groove + pocket in audiomulch compositions

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revo11
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Joined: March 7, 2011

I was wondering if other users have tips for this.

One of the things I struggle with in AM is to give my music a sense of off-grid rhythm, to incorporate groove and pocket into the compositions (ideally going beyond shuffle - having rhythms that breathe)

This can be somewhat accomplished working off the grid on the automation timeline (e.g. automating oscillators to get off-grid synthesized drums), but it's hard to blend manually drawn automation curves with the sequencers in a lot of the native contraptions which are very much grid based. Judicious use of delays can help to slip events around the beat (although it requires some manual preparation), but I was wondering if other users had suggestions/tips/tricks for giving the rhythms in their audiomulch compositions some more life?

Lume
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Joined: September 10, 2011

Notes in the Drums contraption can be nudged by alt-clicking notes!

revo11
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Joined: March 7, 2011

Holy crap, I did not know that!

Lume
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Joined: September 10, 2011

hahaha. yeah, i'm not sure if i was experimenting or actually read it in the help file.
definetly worth knowing! =]

Ross B.
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Joined: April 11, 2009

It works the same as in automation. When snap is enabled, alt dragging moves points off the grid.

Ross B.
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Joined: April 11, 2009

Another option is to use a higher resolution grid.

paradiddle
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Joined: June 24, 2009

And when snap is enabled in the automation alt puts it on the grid. Pretty much the inverse.