#23 QQMidiArp LFO: Any chance of creating very long cycles?

[David Richardson]

Hi,

I'm using QMidiArp LFO to control parameters in instruments. It seems to be the only LFO in current production that doesn't reset itself at the start of a loop. I'd really like to be able to create cycles that are tens of minutes - and even hours - long.

I realise this wouldn't be a common requirement, but might it be possible?

[Frank]

Hi,
Sorry, I'm discovering your request only now due to a failed notification. Handling such long cycles is indeed beyond the initial idea (which is around loops and patterns), and it would be unpractical to handle with the current implementation (data storage, drawing, internal memory handling, etc....). If you don't need a high time resolution, setting the tempo to something very low may go in that sense.
But why don't you use a linear sequencer such as qtractor. That would do a good job there, no?

Best
Frank

[David Richardson]

That's OK I completely understand.

Unfortunately linear sequencing doesn't work for me because I'm creating generative elements within Carla (using LMMS as a host of sorts) hence wanting something that can manage MIDI settings very slowly. I, too, am working in loops and patterns, but with elements changing at slow rates. I'm already running at extremely slow tempos.

I knew that my request was somewhat off-the-wall, but I thought I'd ask in case it was something easy. The QMidiArp LFO is the best of its kind I've come across and it's so easy for me to visually create cycles.