Sections and Phrases in Riff Repeater, one note missing?

[Birdassasin]

Hey guys, i'm just about done doing one of my customs, but I'm having problems getting the Riff Repeater working properly. Not sure, if I have understood the Sections and Phrases correctly. If someone could clarify this to me, it would much appreciated!

From what I gathered, you add sections to the song to specify the bigger parts of the song, ie. Verses and Choruses. Then you can add phrases to split up those bigger parts into smaller bits. Like if the verse has the same riff repeated over and over again, you mark every riff as a phrase.

Have I got this right?

Also as an extra problem (not sure if it's connected to previous problem, but anyways). In Riff Repeater, the sections I made seem to be missing the first note.

[Rockfirstlast]

Yeah, you got it right.  SmellyOrc has a pretty detailed topic with lots of input from other users here:

http://customsforge.com/topic/10520-creating-cdlc-tutorial-making-sections/

 

As for the missing note, it could be a millisecond off the grid.  Click the note and press CTRL+SHIFT+R and it will line up with the grid properly.

 

If there are no triplets, funky rhythmic patterns, or ultrafast notes feel free to grid snap the whole song with Edit->GridSnap->1/32 selected.  If you get an error message saying notes are gonna combine, cancel out.

[Birdassasin]

Okay, got it! The missing notes are showing up now and everything looks like it should for now. Thanks for the help!