How to do multiple time signatures within my DAW Studio One 3.
Why does this matter?
Because I’ve been experimenting with different time signature stuff for a while now and now I could be a bit more organized in how I decide to go about changing the various time signatures in one piece of music.
For the record: I just released a song in 5/4 time called Five,Four. Additionally my EP Cascade was an experiment that was all over the place). Before those 2 tracks, I had 2 other pieces in odd time signatures that are apart of an older moniker of mine.
Point being, I (think I) have an urge to get experimental with my music and stop being a music square ( relying on four to the floor)
I learned about South Indian music and their time signature structure (correct me if I’m wrong “solfege“) back in university and fell in love with it. And after learning about Gamelan in the same university course, I participated in a Gamelan group in Toronto for fun for a few years.
Outside of the classical ‘world music’ genre and stepping world pop music arena, one of my favourite Japanese pop songs is Polyrhythm by Perfume (caught my ear for being unorthodox).
Also, before my obsession with J-pop, I was actually going to delve into French pop. My favourite artists were Camille, Soha, Phoenix (who sing in English).
Anyway, I’m obsessed with Camille and how she works in various time signatures: once with her re-imagining one of her most popular songs (Ta Douleur)
And a newer song called Lasso (I was impressed watching it live)
But that’s besides the point. I just wanted to post about how I learned that multiple time signatures was actually possible in Studio One and that discovery has made me want to experiment more.
Note to self, right click in the bar section and insert time signature.
Another note to self: being able to change both tempo and time signatures will be awesome for future musical endeavours if I don’t get sidetracked.
