[Qmidiarp-devel] Re : Feature ideas for the sequencer

[Frank K. <goe...@ya...>]

Hi Sascha,we'll be giving priority to make some changes under the hood in the next weeks with Nedko.
But it is definitely helpful to track your suggestions here for after that :)


> 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.

Thanks for your input here. Jeremy and I had left comments regarding this in the feature-request tracker, 
and the only problem with that seems to be (again) how storage to disk should be done.
Maybe a loop marker as you suggest is a good solution to this. 

> 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

Sounds interesting to me, too.

> 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 :)

Not that weird, ....well the last one a bit maybe :)
One planned feature are multi-patterns for each sequencer, a bit like in the arp modules. But there again, a logical way of storage (with session file, with application rc file, both....) has to be found first.


Thanks again
Cheers
Frank

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