Analogue-sequencer

Jim Combs wrote:

> Are you running both v3 and v4 P3s simultaneously or are these all v4?

Both v4

> What aspects are taking you in different directions?

Firstly the ability to have an "intro" bar, or bars. Then the fact you 
can have 16 repeats per step rather than 8, the whole different approach 
to pattern creation.
Playlists made you think in discrete, moveable, malleable chunks. 
Longbars make you think initially of structure, shape, rather than 
knowing you can shunt it around later. Also the whole separation of 
pattern data with bar repeats and transpose and overall playlist length, 
meant you thought of them in two separate "undo" pools, mentally. 
Temporarily loop 1 bar, tweak the notes, save the notes or not, save the 
loop or not. Does that make sense?

There's more, such as having 16 banks BUT being more likely to misplace 
patterns, forget where you put stuff, cos now (good thing alert!) you 
can have each part contain totally new, different data. Ooh, more 
potential for *order*! At this rate I may plan a few things rather than 
totally winging it. Nah :)

And ghosting is ace too. Running out of pattern data - I eat patterns 
now - is more scary but I'm actually being selective - instead of using 
every pattern in every bank, right to the limit, even doing outrageous 
transposes of the same pattern to make it go even further... Well, now I 
leave out whole tracks to save overall pattern space which means I don't 
just pack everything to the gills. If it doesn't add to the value of the 
peice, it's history. No quaint side-alleys possibly to develop 
further... ish.

Hopefully you get the picture, this OS is taking shape nicely, I'll shut 
up before I overgild the lilly... chink!

Paul


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