creating an expressive full-board sequencer
Posted: Fri Aug 18, 2023 4:18 pm
Hi,
I started with a desire to be able to record a sequence as a natural play, and then be able to loop it and modify it.
Right now I'm in the brainstorming and information gathering stage. I would love to hear other people's ideas and criticism. Here are my thoughts:
1. Use a full keyboard and record all the MPE signals: x,y,z, aftertouch
2. Inspired by the tape looper of pulsar-23 it has add, delete, and replace functionality. Initially, we will be giving up seeing the stepper and would just have to train our ears and brains. I mostly got used to it on p23.
3. The tape loop (tl) is always rolling (at whatever bpm is set to)
4. Tap switch 1 button (s1) to add. Whatever you play gets added. Tap s1 to exit add mode
5. Tap s1 and s2 (switch 2) to replace all. Whenever you press a note, all the notes at that time get replaced. tap s1 and s2 to exit replace
6. While in replace all, hold s2 to delete silent and delete all of the sounds
7. Tap s2 to enter per-key delete (pkd). Whichever keys you press will be removed in the NEXT loop (this gives an opportunity for Philip-Glass-style changes of one note in a sequence. For the next loop, you can play the new key). In this pkd mode, you can press s1 to remove the sounds in the next loop. tap s2 to exit pkd.
8. The bottom row shows steps by changing the color of the button where the active step is, but it doesn't change the functionality, meaning you can still play the bottom row
future:
9. Press octave to modify the sequence length
10. have some regime to have lfo on the attributes of the notes
11. I'm also thinking of displaying xyz of note's envelope as a histogram with y-axis being xyz intensity and x-axis time. Keep in mind that this is all for looping techno, drone or minimal music live
12. I'm also thinking of some kind of a sequencer idea similar to ornament-8 where the sequence can branch
let me know what you think
Best,
--Kirill
I started with a desire to be able to record a sequence as a natural play, and then be able to loop it and modify it.
Right now I'm in the brainstorming and information gathering stage. I would love to hear other people's ideas and criticism. Here are my thoughts:
1. Use a full keyboard and record all the MPE signals: x,y,z, aftertouch
2. Inspired by the tape looper of pulsar-23 it has add, delete, and replace functionality. Initially, we will be giving up seeing the stepper and would just have to train our ears and brains. I mostly got used to it on p23.
3. The tape loop (tl) is always rolling (at whatever bpm is set to)
4. Tap switch 1 button (s1) to add. Whatever you play gets added. Tap s1 to exit add mode
5. Tap s1 and s2 (switch 2) to replace all. Whenever you press a note, all the notes at that time get replaced. tap s1 and s2 to exit replace
6. While in replace all, hold s2 to delete silent and delete all of the sounds
7. Tap s2 to enter per-key delete (pkd). Whichever keys you press will be removed in the NEXT loop (this gives an opportunity for Philip-Glass-style changes of one note in a sequence. For the next loop, you can play the new key). In this pkd mode, you can press s1 to remove the sounds in the next loop. tap s2 to exit pkd.
8. The bottom row shows steps by changing the color of the button where the active step is, but it doesn't change the functionality, meaning you can still play the bottom row
future:
9. Press octave to modify the sequence length
10. have some regime to have lfo on the attributes of the notes
11. I'm also thinking of displaying xyz of note's envelope as a histogram with y-axis being xyz intensity and x-axis time. Keep in mind that this is all for looping techno, drone or minimal music live
12. I'm also thinking of some kind of a sequencer idea similar to ornament-8 where the sequence can branch
let me know what you think
Best,
--Kirill