EML 400 sequencer in the midi world

[danial stocks]

> >MIDI clock = 24 pulses per quater.. so if a drum sound etc triggs off the
> >midi clock pulse, when 24 such events have occoured, the midi dev will 
>have
> >advanced 1/4 note thru its sequence.. getting the midi dev to step to the
> >next actual program note on each trig would be very tricky, but just to 
>send
> >clock pulse on trig should be easy - esp if you dont want to send any 
>otrher
> >midi codes - the clock code = 1111110000 [incl start+ end bit] - which in
> >effect is a 128 us low pulse - easy to produce..
>
>If you just send the 1111110000 code 24 times in succession (with a little 
>gap)
>between them) then you will have advanced your midi device by one quarter 
>note.
>For some applications, I expect this will work fine, you dont always need 
>your
>F8s to be evenly spaced.

yes most midi devs will wrk quite well in that respect - you could advance 
the seq by a 1/4 note or any other note interval for that matter... but the 
tricky bit is to advance the seq to the next programmed sequenced event [ie 
note] - assuming that the notes/beats etc aren't prog'd in an even space 
apart.. altho knowing this, you could
a: write the seq's to be used in this technique at a set quantize amt ie all 
notes are prog'd to be 1/4 spaced... or
b: have presettable seq advance control [ie dial up 1/4, 1/8 etc] and live 
with the fact that sometimes when triggered you wont actually get any sound, 
or multiple notes.. this one could have some interesting potential....

Cheers
Dan - Sydney Australia - the city stupid enuff to make the whole country 
look stupid..

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