Elektron Musical Instruments

Federico, thanks for the feedback!  See more comments below:

> > There is a feature in song mode for the MD where you can define offset 
> > and length (start and end points) for a given pattern which is a nice 
> > feature.  But I was wondering if anyone might know of way to define
offset and 
> > length for a pattern while in pattern mode?  I see this useful for
pattern
> > triggering from external devices.  Imagine having the ability to 
> > trigger only certain parts (or regions) of pattern which would aide
itself to
> > on-the-fly fills and remixing of a giving pattern.
> > People are known to do this in software programs that can slice up wave
> > files and map midi-notes to the sliced regions and then play the 
> > different parts of the wave from a sequencer for a remixed effect
(common 
> > technique in drum-and-bass).  But I would like to apply this same
technique to the 
> > MD but in terms of triggering regions of patterns.
 
> Isn't this just like programming a different pattern on the MD?

Well sort of, but I'm trying to achieve a more efficient use of the MD in
terms of programming, playing back and triggering variations of patterns.
Song Mode does this very nicely. But again, I'm trying to do the same thing
by triggering portions of patterns from external devices without resorting
to copying multiple versions/fragments/variations of a pattern filling up
the pattern banks.

> > Any ideas out there on how this could be accomplished with the current
> > capabilities of the MD today outside the use of song mode?
> > If not, I propose Elektron add the ability to define pattern offset and
> > length in the Map Editor.

> Map Editor?  which one is it?

Global Edit > Midi > Map Editor

> check the pattern length menu, it should do the trick.

Are you referring to the Scale Setup page for a pattern?  If so, yes this
addresses the length of a pattern, but not the start point (offset).  You
cannot set the start point in pattern mode that I can see.  Patterns always
start at the beginning.  Again, I want to be able to both define (or
override) start and end points in a pattern and map that to a midi-note.
But this may not be possible with the current feature set of the MD.

-nate