Switching Patterns in StepChild

[al2k1]

I have Triangle II set as a synth after Stepchild in the plugins section. I add one pattern and save it to the first buffer by right clicking "1". then I build a second pattern and right click to save it in buffer "2". When I go to playback the song I can't figure out how to switch between the two patterns. For example, lets say I want to play pattern 1 for the first to measures and then switch to pattern 2 for the next 5 measures, I cannot seem to figure out how to do this. The only other step sequencer I have used is Reason's Matrix and I can change patterns without a problem. Any help you can provide would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks,
A.

[krylenko]

the short answer is there's no short answer. stepchild doesn't provide a useful way to do this inside itself.

however, you can use MIDI notes to change patterns. if the "trigger patterns" button is set to ON, MIDI note messages from a keyboard or on a MIDI track will change patterns.

what I usually do is set up the patterns I want and then make my MIDI keyboard an input to the stepchild track. then I start recording, using the keyboard to switch patterns in real time. once I'm done, I just edit the new MIDI clip so all the changes are in time and whatnot. does that make sense?

[al2k1]

Thanks for the info, the only thing is which note on the keyboard to you hit to trigger the pattern change? I was trying to experiment with hitting the notes (example C4 or C3) and recorded it but it didn't do anything to change a pattern. Thanks again for your help.