Analogue-sequencer

Folks,

Those of you running the v3.1.006 beta will have noticed the changes 
to MIDI thru. As discussed a day or two ago, I've been changing 
things some more.

In the current beta, you can either specify a single channel number 
for all incoming messages to be passed thru on, pass all messages on 
their original channel, or turn off soft thru altogether.
You can also choose whether FTS will be applied to thru notes.

For record mode, you can set a single channel from which notes will 
be recorded, or record from any/all channels, or set record to 
automatically receive on the transmit channel of the track selected 
for record.

As it stands, if you are not in record mode, and soft-thru is set to 
pass notes on their original channel (any), notes on the record 
channel will pass through.
In the new build, notes on the record channel are not passed thru 
unless record is active with record mthru on, as this seems more 
logical to me.
I wanted to check if this is a problem in a situation I haven't 
thought of, so it would help if I knew exactly what other people are 
using the soft-thru options for.

I've also applied the current PXPos value to notes passed by record 
mthru, so that the notes passing thru are the same as will play back 
from a pattern you record into. Otherwise you hear un-transposed 
notes that then jump when they play back from a pattern if PXPos 
isn't 0.
This involved keeping track of all held notes on the record channel, 
so they can be cleared if the PXPos or FTS settings change. 
Otherwise you can easily get hung notes.
It's not practical to do this for the normal soft-thru.

Anyway, I've posted this beta in the files section now.
It's p3fw-3.1.006b18 in .syx and .mid format.

There are various other additions in this build:

 * new 'xpose by n' event, suitable for unmasking fixed value 
transposes
 * FTS scale edit now shows note names relative to current root
 * aux assignments are shown briefly as you change aux
 * 'all' paste option pastes notes, auxes and config in one
 * FUNC+<root> in FTS select toggles black notes between equivalent 
sharp and flat display. Note names shown in pattern edit follow suit.
 * if you hold STEP MODE as you switch from GATE to TIE, then 
activate some ties, as you release STEP MODE it will jump back to 
GATE. This is for quickly setting ties without having to step 
through SKIP and Xd to get back to GATE.
I may extend this mode to provide a method for stretching notes over 
multiple steps in one go by holding multiple keys...

One other thing to mention - you can toggle PXPos to be either pre- 
or post-FTS by holding FUNC while pressing the PXPos key in play 
mode. An 'F' after the PXPos value indicates FTS will happen after 
PXPos-ition.

Best regards,
Colin Fraser
Sequentix Music Systems Ltd
http://www.sequentix.com