Session Percussionist: 3/4 and 6/8 time signatures

Kirtland Peterson
Kirtland Peterson Member Posts: 37 Member
in Kontakt

Aloha all,

Session Percussionist seems best fit for 4/4 time signatures.

Is there an intelligent way to get SP to grok the time signature of what's in my DAW and provide patterns, etc. that work with 3/4, 6/9 and 9/8 patterns?

Googling about has been frustrating and I can't believe SP isn't designed to work with "everything that's out there"!

Mahalo!

Cat

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  • Jeremy_NI
    Jeremy_NI Customer Care Posts: 12,971 mod
    Answer ✓

    With Session Percussionist you can edit the time divisions per measure and can therefore have any kind of time signature you would like:

    Screenshot 2024-09-30 at 10.54.37.png

  • Jeremy_NI
    Jeremy_NI Customer Care Posts: 12,971 mod
    Answer ✓

    No worries, you should be able to edit the pattern length, instrument/sound by instrument/sound. Like this, you need to select the key first:

    sp.gif

    I hope this makes things clearer. If you're still not able to move that grid, we should investigate it, what's your operating system, what DAW are you using?

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  • Jeremy_NI
    Jeremy_NI Customer Care Posts: 12,971 mod
    Answer ✓

    With Session Percussionist you can edit the time divisions per measure and can therefore have any kind of time signature you would like:

    Screenshot 2024-09-30 at 10.54.37.png

  • Kirtland Peterson
    Kirtland Peterson Member Posts: 37 Member

    Aloha e Jeremy,

    Thank you.

    Sorry for tardy response, was away.

    I've gotten that far, but how do I get the divisions to not be 4/4?

    Your screenshot is where I always get to, but even your screenshot has 4/4.

    How do I "edit" it?

    I've Googled like crazy, but there's no demo of how to accomplish this.

    The best I've done is, in my mind, to superimpose 3/4 or 6/8 on top of the unchangeable 4/4 grid.

    Is that the answer?

    Mahalo again!

    Cat

  • Jeremy_NI
    Jeremy_NI Customer Care Posts: 12,971 mod

    You can move these little arrows to fit any time division you want:

    screenshot-2024-09-30-at-10-54-37.png

  • Kirtland Peterson
    Kirtland Peterson Member Posts: 37 Member

    Aloha!

    I must be doing something wrong.

    I've tried that, but they don't move. They stay locked in 4/4.

    What am I doing wrong?

    Thanks again!

  • Kirtland Peterson
    Kirtland Peterson Member Posts: 37 Member

    There's no "global setting" to establish a new time signature?

  • Jeremy_NI
    Jeremy_NI Customer Care Posts: 12,971 mod

    Yes you're right, there's no global setting, you have to do that per instrument.

  • Kirtland Peterson
    Kirtland Peterson Member Posts: 37 Member

    And per SP grid bar?

    Like I said, I've tried moving those arrows, but they seem to be locked.

    Thanks, sorry to bug you, but I LOVE the sounds in SP, but can't use them at present.

  • Kirtland Peterson
    Kirtland Peterson Member Posts: 37 Member

    If you knew of a video demo that'd be helpful.

    I'll try uninstalling SP and reinstalling. Perhaps there's a SP glitch my end.

    Signing off, the sun's gone down in Hawai'i.

    Thanks again.

  • Jeremy_NI
    Jeremy_NI Customer Care Posts: 12,971 mod
    Answer ✓

    No worries, you should be able to edit the pattern length, instrument/sound by instrument/sound. Like this, you need to select the key first:

    sp.gif

    I hope this makes things clearer. If you're still not able to move that grid, we should investigate it, what's your operating system, what DAW are you using?

  • Kirtland Peterson
    Kirtland Peterson Member Posts: 37 Member

    WOW!

    So grateful!

    MUCH appreciated!

    Mahalo nui loa from O'ahu!

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