Tracktion Software

MEC · Post by **MEC** » Thu Jan 31, 2019 9:40 pm

Have you guys seen the new drum sequencer in Studio One? - I downloaded the Studio One 4 demo today and WOw!

their new Drum Pattern Sequencer is nothing short of Amazing. With individual channel resizing, note repeat, probability trigger. This is the type of innovative sequencer that deserves to be in Waveform.

dRowAudio · Post by **dRowAudio** » Thu Jan 31, 2019 11:47 pm

Yep, some very cool stuff in there! Not too dissimilar from our own step clips.

MEC · Post by **MEC** » Fri Feb 01, 2019 3:47 am

dRowAudio, yes they have their similarities but the one from Studio One has some very cool features that I wish they were in Waveform.

operandx · Post by **operandx** » Fri Feb 01, 2019 9:23 am

Food for thought here. They've taken (pinched) the Step Clip idea and run with it. Maybe time for some dev time on Step Clips?

MEC · Post by **MEC** » Fri Feb 01, 2019 1:47 pm

operanfx, yes I do believe that they did take the step clip idea from Waveform. Presonus devs are known for borrowing ideas from every DAW. I was messing with the demo yesterday and I discovered that the modulation section at the bottom let's you assign basically any parameter to that section and not just the ones that you see there. That makes it so much more powerful. It also has a pianoroll view.

MEC · Post by **MEC** » Fri Feb 01, 2019 1:55 pm

Propellerheads then went and made their own version of it too.
They went further and added independent playheads for each lane that plays backwards and/or forward. It's sick.

and other goodies as well.

zzz00m · Post by **zzz00m** » Fri Feb 01, 2019 2:59 pm

Here's another tutorial video on the new drum and pattern edit modes in S1 v4.

Fast forward to the 4:15 minute mark if you want to skip the explanation of the new drum edit mode they added to the MIDI piano roll editor, and dive right into the pattern editor.

MEC · Post by **MEC** » Fri Feb 01, 2019 10:12 pm

zzz00m Yeah I got a chance to mess with the demo and it's a great addition to S1 just like that video shows. The demand for advanced tools like this is high and many DAW developers are just starting to understand that. Motu just announced it's upcoming release of their flagship DAW Digital Performer 10 and they've implemented an Ableton type of clip performance but it looks slicker and does some things that Ableton's can't do. Point being that you can't fall a sleep in this business and you gotta listen to your customers.

fedexnman · Post by **fedexnman** » Sat Feb 02, 2019 3:50 am

Back in the good ole Tracktion 1 and 2 days there was this https://www.kvraudio.com/product/stepch ... subminimal ...... Step clips is similar to S1V4 drum sequencer .

operandx · Post by **operandx** » Sat Feb 02, 2019 3:30 pm

@fedexnman you have just brough a smile to an old mans face. Spent many happy hours goofing with that back in the day.

spoontechnique · Post by **spoontechnique** » Sat Feb 02, 2019 3:49 pm

Step clips would be enough for me if you could have multiple note values in one clip. That's my only real gripe.

fedexnman · Post by **fedexnman** » Sat Feb 02, 2019 4:14 pm

Can you adjust step clips to 4 to 8 bars yet ? I feel step clips is fine you can put a couple in a row or behind one as well to .

chk071 · Post by **chk071** » Sat Feb 02, 2019 4:19 pm

What i like most about it is the way it is incorporated in Studio One. No popping up window, or a MIDI plugin kind of thing, but, just like i would use the key editor. I think that's also the main strength of Studio One, that it's all contained into the sequencer, and there's not a gazllion windows, or the need to use plugins for everything.

Tracktion Software

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S1 type of drum sequencer in Waveform