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RE: [analogue-sequencer] AUX Events ??

2004-02-11 by Colin f

> I have some questions about the AUX Events.
> 
> 1. Accumulator (e.g. Velocity Accumulator)
> Is this a value, that is held in one variable per Track, and to which
> I can add or subtract values, and then this new value will be added to
> the Velocity-Values that I set up for each step? What happens if the
> accumulator reaches a value of 127 and beyond? It goes back to 0? I
> guess so, and so the "offset rel" Events make sense to me. But for
> what can I use the "offset abs" events?

That's exactly what it does.
"Offset abs" just sets the accumulator to a specific value.
I haven't used it much, so maybe it's superfluous.

> 2. Randomize Velo
> Here a random value between 0 and the AUX Value is added to the
> Velocity Values, right? But what happens if this is more then 127? So
> e.g. the Velo is 120 and the Random Value ist 20, then would the
> result be 13? For the Accumulators, it makes sense to me, but for the
> Random-Aux-Events, I would prefer the Values that are "higher" than
> 127 to stay at 127, so 120 + 20 = 127.

It does make sense the velocity should be limited to 127.
I just haven't got round to fixing it yet. It'll be in the next release.

> 3. AUX D Accumulator
> Here I have an Accumulator for AUX Events? I'm not quite sure if this
> is right:
> I set AUX C to "offset AUX D rel" and have on step1 a value of 1.
> I set AUX D to "Randomize Velo", and have all steps set to 1. 
> And then with every cycle the Range of the Random Velocitys goes up by
> 1, because the AUX D Accumulator is counting up?

That's exactly right.
Sorry I haven't got round to updating the manual with aux events yet.
But it could still take me a while, as I'm chronically busy, and it's
going to be a hard part to write clearly too.
There is a bit more work to be done on the accumulators themselves too.
I'm planning to allow you to set limits, and a choice of
wrap/rebound/clip behaviour for when they reach the limit.
This should allow LFO type effects. One day...

Cheers,
Colin f

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