Analogue-sequencer

I haven't even got a P3 yet but I agree with Duncan, let the sequencer
sequence and buy a nice controller to do all that other stuff.
Jez

http://www.modulator-esp.co.uk
http://www.ambientlive.com/awakenings

  -----Original Message-----
  From: ferrograph@aol.com [mailto:ferrograph@aol.com]
  Sent: 19 October 2004 21:31
  To: analogue-sequencer@yahoogroups.com
  Subject: Re: [analogue-sequencer] Quick question


  << I've been having a look a the possibility of adding midi controller
  functionality to the P3 knobs in play mode. [snip]
  So, if it was a straight choice between these two features, which would
you
  prefer ? >>

  hmm... haven't really used the banks much yet.... don't know what I'd be
  losing.

  but frankly, for all that I can see the usefulness of having RT midi
  controllers available on the p3, as soon as you can adjust one or two
things per
  track, you'll want to do more.

  buy a drehbank, for heaven's sake! 64 knobs! or several of the (cheap)
pocket
  controllers.... or any of the other dozen or so fully-configurable midi
  control surfaces that can do all that boring stuff. you should anyway, if
you are
  using any sort of midi module, because trying to edit parameters
(especially on
  stage) without an external controller is like trying to paint your hallway
  through the letter box.

  there are (surely) more interesting things that the p3's hardware could be
  made to do /to the p3 itself/ instead of tying it up doing things to other
midi
  boxes like this.
  for instance, I would like to be able to use the knobs to transpose a
track
  on-the-fly. or change the length of the current pattern. or alter it's
global
  velocity (a la notron). or gate time (ditto). or scale the randomness of
the
  auxes.... or shift a pattern sideways....

  colin, don't be swayed by this bleating! :-)

  a pocket controller only costs 80 euros & it has 16 assignable knobs. the
p3
  shouldn't be forced to do such dull jobs as midi cc's that aren't
  pattern-dependent.
  there. that's my 2c worth.

  now, what I really want to be able to do is make edits to a pattern while
  it's running, & exit the edit mode without saving the changes. the pattern
would
  only revert to it's original state on a part change or bank change, or if
I go
  back into edit mode & undo whatever I've changed.... (notron again!)
  so, for example, I have a pattern in there that starts off as 16 steps &
then
  gets shortened to 8 steps for a while, but in the meantime I want to edit
  something in another pattern. next time we start the same piece, it should
be
  back at 16 steps. I'm sure there's a way to do this already but I haven't
smoked
  enough to discover it. th'other half doesn't like me burning the 'erb
trumpet.

  d/r.m.i.


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