Analogue-sequencer

Hi Chiel,

> Things i'd like to see added to P3 functionality
> 
> - a way to quickly access the track mutes when in pattern- or 
> playlist-edit mode.

I'd like to see that too ;-)
But what to use ?
I thought in pattern edit, holding FUNC+EDIT/PLAY could momentarily
switch the LEDs/step keys to track mute.
This wouldn't work in playlist edit - as soon as you hit FUNC, you're
going to exit that mode.
Could you live without it in playlist edit if I put it in pattern edit ?
Or come up with another key combination to enable it in PLE.

> - The possibility to save the `hold' setting in the playlist-edit 
> menu, so you can start a pattern with a single pattern, and on 
> releasing the `hold', the full playlist starts playing.

Would the ability to modify the 'hold' flag for each track from play
mode do what you need ?
If I can think of a suitable set of modifier keys, or just add another
soft key, this would be quite easy.

> - When doing a `part copy' from the main menu page 3 while playing, 
> the possibility to return to the original playlist(s) in the 
> destination part.

That would make it a bit slower... if you had to confirm what you're
doing.

> - The possiblity to set the first step for a pattern as well the last 
> step, without using the shift keys.

Maybe... as Paul N suggested, using skip for this will be much easier
than me finding the extra space to hold 384 start positions for patterns
;-)

> - The possibility to freely assign one of the available functions to 
> each rows of pots.

That's on the TBI list already.

> - When doing a `part copy' from the main menu page 3 while playing, 
> the possibility to select only some of the tracks playing at the time.

I was going to a a FUNC+part copy option, that will only copy playlists
for tracks that are currently active.
Will that do ?

> - The possibility to save different midi-channel settings with 
> different banks.

You're not the only one... I'm working on it, but there is very little
storage space left, and 12 banks x 9 channel selections = 54 bytes
minimum. I don't want to do it, only to have to undo it again later.
The alternative would be to reduce to maximum number of banks.

> - 16 tracks.. ;) 

Thats easy - you just need to build a second P3 ;-)

> - Something to do with the pots when in regular play-mode. :)

Also TBI.

> and i also think i found a bug, or at least a 'weirdy': when you have 
> a 16 step pattern and you set the last step, step 16, to `skip', the 
> playlist doesn't move beyond this pattern, whether the change-mode is 
> set to pattern or bar.

The result of a weird compiler optimisation error, now worked-around I
think.
v3.78 is at Yahoo files.

Cheers,
Colin f

PS
Nice mp3, by the way :-)