Can't you just extend the first four bar pattern to 8 bars with extend to: and then put your melody in? And if u want to pull it from another pattern just use xmix.
Or am I missing something?
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On Jun 9, 2011 5:04 AM, "lutherblisset63" <lutherblisset63@...> wrote:
> Thanks steve. I was hoping to use it in this way:
> You have a 4 bar bass line and you have have an 8 bar melody.
> Instead of having to duplicate the 4 bars to fit into an 8 bar pattern, you could somehow have them looping together.
>
> Being able to play two patterns simultaneously, or convert a pattern to a track would work nicely. :)
>
> I'll keeping thinking about it.
>
>
>
> --- In xl7@yahoogroups.com, "steve_the_composer" wrote:
>>
>> Haven't found other discussions of this. There are a number of discussions related loop points that might be useful--specifically using the extend function.
>>
>> So, it seems you could do it using a lowest common multiple. For example, take a measure of 3 and extend it to 12 measures and take a measure of 4 and do the same.
>>
>> I haven't tried this yet, but based on the discussions in the archives (and the mathematics), it should work.
>>
>> Steve
>;>
>>
>>
>> --- In xl7@yahoogroups.com, "steve_the_composer" <;smw-mail@> wrote:
>> >
>> > Unfortunately, I couldn't find any major discussions, but this thread touches on it: http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/xl7/message/14111 .
>> >
>> > If I find any other related discussions, I will post them.
>;> >
>> >
>> > --- In xl7@yahoogroups.com, "lutherblisset63" wrote:
>> > >
>> > > Is it possible to simultaneously play tracks or patterns of differing length? You can only set the bar length for each pattern and play one pattern at a time as far as I can tell.
>> > >
>> > > I did a search and found this:
>> > >
>> > > > You can have patterns of different lengths playing
>> > > > alongside each other (e.g
>> > > > a 3 bar pattern looping over a 4 bar pattern).
>> > > > Patterns can be up to 256
>> > > > bars long....
>> > >
>> > > Is this possible? Can someone elaborate?
>> > >
>> > > Sorry if this has been answered before.
>> > >
>> >
>>
>
>
> Thanks steve. I was hoping to use it in this way:
> You have a 4 bar bass line and you have have an 8 bar melody.
> Instead of having to duplicate the 4 bars to fit into an 8 bar pattern, you could somehow have them looping together.
>
> Being able to play two patterns simultaneously, or convert a pattern to a track would work nicely. :)
>
> I'll keeping thinking about it.
>
>
>
> --- In xl7@yahoogroups.com, "steve_the_composer" wrote:
>>
>> Haven't found other discussions of this. There are a number of discussions related loop points that might be useful--specifically using the extend function.
>>
>> So, it seems you could do it using a lowest common multiple. For example, take a measure of 3 and extend it to 12 measures and take a measure of 4 and do the same.
>>
>> I haven't tried this yet, but based on the discussions in the archives (and the mathematics), it should work.
>>
>> Steve
>;>
>>
>>
>> --- In xl7@yahoogroups.com, "steve_the_composer" <;smw-mail@> wrote:
>> >
>> > Unfortunately, I couldn't find any major discussions, but this thread touches on it: http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/xl7/message/14111 .
>> >
>> > If I find any other related discussions, I will post them.
>;> >
>> >
>> > --- In xl7@yahoogroups.com, "lutherblisset63" wrote:
>> > >
>> > > Is it possible to simultaneously play tracks or patterns of differing length? You can only set the bar length for each pattern and play one pattern at a time as far as I can tell.
>> > >
>> > > I did a search and found this:
>> > >
>> > > > You can have patterns of different lengths playing
>> > > > alongside each other (e.g
>> > > > a 3 bar pattern looping over a 4 bar pattern).
>> > > > Patterns can be up to 256
>> > > > bars long....
>> > >
>> > > Is this possible? Can someone elaborate?
>> > >
>> > > Sorry if this has been answered before.
>> > >
>> >
>>
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