Analogue-sequencer

Colin,

I think that what you have created is tremendous.  I love the features
that you have created for this guy - it has so many places for real
time interactions. 

 Although Paul's implimentation of one P3 controlling the other is
intriguing, I still envision my P3 being programmed from a midi master
keyboard.

Paul's setup utilizes a pattern one the master P3 to store "presets"
for the second unit - i.e., any particular position in a sequence can
send a specific CC number and value to manipulate the second P3's
controls.

In lieu of having ALL the cc's mapped to the keyboard, I would love if
the P3 had a midi note-actuated preset scheme (how about 12 presets),
that would store various FTS scale selections.

It would be great if one could program a few midi notes to
specifically call up the random features and the record features. 
(Like the lowest note on the keyboard being the trigger to inject a
random note).

In order to make room for these features, it would be necessary for
the transpose by keyboard feature now recently implimented to have a
selectable range (-12 to +7, etc).  This would restrict the number of
keys on the keyboard being used by XPos, freeing them up for other uses.

I can also see how having overlapping mapping on the keyboard could be
very useful as well.  (For instance, every time that you transpose up
a minor third, the P3 would select User Scale 5, etc).

This midi setup would make it possible use a drum pad with
programmable pad notes to switch and program the P3 - a huge asset to
those of use with failing eyesight, or even a need on a dim sound
stage to change parameters.

Perhaps I am showing my age, but ever since the DX7, I have been
discouraged by the arthroscopic programming gestault of modern
electronic music instruments.  I hope that perhaps you, too can see
how amazingly more powerful the P3 could be if one could simply attach
a portable midi keyboard to it and do ALL of it's programming from it,
instead of page changes and options.  I think that it would lay the
mysteries of the P3 completely open for use every time that you use it
- especially in the way that the P3 is a tremendous generator of ideas.

Of course, that's my opinion, I could be wrong....

Respectfully submitted,

Gary