Analogue-sequencer

hi Colin,
> Thinking about it at greater length, I realise I could probably 
> support both original and modified formats, although the original 
> format would be 'load only'. I'll have a look into it, and see 
> whether this would be easier than a script...

either way is fine with me. as long as there's a way to keep or 
update my old data.

> It depends on the level you want it to work.
> Conversion of syx files into the raw data, to be manipulated in 
> arrays in a language of your choice is easy.
> Handling the midi interface in your PC to actually send and receive 
> the data is a bit tougher.

i think you're making it a lot more complex than i had in mind; what 
i want is an app. in which i can 'import' or 'open' several SysEx 
dumps, and have it translate the bytes into some kind of graphic 
representation of system data, banks and such. i could then just grab 
a block of bytes from one SyX set and replace it with an identical 
block from another SyX set. i'd then 'save as' the new SyX set under 
a different name and upload it to the P3 using MidiOx. i'm quite used 
to saving & loading via sysex; i use it regularly saving & loading 
instruments on various machines. i've also used P3 data-uploads as a 
kind of elaborate 'undo' on several occasions :).

> ...the effective values 1 to 8 across the whole range. So if you  
> use the accumulator to ....
> ...
> ..I hope that makes sense. Same thing ...
> ... implement 'Rndmz aux'

um.. i'm just really pleased with the track-mute access from playlist-
mode...

> > would it be possible to 'grab' a note from an incoming Midi-     
> > channel?
> That's on the TBI list. 

cool.

> > what i'd like this softkey/combo to do is toggle the (active 
> > steps of the) AUX-tracks per track to ON, OFF...
> You mean basically an extra 'mute' status bit for each track that 
> applies to the auxes ? Could be done, although it could get        
> complicated UI-wise...

maybe it could be a user-config option then? another thing about the 
AUX-tracks; would it be possible to set the values of the AUX-track 
steps without the step immediately becoming active, i.e in the same 
way it's done with the note-value, velocity, length & delay?
also, about the track-mute access from playlist mode & from pattern-
mode; wouldn't it make more sense to use the same key (or combo) to 
access the track-mute status from both modes? i'm not really having 
any trouble with the difference myself but i find myself having to 
think occasionaly...hurts..

grtz Chiel