Analogue-sequencer

Hi all,

I was wondering if steps can be set to skip using an accumulator or if 
there is any way of achieving this effect.

What I wasn to do is have a 16 note sequence that expands and 
contracts in length randomly. I know that this could be done using 
the 'last step' feature but I'm being difficult and want the steps to 
disappear from random places. 

Any ideas appreciated !

Cheers

Simon

> I was wondering if steps can be set to skip using an 
> accumulator or if 
> there is any way of achieving this effect.

There is no way of setting skip with an event because of the way it works.
At the end of each step, P3 decides which step to play next based on the
current direction setting.
The skip setting for a step is checked at this time so that a skipped step
will not become the 'next step'.

So for an event to activate skip on a given step, the event would need to
occur on the step *before* the step you want to skip.
Which may not be such a big problem...

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

I take it that you mean there is no current way to do this but that 
it 'could' be implemented ?

Cheers

Simon

--- In analogue-sequencer@yahoogroups.com, "Colin Fraser" 
<colin@...> wrote:
>
>  
> > I was wondering if steps can be set to skip using an 
> > accumulator or if 
> > there is any way of achieving this effect.
> 
> There is no way of setting skip with an event because of the way 
it works.
> At the end of each step, P3 decides which step to play next based 
on the
> current direction setting.
> The skip setting for a step is checked at this time so that a 
skipped step
> will not become the 'next step'.
> 
> So for an event to activate skip on a given step, the event would 
need to

> occur on the step *before* the step you want to skip.
> Which may not be such a big problem...
> 
> Best regards,
> Colin Fraser
> Sequentix Music Systems Ltd
> http://www.sequentix.com
>

> I take it that you mean there is no current way to do this but that 
> it 'could' be implemented ?

There's no way to do it now, and it's technically not possible to have an
event cause a step to skip itself.
But an event could say "skip the next step".
The downside is that you don't necessarily know what the next step is - you
could be in an odd direction mode.
Might be fun that way though...

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