It would be great to be able to increase the tempo to 2400BPM but the
8 bit CPU would never be able to keep up.
So unfortunately, this is one feature we just won't be able to squeeze
out of the Poly 800.
Mike.
--- In korgpolyex@yahoogroups.com, "zoinky420" <zoinky420@...> wrote:
>
> --- In korgpolyex@yahoogroups.com, "korgpolyex800"
> <korgpolyex800@> wrote:
> >
> > Yes, I thought you would all love to hear that today I implemented a
> > sequencer key transpose function.
> >
> > Now you can shift your recorded sequence up according to the highest
> > note currently on.
> >
> > I will expand this feature some more before doing a demo of it but
> it
> > does sound very cool and makes the Poly much more useful as a
> sequencer.
> >
> >
>
> Yeah that's a useful feature. I havent used the Poly 800 sequencer
> yet, but if you can tweak it here's something to consider: if it has
> a tempo limitation you should remove it! I have no idea why most
> sequencers limit tempo to around 300bpm. One of my favorite old MIDI
> sequencers for Atari ST allowed tempo up to 2400bpm, essentially the
> speed of a bulk transfer. Using that sequencer I discovered that at
> tempos above 1000bpm, longer sequences can become short sound-effects
> that sound pretty cool.
>