Analogue-sequencer

Now things are getting interesting!

Getting into the whole MIDI CC assignments thing...wicked!

Question 1:

So I understand you get 4 CC's per track...does this mean if I want
to have control a large 
number of parameters on just one synth...I could send all 8 sequencer
tracks to the same 
synth..therefore controlling 32 MIDI cc's? 

Question 2:

I have two playlists...both have the same CC assignments...Is it
possible to edit one playlist 
without affecting the other *if you are cycling through them
simulataneously* (For 
example: earlier I was cycling through two playlists...went to edit
mode on 1 and was 
sculpting the Filter Cutoff...it seemed to affect the filter cutoff
info for the other playlist as 
well...of course the sounds were pretty wild and it might have just
been my mind playing 
tricks on me)..

> So I understand you get 4 CC's per track...does this mean if I want
> to have control a large 
> number of parameters on just one synth...I could send all 8 sequencer
> tracks to the same 
> synth..therefore controlling 32 MIDI cc's? 

You could, though if you send 32 CC messages on the same step you might
discover what MIDI latency is...
Another alternative is to use a pair of auxes on a single track - set aux A
to the event 'aux B = cc #n', and you can use the value of aux A to choose
the controller number for aux B. Then set the values on aux B as normal.
This lets you send any controller number in a single pattern, with the
obvious limit of only sending one or two controllers per step (using A and B
paired, plus C and D paired).
If you want some fun, you could use aux A to randomize the value of aux C,
and aux B to randomize the value of aux D.
The assign aux C to 'aux D = cc #n', and you will get random controller
numbers sending random values, within a range of your choice.
 
> I have two playlists...both have the same CC assignments...

CC assignments are in patterns - I'm guessing you mean patterns when you say
playlists ?

> Is it
> possible to edit one playlist 
> without affecting the other *if you are cycling through them
> simulataneously* (For 
> example: earlier I was cycling through two playlists...went to edit
> mode on 1 and was 
> sculpting the Filter Cutoff...it seemed to affect the filter cutoff
> info for the other playlist as 
> well...of course the sounds were pretty wild and it might have just
> been my mind playing 
> tricks on me)..

Hmm.
It could be you have the same pattern in two different playlists - I'm not
entirely clear what you're doing so I can't say if its all in your mind, or
your P3's.

Best regards,
Colin Fraser
Sequentix Music Systems Ltd
http://www.sequentix.com

DJ Paris Lee wrote:

>Now things are getting interesting!
>
>Getting into the whole MIDI CC assignments thing...wicked!
>
>Question 1:
>
>So I understand you get 4 CC's per track...does this mean if I want
>to have control a large 
>number of parameters on just one synth...I could send all 8 sequencer
>tracks to the same 
>synth..therefore controlling 32 MIDI cc's? 
>  
>
Oh yes. You can even control more than that using a special Aux event 
(e.g. Aux B = cc#n) so that - in this example - every step sends a 
different CC! Do that and in one pattern you could send 32 different 
CCs, albeit just one value of each CC for each step.

>Question 2:
>
>I have two playlists...both have the same CC assignments...Is it
>possible to edit one playlist 
>without affecting the other *if you are cycling through them
>simulataneously* (For example: earlier I was cycling through two playlists...went to edit mode on 1 and was  sculpting the Filter Cutoff...it seemed to affect the filter cutoff info for the other playlist as 
>well...of course the sounds were pretty wild and it might have just
>been my mind playing 
>tricks on me)..
>  
>
Remember that a playlist is just a way of playing the track's patterns 
in different orders. You get a playlist for each track and these are 
stored in each part.

Paul

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