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Re: [xl7] Re: BTS - Triggering from the Sequencer (Beats Mode)
2016-11-07 by smw-mail@...
Trigger 1 [part 1] from either the keyboard or the button starts a BD 1/4 note [i.e., 4 per measure] constant pattern.
When trigger 3 [part 3} is started, the BD only plays on the 1 [i.e., 1 BD at the start of the measure].
When I switch the arp status within the Brp.* preset from on to off, the missing BD hits on 2, 3, and 4 return.
Changing the pattern speed of the arpeggiator (which was 1/4x) changes the number of times the BD [from trigger 1] and/or the HH [from trigger 3} play(s) within the span of the beat per measure.
All of this has been done with triggers in latch mode; so, my guess is that the arp note is turning off the 2nd, 3rd, and 4th BD hits before it gets to sound. at 1/4x for the arp speed, this note cancellation happens from 50 BPM to 300 BPM (and probably at lower BPMs, but at 001, I got tired of waiting!)
I looked at the midi output and I think that is what is going on, although it seems that for the BD hits that do sound (as well as the HH hits), the midi notes are doubled and for the missing BD hits, there is only one on but 2 offs. When the preset arp status is switched from on to off, there is one BD note off for every
BD note on (likewise for the HH hits).
Again, since this is being done without an external midi loopback, I am include to say the interaction between the beat and the arp is internal.
How to make intentional use of this feature in either a predictable or predictably random way is beyond my comprehension at the moment.
Steve