Re: [seq24-users] seq24 - launch "scenes" like Ableton Live?

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On Fri, 1 Dec 2006, Gareth Edwards wrote:

> Hi there,

> Is there an easy way to group loops together and turn them all on and
> off together?

This is one of my "Wanted"-features - To be able to press, say, F1 and 
immediately turn on sequences 'q', 't', 's' and 'd' (or whatever I've 
stored as my "scene") and turn off everything else. For the ability to 
instantly (or at the next sequence-end, with right-ctrl) jump to the 
chorus or whatever.

And it cant be too difficult to add, can it? Gesturally, it is the 
equivalent of pressing [LeftCtrl-q], [t], [s], [d] really quick.

In my mind, the easiest way to set up the scenes wold be to use 
LeftCtrl-Fkey for "store scene" and Fkey alone for "recall". LeftCtrl 
since "replace" doesn't really make sense in the context of a scene like 
that. Queueing with RightCtrl, however, does make sense, even though it 
means one has to carefully consider semantics - Do we start the sequences 
next time *any* sequence in the set restarts, or do we wait until *all* 
sequences restart?

Whilst we're at it...Second wish: Mute groups. The ability to define a 
group of sequences so that when one of them is turned on, all other is 
turned off. Typical application: 4 sequences, all containing variations on 
the basic hihat-pattern. Whenever I switch one of them on, I want the 
previous pattern to cut out.

I saw that this was in the archives as a suggestion already. The poster 
then suggested the possibility of a checkbox for each column (or row), so 
that if you checked the box, the sequences in that column start acting 
like that. This is of course very interactive. I could also like an extra 
dropdown list in the sequence edit window "Mute group: [none/1/2/3...]".

Third wish: Um...Since I'd like to use Seq-24 from a rather less 
well-endowed laptop, I'd like the possibility to use something like 
"alt-graph" or "Right-shift" instead of RightCtrl for queueing, 
since...um...my keyboard has no rightctrl :-)

Possibly some of these possibilities already exist, and I'm just too 
stooopid to find them :-) And, again: This is the most fun I'd had with 
any sequencer, ever, and I'm quite happy as is - I'm just suggesting what 
things would make me go down on one knee and formally propose to the 
program :-)

/Moxie (in a suggestive mood)