Analogue-sequencer

Idea: Hopefully this would not take up too much of the quickly
dwindling memory capacity (I could be wrong) but for jumping betwixt
patterns while editing, how's about this:
To jump to next pattern Hold [Func]+[Play/Edit]+[Page]
at which point you have the option to save/back/loose just as you
would when exiting patern edit mode. Instead of exiting, it just
changes the current 'Edit pattern'.
Eh? eh? :D

This continues to hamper my workflow, because even when going through
what I thought was a way to switch the edit pattern (as mentioned
before- entering playlist edit, selecting step, exiting and back to
pattern edit)This doesn't always work!!! I've been back and forth many
times and it will still be editing the pattern it was before :(
So NOW I have to change the playlist to a length of 1 step and select
the pattern I want to edit, then after editing, re-setup the
playlist... Aargh!

Still loving sequentixing! ;D (and still looking for my own P3...???)
-josh




> > 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
>