Analogue-sequencer

On Mon, 05 Jul 2004 19:12:56 -0700, Gene Schwartz
<implode7@comcast.net> wrote:

>Is there an easy way of doing the following:
>I want to start a certain pattern, say on track 6, at a certain point in
>time - based on when another pattern on another track is finishing up. Is
>there any way of doing this simply and starting the pattern based on, say an
>aux event on another track? The Polymorph can do this sort of thing easily,
>internally, as well as from a MIDI trigger, and I'm noping I can do it on
>the P3 some other way than, say, copying and pasting blank patterns from
>other tracks, or some other indirect method to insert before this pattern...

Ah, this is the sort of thing I like too. Maybe the P4 will have some
kind of Linear Song Director (LSD) that allows you to place starts,
mutes, tempo changes, transposes etc. at specific points. 

With the P3 you have to think it through. My method tends to involve
creating a track that doesn't have notes of its own but sets mute and
unmutes for others. I use that track's playlist to determine when the
unmute should occur. 
However, an easier way is to use Parts - set them up in advance to
contain the pattern you want at the point in the playlist you want.
Then when you switch parts (using an Aux event or manually) the
pattern you want kicks in. Selecting parts should ensure the pattern
starts at the beginning (must check & remind myself whether doing this
as an Aux works the same way as manually - hopefully it should) but
unmuting tracks happens right away - not always what you want for a
clean start.

If Parts could be selected remotely (as Phil suggested) that would
make it even easier. 

>(I realize that the Polymorph does far less than the P3, which makes it
>easier to figure out how to do the more simple stuff...)

Yeah, starting sequences is pretty neat using the Polymorph method. 

>not guaranteeing that I won't have more questions tonight...

Go for it man, sorry I didn't quite understand your other question. 

Paul
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