Analogue-sequencer

On Wed, 1 Dec 2004 23:27:13 -0000, "Colin f" <colin@colinfraser.com>
wrote:

>I think I see where you're coming from Paul.

I had misgivings later about mentioning it because it would be quite a
change from the current method.

>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.

Yep. I guess the main difference being that there are less things you
can do with a playlist step than a part. I mean, each step can be
transposed, repeated and sync to the global bar or not. 

>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. 

Yeah, which is why I started to think your previous idea was better
and to regret mentioning this until I'd thought it through... a last
minute thought as I was cleaning my teeth ready for bed.

The Page key could alternate between step play and step edit, I
suppose. 

>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.

It could be but I worry it may be too distracting for you to plunge
into a change of this magnitude now.

Sorry.... 

Paul

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