MBSEQv4 Beginner's user manual (draft)

On 11. März 2016 at 6:49 PM, jjonas said:

MODE page ‘Restart’ option: there seems to be some false triggering going on with restart (one key press results in one or more triggerings), as well as short delays in re-starting the track sometimes

I checked this at my side, the restart option works as expected.

False Restart triggering might occur if multiple sources control the arpeggiator.
It’s important, that either your external keyboard, or a loopback track controls the T&A bus. They shouldn’t control the bus at the same time

The delay is due to the step synchronisation.

Best Regards, Thorsten.

Here’s a few questions that I forgot to pick out from the mass of the text:

  • Random gate trigger layer: is the chance 50/50 or something else?
  • Random value trigger layer: does this randomise all the values in all parameter layers of the step, or just some? Is the random value anything between 0-127, or is the intensity guided somehow?
  • MODE page option ‘Sort’ for arpeggiator mode: how does it sort the notes? Into an ascending order..? And is the unsorted note order the reverse of the play order, i.e. last played note is “number one” in the arpeggiator track notation?

1 hour ago, jjonas said:

Random gate trigger layer: is the chance 50/50 or something else

yes, the probability is 50:50

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  • Random value trigger layer: does this randomise all the values in all parameter layers of the step, or just some? Is the random value anything between 0-127, or is the intensity guided somehow?

it will only randomize the note value between -12/12 semitones

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MODE page option ‘Sort’ for arpeggiator mode: how does it sort the notes? Into an ascending order..?

Yes, in ascending order

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And is the unsorted note order the _reverse_of the play order, i.e. last played note is “number one” in the arpeggiator track notation?

yes

Best Regards, Thorsten.

A thought on the Count-In wishlist (which I’d like to 2nd). AStart=On holds the sequencer until the user inputs a note. Setting “Count-In=2 measures” could use the same AStart function. i.e: The seq is held until the Count-In clock reaches zero where Astart runs the sequencer.

I thought of an easier to implement alternative of just being able to run the Metronome while the SEQ transport isn’t running. We could then use Astart to record on the measure we feel like.