Elektron Musical Instruments

On Thu, Nov 20, 2003 at 06:46:19AM -0000, Roonan wrote:
>    Song mode now is very, very simple, your suggestion would need a lot
>    of programming (and room (=ram) for that) and all current songs would
>    not run on it.

I don't think you or I can say whether they would run on it or not. that
is, the question depends on whether old data structures (holding the
song data) would need to be changed in a way that would keep old songs
from working. but that would depend on the current data structures used;
and since neither of us has ever seen the source code, we can't really
say. (which is one of the reasons for asking Daniel about this.)
				
>    Maybe a solution for what you want is use a sequencer alongside to do
>    the tricks you want.

yes, of course I can do this. but I prefer having the tightly-integrated
sequencer in one interface. if I'm going to use an external sequencer,
I'll likely just do all my programming there and not use the MD's
sequencer. which is a total waste. if I want to do that, I might as
well just buy the Waldorf Attack and Cubase. and I don't want to do
that, since I prefer the sound/feel/interface/liveness of the MD by far.

>    (why not the MM with LFO-> CC on ext. midi
>    sequencer track?) You can use the internal pattern/song mode and
>    still send CC's from external seq. When the ext midi seq is working
>    properly I planned to test the usability of this to use in Live
>    situations to give extra variation to existing patterns on the MD.
>    (note's and CC's)

that's still a major pain, though. because then I would have to make
the MM's tracks line up correctly in its song sequencer. and that will
affect the synth parts I have playing on the MM.

but here's my other MD idea (which I've wanted for awhile but never
mentioned): *forced* parameter jumps.  that is, one could hold down
function while turning a knob and have the changes not take affect until
function is released. this would be nice for transposing the
psuedo-melodic percussion parts and would be nice on the MM as well.

Joe