Analogue-sequencer

duncan <ferrograph@aol.com> wrote:    you did indeed, nick. I was reading it in my sh*tter just the other
day. I've got a couple of paul's opinion-dumps stashed in there too.
   
  All my best thoughts belong in the little room. That's where they often originate.

>so, I've been trying to follow this correspondence about the v4... but
>I (being of shortened attention span) need someone to put it in a
>nutshell for me. any volunteers? perhaps a little chart: p3 functions
>& nomenclature in one column, etcetera....

  Put simply, playlists are history (sob) but in their place are multi-bar patterns that have most of the functionality of playlists plus some new functionality that goes beyond what playlists could do (e.g. pattern ghosting, bar loop regions). Each part can now have its own set of unique patterns if you like or can draft in ghosts of patterns from other parts. Each bank has its own set of 8 user scales too that are saved with the bank.
   
  The pattern pool is used up dynamically as you allocate bars - so you can use loads of patterns in one bank and just a few for another. Oh, there are 16 banks now with no alternate configs. When it's all complete I think it will be both easier and more powerful - I'm already adapting to it although I miss the simplicity of taking a single pattern and using it many times in a playlist at different transpositions. In v4 this type of thing would eat up lots of bars.
   
  But you can do 16 bar patterns - which rocks - especially if you use a mad tbase like 64 and the quick config thing to set polyphonic recording - you can almost get something that sounds like realtime recording from it!
   
  Colin will doubtless have a better answer as I forget things. I'm sure there was another cool feature but can't remember at the moment. The playlist-free mode is conceptually easier. It should suit those P3 owners who believe replacing their shoelaces with velcro is a better option than learning to tie a knot. What, did I hear someone grrrr? :)  
  
>ah- I don't know how many of you are repeater owners- I know paul
>is/was. well, there's life at electrix again. they wrote to me today
>to say that v2 is about to ship ($129 on a cfc card is the only way to
>get it) & the website is being tweaked right now with all the details.
  
Been hearing about this off and on for aeons. Hey speaking of "time", dare I ask...?
  Anyway, independent track looping sounds fun but not sure I really need it unless there's some other significant new feature I didn't spot. Will wait and see a while yet. Did hope they could free up more internal memory so the CF read/clicking issue could be avoided but no sign of that. Interesting though.
   
  Paul


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