This is a great topic! Lotsa good ideas here! As for my contribution, I have been getting into realtime improvs and recently have been exploring arps. The 4x4 knobs are tremendous in volume mode for starting up arps, fading them in and out, mixing them, etc. Since I am using a usb/midi keyboard, I reply on those faders/knobs to control CCs, though at times I just set the 4x4 knobs to quick edit mode and play the knobs there. It is quite handy to toggle among the 4x4 knob modes. Obviously, 32 potential arps are very nice to have--even if you don't use all of them at the same time!! Patchcords are superb!!!! Lately, I have been making use of LFOs, esp routed to pan and filter settings. I have created some cool patches using LFO patterns routed to pitch. The random value generators are also cool routed to pan and filter settings for spacialization and variety. During a recent improv, I made use of factory arps and bts as well as a whole bunch of custom arps--some specific patterns, some random patterns. http://electro-music.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=321754&highlight=#321754 Randomize preset is also a great feature, so long as you customize the results. Anyhow, these are some of the features I have been exploring recently. Steve
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Re: what's your favorite feature & how do you use it
2011-02-07 by steve_the_composer