Do you have a sequencing preference?

[Mark Showalter]

So I find myself sequencing Carol of the Bells and I'm switching back and forth between a couple of sequencing techniques.

Sometimes I'll take care of all channels then move to the next section of time. At other times I'll latch on to one element, like the Weber tree, and finish the entire song with just that element. Then I have to go back and figure out what to do with everything else.

Anybody have a solution for orchestrating lots of elements and channels without getting lost in the process?

What's your technique?

[Guest guest]

I will use the wizards and create a "working" area for each of my elements using varying styles and speeds.

Once I have used whichever wizard I opted for, and done this for every element in my display, then I go back to the sequence and TWEAK it using the highlight small areas in the timing grid, hit the space bar and tweak all visible channels, one at a time, in that area, then I move on to the next area.

I just started using this technique, thanks to Don (believe he is one of the LOR beta testers) as I was unaware of being able to do this, that is, using the highlight timing grid area and space bar to play just that section of the sequence.

It has actually made my sequencing each element of my display a lot easier and a little quicker utilizing a combination of these techniques and methods.

Now I can tweak my sequences in less than half the time from the way I had been doing it before!

[Brian Mitchell]

I basically work one element at a time, but there are sections of songs where I want everything to work together a certain way and I'll do those sections top to bottom.

[Guest Don Gillespie]

I am like Brian I try to find one outstanding element that I can work right to the end of the sequence then I will fill in the gaps, some sequences are tougher than others and for those i will use the beat wizard to steer me in the right direction, my medley took me well over 80 hours to complete but an hour a night and some on weekends I think it came out pretty good.

[George Simmons]

I'm also mostly a follower of Brian's technique. I typically sequence my beat-keeping elements first, then the elements that are the "stars" of that particular song, and then fill in with the rest.

[cenote]

Count me in on using a method like Brian. Work with the beat, I set up a multiple beat tracks with different speeds, and make a flow chart on a scrap piece of paper with where I want the show to flow. I try not to make all the elements "bounce" around to much, more like tell a story. start with areas, and move on to others. Or start with one element, bring in another, and time it so you get to the last element during the last chorus. Than for the finale, hit them with everything. Like many here, takes me weeks and weeks and mostly months, to put together a new song. Be sure also, USE THE KEYBOARD with short cuts. much much faster than clicking around with the mouse. Also, like mentioned above, I use the highlight time grid area and use the space bar to play just part of the song over and over and over and over.....

Like you mark, I sometime do take one element and program that threw out the entire track. Specially my arches, I know when I want them on, and will go threw one night and just program them using copy and paste mostly to breeze threw them. Doesn't really matter, I just find it easier to write down all your thoughts, than sequence in little time slots for most of the other elements.

[Guest guest]

Basically I use the same methods as Brian with a few small differences. Where I said work on an area, area should have been "channel", as I work on one element at a time. Sometimes I'll go and do the one channel all the way to the end, then the next channel or element I want to use and so forth. Depending on the type song and what I'm trying to do, I may work on each element/channel in the highlighted timing grid from top to bottom.

It all depends on the music and how I feel like doing it at the time!

[Mark Showalter]

cenote wrote:

Be sure also, USE THE KEYBOARD with short cuts.  much much faster than clicking around with the mouse.

I'm using the 2.9.4 Standard Edition. Any idea if there's a list of keyboard commands available?

[Don]

Mark Showalter wrote:

I'm using the 2.9.4 Standard Edition. Any idea if there's a list of keyboard commands available?

Hit F1 to bring up the help file. (From within the sequence editor.)

The LOR Software Package -> Sequence Editor -> Editing Sequences using the keyboard.

[Mark Showalter]

Don wrote:

Mark Showalter wrote:

I'm using the 2.9.4 Standard Edition. Any idea if there's a list of keyboard commands available?

Hit F1 to bring up the help file. (From within the sequence editor.)

The LOR Software Package -> Sequence Editor -> Editing Sequences using the keyboard.

Found it! Thanks Don and everyone. That helps.