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so, if there were a skip and unskip step n event, it would never be able to unskip because the event isn't unskipped until you actually arrive at the event (which wouldn't happen)? Damn, I was thinking that this would be a cool feature.

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> > I was wondering also whether there was a way to use the 
> > random mask to effect the skip step feature. Didn't see a way...
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> This isn't possible to implement.
> If a step is skipped, it never becomes the current step, so events can never
> act upon it to make it un-skipped.
> I could potentially add an event to advance another track forward by a step,
> but that could be time consuming (in terms of latency caused and
> implementation time). The code to advance a pattern to it's next step is
> more complicated than you might imagine (bear in mind it could be set to a
> random direction, and have any number of steps skipped).
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> Cheers,
> Colin f
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On Thu, 23 Dec 2004 18:02:52 +0000, implode7@comcast.net wrote:

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>so, if there were a skip and unskip step n event, it would never be able to unskip because the event isn't unskipped until you actually arrive at the event (which wouldn't happen)? Damn, I was thinking that this would be a cool feature.

Maybe you could have a "knob event" like the one that does gate
masking. Have it something like "Mask Skip, Knob>n" kinda thing. 

Not quite the same but useful nonetheless.

Paul
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Hi this is just a short note from a lurkur that built a p3 and is over come by the power of this sequencer
thanx colin this is a dream come true and ive only spent 3 hours with the p3 and it has blown every other sequencer ive ever played with out of the water and I only have a bassstation and a dx100 hooked up to it so far and its given the dx a new lease of life 
thanx also to paul for the user guide only got as far as the first chapter befor i drifted off playing and having fun but would have never got as far as i have without it 
anyway merry christmass to all ive got 11 day off work and am going to get in to this over the festive season 
orgon1 very happy p3 user
right back to being a lukur ;)


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> so, if there were a skip and unskip step n event, it would 
> never be able to unskip because the event isn't unskipped 
> until you actually arrive at the event (which wouldn't 
> happen)? Damn, I was thinking that this would be a cool feature.

The skip setting is different to all other step values in that it is only
used after each step is played, along with the direction setting, to decide
which step should be played next.
If for some reason a step becomes the current step, and its skip flag is
set, it simply doesn't play - there is no advance to the next step on the
same beat. This happens if every step in a pattern is skipped.
Events could be used to modify the 'current step' value for the track. I'd
probably call that a 'hop' to distinguish it from a skip.
And 'jump' would do something else again.

Cheers,
Colin f