>>I'm not sure I see a lot of point to wiring two algorithmic note
generators in series, especially since they do similar things, and
since they both take a few notes in and put lots of notes out. I think
it would make more sense to run them in parallel, perhaps upstream
from a MIDI merger.<<
mebbes not if you're working mostly on y'r own..... no, even then...
maybe /especially/ then.... paul? waddya reckon?
the p3 can do so many things by way of "cross-pollination" that it may
appear to be unneccesary to attach even a controller keyboard- just a
few auxes doing a bit of randomising, nicking notes from other tracks,
that sort of thing.
but that's like one kid in a play-pen on his own. one very bright kid,
with many many coloured crayons, but still only one kid.
now, imagine how much more fun it would be if this kid had a little
friend.
ahem.
so upstream of the p3, there might now be a maq & a couple of
keyboards. maybe even a peavey midibase (no, that's really how it's
spelt. spelled. anyway.) while downstream there might be a regular
synth with it's arpeggiator running. like, say, a memorymoog.
the point of this particular arrangement is to let the person driving
the maq have some influence over the p3 patterns occasionally, by
waiting until he starts twiddling & then drop a corresponding track on
the p3 into "record". one might also do this while he's mucking about
on his keyboard too. besides, the maq & both keyboards (& the horrible
pointy white bass guitar with the funny little window) are all getting
FTS'd by the p3, meaning that one's audience are spared any
unintentional blue notes.
so most of the time, the two algorythmic note generators /are/ in
parallel by virtue of the soft-thru (with or without FTS), & being
merged with the p3's own track outputs. but this way you have the
option of introducing a contribution to whatever degree you want:
overwrite/play out a whole pattern/track, or leave your live-record
track muted & influencing the active tracks via the auxes.
I'm trying (vainly- probably need more spinach for this one) to create
a midi schematic whereby the maq both influences & is influenced by
the p3. how can I stop the maq transposing itself? I will figure this
out presently.....
I need to do this because the p3 is a guitar & the maq is a
snare-drum, in terms of the skill & concentration required &, in the
case of my band, available. :-)
d.