Elektron Musical Instruments

Yeah, I was thinking that for arranging songs the display had the normal 
Elektron style interface but with a few rows of patterns to the side like 
this (it might come out looking a bit weird in text!):



       Pattern           Lead 1             Lead 2
001: B01  01  1 32 \ A01  01  1 64 \ D01  01  1 32
002: B01  01  1 32 \ -----------------   \ D01  01  1 32
003: B01  01  1 32 \ A01  01  1 64 \ D01  01  1 32
004: B01  01  1 32 \ ----------------    \ D01  01  1 32

  If you see what I mean. If the screen size was the same as MD or MnM only 
'pattern' or 'lead' could be viewed at once. This is smoewhat akin to the 
Cubase/Logic sequencing style only repesented alphanumerically rather than 
visually with bars and going vertically rather than horizontally.
  Maybe each pattern shopuld be for one track (one MIDI channel) only rather 
than contain all tracks as it does on the MnM and MD then there would have 
to be like 32 of these list displays as shown above side by side. This would 
make things more complicated in a way but get rid of the 'mute track' 
feature for patterns on the MnM which could get a bit inelegant at this sort 
of a scale!

-Big Ed

>From: "puretokyo2002" <puretokyo@...>
>Reply-To: elektron-users@yahoogroups.com
>To: elektron-users@yahoogroups.com
>Subject: Re: [elektron] Elektron stand-alone hardware sequencer
>Date: Fri, 16 Jan 2004 05:14:07 -0000
>
>
>Yeah, I suggested the individual note offsets :) Reading your post, it 
>occurred to me
>that maybe a FruityLoops style loop-based song construction, that allows 
>for multiple
>loops to play at the same time? This allows for the base pattern to play, 
>but overlaid
>parts can be added in and taken out without touching the basic loop, 
>essentially by
>playing another pattern on top. Maybe if the Sequioa (Elektron owes me 
>royalties if
>they use that one!) had the facility to play two 16-track sequences at any 
>given time?
>So in a song arrangement, any two patterns can be playing at the same 
>time...
>
>This would be a very interesting system and allow for some good complex 
>song
>arrangements. Of course, each pattern would have its own 'kit' (of external 
>midi
>channels) and so parts from different instruments could be laid in or taken 
>out as the
>different patterns are used...
>
>Any more ideas?
>
>Angus.
>
>
>
> >   What would also be useful would be a way of chaining patterns into one
> > lump for the purpose of solos etc, for example a 'Pattern' mode for 
>normal
> > pattern sequencing and a 'Lead' mode where you can chain few patterns 
>which
> > always go together. These two types of pattern could then be used 
>alongside
> > each other, with the 'Lead' patterns overlaid onto the 'Pattern' base 
>song.
> > I've just read this through and it sounds confusing but hopefully you'll
> > understand what I mean!
> >   I think that Eric's 'Super Sequencer' sounds great but I just don't 
>think
> > it is right for Elektron and is probably getting too far from their 
>designs
> > for the MD and MnM for them to be able to produce something so 
>complicated
> > in within the forseeable future! I would like something of the same size 
>as
> > the MD or baby Mono with nothing other than killer pattern sequencing, 
>the
> > MnM arpeggiator, LFOs and the classic fast, easy elektron interface. USB
> > backup facilities would be nice though...
> >
> > -Big Ed
>
>

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