I posted this in the Reddit sub, so apologies if you’re seeing this twice. I’m desperately seeking help with two questions regarding triplets. I’m using the previous version of Synth V inside Studio One, and I’ve been having alignment problems with my DAW tracks:
Do triplets import properly in midi, or will Synth V always interpret them as 1/8 or 1/4 notes?
I know that in Synth V, I can input triplets by changing the note-duration to 1/6. But does that then apply to just that bar, or for the whole track? Is there a way to apply triplets to just one bar or a half-bar?
I’ve tried this a little, so theres may be able to advise you better, but it seems that changing the piano roll resolution allows you to input triplet notes as you say, but then if you change the roll back to 4/4 the triplets still stay in place.
When importing MIDI you have the choice of letting SV do some quantization for you, or just edit it yourself. It seems that whatever you import, the MIDI notes stay as they are in the MIDI clip (for good and for bad!)
You can choose to quantize or not when recording is finished. You can change this behaviour in the Settings under Recording.
The note duration you’re talking about is just a snap value. You can change that value as you work with straight and triplet notes interchangeably - it won’t change what you’ve already entered. It just gives you the right grid to snap to at any given time. It’ll apply as a snap tool until you change its value, so you can mix and match triplets and duplets as you wish.
Very very helpful, thank you! On reflection, it seems obvious - a 4-beat bar divided 16 times is exactly as long as a 4-beat bar divided 12 times. It’s the dividing lines that change, not the time. But that had eluded me, so these explanations matter. Thanks!