | 72% | -
new overlay "humanize" with randomwalk on each track - random only variates within steprange - new light interaction: steps outside the steprange get also dark (like muted) - clear now works on midichannel (setall) and note (ableton impluse standard) ....you can always change the clear-settings inside the Lemur script |
2.4 | 02 - 05 - 2010 | 73% | -
added drag- and reset-switch on steprange - bug fix on possible midi-hung while channel jump (piped) - bug fix: loadbang 0 on humanize |
2.5 | 03 - 31 - 2010 | 79% | -
added a XYpad for rolls with synced and unsynced mode - added 2 more types of humanize to choose at the maxpatch |