Analogue-sequencer

On 5 May 2004 at 9:24, Colin f wrote:

> that an easier to implement functional equivalent would be to have 
a 'null
> part' - this would be an uneditable part, with all tracks muted, 
and a gbar
> length of 1 (maybe gbar could be an editable setting for the null 
part).
> You could select it with some key combination (FUNC+STOP maybe?)
> When either a midi clock or manual start occurs, P3 would start 
running, but
> would be silent - no patterns selected, no tracks active.
> Then you would just select any other part, and it would start 
playing this
> on the next beat (i.e. after the gbar reset of the null part). You 
could
> reselect the null part while playing to shut it up.

Assuming it uses up an existing part, then it doesn't seem so 
attractive. However, if this was the *only* way it could be 
implemented in the space constraints, then yes, I could live with it. 

But, as I would probably want to use it in this mode most of the 
time. I think it would be more elegant to have a user conf function 
to set the suspend start mode if at all possible.

All the best

Andy
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Andy Wilson
http://www.techman.synth.net
andy@techman.synth.net

On Wednesday 05 May 2004 11:24, Colin f wrote:
> > The 'Suspended Start' mode still looks like a winner
> > though ;->)
>
> I was thinking about how to implement that one last
> night, and had a notion that an easier to implement
> functional equivalent would be to have a 'null part' -
> this would be an uneditable part, with all tracks muted,
> and a gbar length of 1 (maybe gbar could be an editable
> setting for the null part). You could select it with some
> key combination (FUNC+STOP maybe?) When either a midi
> clock or manual start occurs, P3 would start running, but
> would be silent - no patterns selected, no tracks active.
> Then you would just select any other part, and it would
> start playing this on the next beat (i.e. after the gbar
> reset of the null part). You could reselect the null part
> while playing to shut it up. Any thoughts ?

Sounds very complicated to me.

- Robert

> The 'Suspended Start' mode still looks like a winner though ;->)

I was thinking about how to implement that one last night, and had a notion
that an easier to implement functional equivalent would be to have a 'null
part' - this would be an uneditable part, with all tracks muted, and a gbar
length of 1 (maybe gbar could be an editable setting for the null part).
You could select it with some key combination (FUNC+STOP maybe?)
When either a midi clock or manual start occurs, P3 would start running, but
would be silent - no patterns selected, no tracks active.
Then you would just select any other part, and it would start playing this
on the next beat (i.e. after the gbar reset of the null part). You could
reselect the null part while playing to shut it up.
Any thoughts ?

Cheers,
Colin f



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--- In analogue-sequencer@yahoogroups.com, "Colin f" <colin@c...> 
wrote:

> this would be an uneditable part, with all tracks muted, and a gbar
> length of 1 (maybe gbar could be an editable setting for the null 
part).
> You could select it with some key combination (FUNC+STOP maybe?)
> When either a midi clock or manual start occurs, P3 would start 
running, but
> would be silent - no patterns selected, no tracks active.
> Then you would just select any other part, and it would start 
playing this
> on the next beat (i.e. after the gbar reset of the null part). You 
could
> reselect the null part while playing to shut it up.
> Any thoughts ?

I do something kind of similar with the Korg ER-1. I set it to a 
blank patch/pattern which gets in sync and then send a patch change 
when I want it to start. It works quite well.

Can there be a way to control this via a midi message? I've not used 
the P3 in conjunction with my PC yet, so I don't know how those 
features work.