Analogue-sequencer

Dear Colin,
 
real time transpotition of the patterns is a "must" for a live sequencer like the Cirklon. Nothing quite like this exist in the market today and the ability to control via Midi patterns from an external mother keyboard is something that only Bill Marshall's Zyklus did many years before.
I think that today there is the market for such a device, musicians nowdays appreciate the improvisational music, see the success of Ableton Live. But the real down of Live is, dispite that is software,  it can't transpose the Midi patterns from a keyboard, in a live situation. 
If you want to have some ideas of how i imagine the live manipulation and the transpotition matter, look at the Zyklus/Improvisor project at Yahoo Groups. Check this out.
 
Regards,
Nic
 

From: Colin f <colin@colinfraser.com>
To: analogue-sequencer@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Tuesday, August 30, 2011 1:07 AM
Subject: RE: [analogue-sequencer] Cirklon harmonizing


    
 

> Yes, for example you set the key, say C, and you set the 
> scale, for example diatonic. Then when you set a new key, say 
> from C to D, all the notes changes corespondly, but thats the 
> way Zyklus MPS worked. Some times like that you get non 
> musical results, so must be a filter in order to make the 
> results more musical.
> If you want more detail, i can provide.

That sounds like it might be the same as the P3 implementation.
It's possible to set a remote control channel on P3 so an incoming MIDI note
will transpose the current patterns.
Force-to-scale can be used to keep the notes in a chosen scale, and the
transposition can either be pre- or post-FTS.
That is, the transpose applies to the root note of the FTS scale if
transpose is post-FTS.
This only works based on a single note for the transposition - there's
nothing inferred about changes to the scale if you play a chord.
But maybe that's also the case on the Zyklus ?
This is roughly what I plan to add to Cirklon, but with the ability to
direct control to specific tracks from specific MIDI port/channel inputs.

Cheers,
Colin

   
     

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