Scottylad
05-03-2009, 11:54 AM
Jim:
Have you considered a "snapshot sequencer" module? This would be a huge win, and would allow some fairly complex passages by automating the selection of snapshots.
I am aware that you can trigger snapshots with MIDI notes or program changes. With a snapshot sequencer though, it would be ideal if you could trigger a different snapshot after a predefined number of bars. A further enhancement would be the ability to vary the number of bars (For instance, trigger a snapshot after 4 bars, then the next snapshot after 8 bars, etc.). And of course, the ability to specify which snapshot to switch to so that you could trigger them out of order would top it off nicely.
The design could be very similar to that of the current mono sequencer. Imagine, similar to the monophonic sequencer, if you had a group of snapshot-selection sliders (or a matrix) at the top (these would choose which snapshot is triggered, say 1 through 16). Underneath, you'd have other slider values similar to the mono sequencer's gate, etc. However, these would select how long (in bars) each step lasts before the next snapshot is chosen.
(Note: The existing snapshot function that quantizes to bar is great but may interfere with this operation, since if the output of the snapshot sequencer is triggered "within" the playing bar then it would be quantized to the next bar. This means that the snapshot sequencer would always be playing a bar late. Perhaps the snapshot sequencer can have a new option to override this somehow so that it could change snapshots at the beginning of the bar as the snapshot sequencer calls it.)
The snapshot sequencer could also be configured to loop (with potential direction changes) or act as a one-shot (step through all snapshots defined in the sequence and then stop). This has the added benefit of being able to simply trigger a single snapshot and play for a specified number of bars and then stop, which is helpful for sending a string of MIDI events to a DAW for further processing.
This "metasequencer" could take N2 to an all new level!
Have you considered a "snapshot sequencer" module? This would be a huge win, and would allow some fairly complex passages by automating the selection of snapshots.
I am aware that you can trigger snapshots with MIDI notes or program changes. With a snapshot sequencer though, it would be ideal if you could trigger a different snapshot after a predefined number of bars. A further enhancement would be the ability to vary the number of bars (For instance, trigger a snapshot after 4 bars, then the next snapshot after 8 bars, etc.). And of course, the ability to specify which snapshot to switch to so that you could trigger them out of order would top it off nicely.
The design could be very similar to that of the current mono sequencer. Imagine, similar to the monophonic sequencer, if you had a group of snapshot-selection sliders (or a matrix) at the top (these would choose which snapshot is triggered, say 1 through 16). Underneath, you'd have other slider values similar to the mono sequencer's gate, etc. However, these would select how long (in bars) each step lasts before the next snapshot is chosen.
(Note: The existing snapshot function that quantizes to bar is great but may interfere with this operation, since if the output of the snapshot sequencer is triggered "within" the playing bar then it would be quantized to the next bar. This means that the snapshot sequencer would always be playing a bar late. Perhaps the snapshot sequencer can have a new option to override this somehow so that it could change snapshots at the beginning of the bar as the snapshot sequencer calls it.)
The snapshot sequencer could also be configured to loop (with potential direction changes) or act as a one-shot (step through all snapshots defined in the sequence and then stop). This has the added benefit of being able to simply trigger a single snapshot and play for a specified number of bars and then stop, which is helpful for sending a string of MIDI events to a DAW for further processing.
This "metasequencer" could take N2 to an all new level!