Additional Advanced Pattern Changes
Posted: Tue Jan 27, 2015 10:25 am
In addition to the chaichain mode I would like to suggest ththree additional play modes for the pattern set:
Trigger, toggle, and hold.
Anyone who uses Ableton Live should be familiar with these modes. Trigger mode will relaunrelaunch the pattern if you tap on it. Toggle will switch the pattern from on to off or vice versa when you tap and hold will play the pattern for the duration of the time your holdnthe button. Naturally if hold is the active mode in the pattern set the long press doesn't apply.
With the new mode's thethe sequencer would have to continue to record even if no pattern is active.
Why do I suggest this?
Trigger
Say I've created a row of different drum breaks in the pattern set of 8 bars in length. Sometimes I want to cycle between the different breaks using chain and sometimes I just want to retrigger the same pattern a few times. Currently I can trigger an adjacent pattern but I can't retrigger the currently playing pattern. Retrigger in chain mode should allow you to retrigger the playing pattern (i.e. reset to the first measure )
Toggle
If toggle is active tapping the current playing pattern will simply turn it of and the sequencer will record silence. This is useful for pauses between song parts.
Hold
Say I want to use the pattern set as a drum pad. I would like to arrange a bank of patterns of short duration, perhaps only one measure having four ticks for single shots (kick, hat, snare, etc) I would like to record drumming in the pattern set without having the patterns loop. Of course this approach is far more interesting than using the drum pads as each pattern contains it's own effects, layers of different samples, and the Beast synth of course.
Trigger, toggle, and hold.
Anyone who uses Ableton Live should be familiar with these modes. Trigger mode will relaunrelaunch the pattern if you tap on it. Toggle will switch the pattern from on to off or vice versa when you tap and hold will play the pattern for the duration of the time your holdnthe button. Naturally if hold is the active mode in the pattern set the long press doesn't apply.
With the new mode's thethe sequencer would have to continue to record even if no pattern is active.
Why do I suggest this?
Trigger
Say I've created a row of different drum breaks in the pattern set of 8 bars in length. Sometimes I want to cycle between the different breaks using chain and sometimes I just want to retrigger the same pattern a few times. Currently I can trigger an adjacent pattern but I can't retrigger the currently playing pattern. Retrigger in chain mode should allow you to retrigger the playing pattern (i.e. reset to the first measure )
Toggle
If toggle is active tapping the current playing pattern will simply turn it of and the sequencer will record silence. This is useful for pauses between song parts.
Hold
Say I want to use the pattern set as a drum pad. I would like to arrange a bank of patterns of short duration, perhaps only one measure having four ticks for single shots (kick, hat, snare, etc) I would like to record drumming in the pattern set without having the patterns loop. Of course this approach is far more interesting than using the drum pads as each pattern contains it's own effects, layers of different samples, and the Beast synth of course.