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                  *   PVG PRESETS By RICHARD VIARD   *
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                  *             10/7/89              *
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Here are some presets that can be found in my DEFAULT.VRY file.
I hope some of them might be useful to you or help you create your own
presets based on these ideas.
I use 240 steps per beat so make sure to convert any time related 
parameter if you don't.

I usually use the variations to create subtle changes in a pattern.
I start with a 2 or 4 bar pattern. Copy/paste it as many time 
as I need it, then check how many total events it takes.
I then select a vary preset, and select overwrite original, and under
changes, a percentage of the number of events, according to the desired
effect. I noticed that this technique gives better results than using 
Consecutive or Evolving Mults on the small pattern to get a long track 
as the changes are not as subtle.

   
HUMANIZE:
Randomly shifts times and velocities. You can experiment with various 
values. I usualy select Overwrite Original, and a nb of variations 
slightly below the number of notes.

OUT SAVE CHORDS:
Swaps notes but leaves chords intact.

GOOD VARIATIONS:
Changes Velocities, Times, Durations, and swaps notes.

MINIMALIZATION:
Random erase, keeps chords intact.

ERASE DOUBLES:
Erases doube notes (any note with a time of 0). Useful for editing.
set changes to 0.

REVERSE 3:
Randomly time reverses 3 notes. Works well for repetitive motifs like
percussions or bass patterns etc...

PERC. VARY:
Shifts, swaps and reverses notes. Great for percussions variations.

PERC VARY RICH:
Shifts times, swaps pitches & times, and reverses 3 consecutive notes.

RANERASE:
Random erase. Great for syncopating bass lines, or to create strange
drum passages.

VELOCITIES:
Randomly changes velocities.

ERASE DBL PITCH:
Erases double notes with same pitch.

INSERT OPEN HIHAT:
Randomly adds an open hihat to a closed hihat part (mine is A#2)
enter the number of occurences under changes.

EXTEND DURATIONS
I still don't understand why this preset works, but it extends the
durations of the notes to the begining of the next note. Useful for 
creating legato passages, or before transcribing using notation software
like Copyist.
  
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PERC FILL 1A:
32nd note fill. Usefull for percussions or drums.

PERC FILL 2A:
8th note triplet fill.

STICK BOUNCE:
Creates the effect of a bouncing stick.

SIMPLE ECHO 32:
1 Echo 32nd note.

SIMPLE ECHO 16:
same, 16th note.

SIMPLE ECHO 8:
same, 8th note.

SIMPLE ECHO 4:
Guess what? Quarter note.

HIHAT FILL 32:
32nd note hihat fill.(F#2)

HIHAT FILL 16:
16th note hihat fill.(F#2)

SNARE FLAM:
Self explanatory.(D 2)

Here it is. There is not a huge amount of presets because I usually
create an edit witout storing it as a preset since each situation
calls for a different algorithm. I think the Global and Split pages
are the most useful for editing, while Swap and Changes are good for
varying. Set values is used for randomly inserting a precise type of 
event, and Macros for cyclic editing. I really don't use the 2 controller
pages as I do all my controller edits in TIGER.

Happy variations...

Richard Viard. 



