Analogue-sequencer

Hi;

Sorry to say,but I hate playlist as my tracks are minimal-same  half bar 
pattern based.


Hans



>
> > You'll probably hate me for this but... supposing playlists worked
> > like parts do? I mean, you can play parts in series starting at 
the
> > first you hold down and ending at the last you hold down.
>
> > If playlists worked the same way you could have the same flexible
> > interaction that would feel intuitive because it's used elsewhere. 
You
> > could select each step individually and it would play the pattern
> > (along with any transpositions and chg mode) but if you selected 
two
> > or more they would play round and round with the repeat setting 
coming
> > into place in the same way as parts...
>
>I think I see where you're coming from Paul.
>
>OK, how about we think of playlist steps as 'pattern selections', and 
the
>current pattern selection is chosen by pressing the step keys 9 to 16 in
>playlist (to be renamed 'pattern selection') edit.
>Holding one step then pressing another would enable a 'pattern selection
>chain', equivalent to a playlist with a length > 1.
>Each pattern selection can be thought of as having a repeat count and
>transpose setting akin to PXPos and PCReps for parts.
>The relationship between each track and its 'pattern selections' would 
be
>much the same as the relationship between a bank and its parts.
>
>There would need to be some way to assign the pattern for a particular 
step
>without having to make that the current step, or upset the chain start 
end
>endpoint - need to think about that one.
>The underlying data structure would remain the same, except you would 
need
>to be able to have your playlist start on any step.
>The playlist length variable is currently a full byte but only holds a 
value
>from 1 to 8, so this would be easy to retrofit without affecting the 
current
>setup or any saved banks. I would make the high nybble the start 
'pattern
>selection', and the low nybble the end. Since the high nybbles are all 
0,
>and the low nybbles the playlist lengths, existing playlists would 
translate
>perfectly into 'pattern selection chains'.
>
>I hope I'm explaining this well enough - I think it may be pretty cool.
>
>Cheers,
>Colin f
>
>

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