Analogue-sequencer

oh man im getting all excited ;-D

On 4/1/07, Colin Fraser <colin@sequentix.com> wrote:
>
>
> > Is there any chance that the new OS will have a memory buffer
> > for a whole
> > bank rather than for an individual track?
>
> It might do, but it depends on how much code it would take to manage it.
> When you go into edit mode, however many bars are used by the pattern
> being
> edited are allocated to the edit buffer, and the original pattern copied
> into it. Edits are then performed on the data held in the edit buffer.
> When you exit edit mode, the edit buffer bars are copied back into the
> source pattern, or assigned to a different target pattern, or lost.
> In theory, there could be an undo buffer that tracked all changes to a
> bank
> since it was selected.
> But that would use a lot of storage.
> A simpler solution would be a bank copy option, that would let you copy a
> 'starting point' bank to another bank.
> Then you could make whatever edits you like, but still have the starting
> point to recall later.
> With 16 banks on hand, you'd have space for at least 4 bank copies before
> you had fewer banks to play with than on P3.
> It just depends on how many bars are allocated whether you'd have the
> space
> to do it.
>
> > From your description, this sounds like a fork of the existing P3
> > OS. What would be the story regarding updates/fixes to the current OS?
> >
> > (I actually like playlists...)
>
> It is a fork of the current OS.
> Whether I continue to update the original OS much beyond it's current
> position will depend on how popular the revised version is.
> No-one else has used it yet, though it will be ready for limited beta
> testing soon.
> To a large extent, playlist functionality is replicated in the new OS.
> Each bar in a pattern will have tranpose, repeat and sync options, just
> like
> the steps in a playlist.
> You wont be able to re-use the same 'bar' at multiple points in one
> pattern,
> but to replicate a playlist where you have the same pattern on multiple
> steps, you would just need to copy the bar you want to repeat to other
> positions in the pattern.
> Storage space permitting, it will be possible to replicate any given P3
> bank
> under the new OS.
>
> Best regards,
> Colin Fraser
> Sequentix Music Systems Ltd
> http://www.sequentix.com
>
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