Analogue-sequencer

Colin,

1. How does FTS choose which note it will play? e.g if using Aeolian
and note stored is E for FTS play Eb of F  ?

2. Whilst using 'aux note rel' to set a chords sequence I had an idea
although I'm not sure it is possible to implement;

To keep a sequence interesting we could grab the root from another
track, now for a Major chord we would have the root plus xB aux note
rel= +4 and  xC aux note rel= +7,  whereas for a Minor chord we would
have the root plus xB aux note rel= +3 and  xC aux note rel= +7 is
there a way to reduce/increase the knob value of xC by one in a kind
of random manner?

Leading on from the above I started thinking about Inverted Chords and
in that case the relative notes would be a function of the highest
note as shown below:

Major (aux note rel)                 Minor (aux note rel)
         xC  xB   highest note       xC  xB   highest note
Natural  -7  -3   0                  -7  -4   0
1st Inv  -9  -4   0                  -8  -3   0
2nd Inv  -8  -5   0                  -9  -5   0

It would lead to some amazing chord sequences if there was a way to
change the xB and xC knob values as the sequence ran (although one
would need to be sure that the relationship between xB and xC stayed
as in the table above) I haven't a clue how to make that happen
especially as the knob values are fixed. Perhaps there is a way the
above values could be added to the software as a form of template that
could be randomly called?

Am I getting to musical? yes, its doing my head in.

Thanks for all your hard work.

Roger

> 1. How does FTS choose which note it will play? e.g if using Aeolian
> and note stored is E for FTS play Eb of F  ?

It depends what the root note of your Aeolian is.
Assuming C Aeolian, E will become Eb.
When a note is not in the scale, FTS looks to see if the note 1 semitone
below is.
If that note is not in scale, it looks 1 semitone above.
It repeats this pattern, 2 below, 2 above, 3 below, 3 above, and so on until
it hits a note that is in the scale.

Internally, this isn't what happens in realtime...
There is a map table for each note in the chromatic scale, indicating which
note it should map to.
This map is calculated using the process desribed above whenever a new scale
is selected, or the current scale edited.
The practical upshot of which is that if I decide to provide direct access
to the map table, you could have an FTS scale that maps one note to another
'distant' note, where there may be other notes in between.
But that's for another day...
 
> To keep a sequence interesting we could grab the root from another
> track, now for a Major chord we would have the root plus xB aux note
> rel= +4 and  xC aux note rel= +7,  whereas for a Minor chord we would
> have the root plus xB aux note rel= +3 and  xC aux note rel= +7 is
> there a way to reduce/increase the knob value of xC by one in a kind
> of random manner?

Assign aux A to 'rndmz aux C' with a value of 1. That should do it.
 
> Leading on from the above I started thinking about Inverted Chords and
> in that case the relative notes would be a function of the highest
> note as shown below:
> 
> Major (aux note rel)                 Minor (aux note rel)
>          xC  xB   highest note       xC  xB   highest note
> Natural  -7  -3   0                  -7  -4   0
> 1st Inv  -9  -4   0                  -8  -3   0
> 2nd Inv  -8  -5   0                  -9  -5   0
> 
> It would lead to some amazing chord sequences if there was a way to
> change the xB and xC knob values as the sequence ran (although one
> would need to be sure that the relationship between xB and xC stayed
> as in the table above) I haven't a clue how to make that happen
> especially as the knob values are fixed. Perhaps there is a way the
> above values could be added to the software as a form of template that
> could be randomly called?

You could push the alternative values for the rel notes from another track,
and then use muting of that track to control which values are actually used.


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