[Qmidiarp-devel] Feature ideas for the sequencer

[Sascha S. <ung...@gm...>]

I played a lot with the sequencer of qmidiarp the last days and I have
a couple of ideas that might be worth considering for the future.

I admit that it is all stolen from the way f.e. a doepfer darktime
works or the older "softwerk" from the ardour-project
and yes, I know that those features are maybe a bit "hardcore"

1st feature: variable playlength of sequence
it would be nice that if I add a sequence of f.e. 16 steps and alter
the "length" live to f.e. 8, that after switching back to length of 16
the sequencer does not just double the first 8 steps, but has the old
steps set in mind.
Or that there is something under the sequence-bar that runs with the
sequence, where I can determine, to which point the sequence loops.

2nd feature: playing direction of sequence
add new playing directions live to a sequence
play left-to-right, right-to-left, forward-backward-forward, random
Means, f.e. if sequence runs from left-to-right and loops and I switch
the play-direction, it will start playing backwards at the end of the
loop

3rd feature: group 2 sequences
this way I could join 2 sequences of f.e. 8 steps to one sequence of
16 step but with the ability to change the play-direction of just one
of them or mute one of them

Yes I know, weird ideas, but they would be fun :)

greetings from belgium, Sascha