Analogue-sequencer

> My idea(s):
> Working in Pattern Edit mode, with a Playlist longer than 1 pattern
> leaves something to be desired (IMO).

Yeah, it is a bit awkward...
A simple way of moving through different patterns on a track without leaving
pattern edit is on my list, but I'm not sure if the code space is there to
do something useful.
There's also not enough spare RAM to hold a whole tracks worth of patterns
in a restore buffer, so the choice of save/lose could be gone, unless I use
the extra RAM hidden in the CPU. The problem with that is that there is only
enough RAM there for an 8 pattern bank.

> And maybe this is the kind of thing forthcoming with the codename
> P4??? ;-) 

P3 has a fixed set of patterns for each track in a bank, and each pattern is
a single bar long.
Playlists have to share the same set of patterns, and multi-bar patterns
have to be 'faked' using a playlist, which as you point out, provides for a
rather disjointed editing experience.

P4 will have no playlists.
Each part will have a unique pattern for each track, with a maximum pattern
length up to however many bars you have space left for in RAM.
When you copy one part to another, the copied part will initially contain
ghost copies of the patterns from the source part (i.e. they will point to
the same data), but when you edit ghost patterns, saving the changes will
give you a choice of updating the original pattern or creating a new
independent pattern on that part.
The P3 ability to transpose or repeat individual patterns in a playlist will
be provided by having 'bar properties' for each bar in a multi-bar pattern.

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