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Ok now you just opened a can of worms. . .   My current song is about 10 or
11 "patterns" long.  I went to pattern 5, and split the pattern in the
middle, and yes it created two 8 measure long tracks.  Then I change the
length to 16 on both.  Here's the wierd part.  I go pack to step #1 and
heres what it says:

s01 STEP LN:--  Bar:001
030^0 Untitled

the LN is zero???

when i hit stop and play it says CURRENT PATTERN: 030 NEXT: STOP and plays
for 3 seconds and stop.  My song is totally ****ed.  When I "revert" the
song, everything is back and is fine.

Is it too much to ask just to put a step in my song?

Thanks.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Aaron Eppolito" <synthesis77@...>
To: <xl7@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Monday, January 06, 2003 8:01 PM
Subject: Re: [xl7] Repeat Button


> --- David DeciBel <spec@...> wrote:
> > I'm trying to insert a patter in the middle of my song.  What I'm
> > doing is this:
> >
> > Putting my cursor under the step (this case it's step 6) - and then
> > holding down REPEAT and pressing enter at the same time.  It takes me
> > to the NEXT step, but doesn't insert...
> >
> > Any ideas?
>
> Performing the steps you mentioned will do nothing (but you already
> knew that...)  I thought the manual was correct on this, wait, nope,
> just checked and it's wrong (at least my version is, maybe later revs
> are right).  Think of the repeat button as a "split" button.  It will
> only divide an existing step into two steps at the bar you are
> currently at.  This was originally because I thought most people would
> have linear song tracks that they wouldn't want sliding around.  I've
> since changed my mind (well, let's say my mind was changed...) so this
> might be one of those things that work better in 2.0 (hint, hint).
>
> For now, to split a song step, go to a bar somewhere in the middle of a
> step and hit repeat, optionally change the pattern, then hit enter.
> For example, if pattern step 1 is 16 bars long, go to bar 9 and press
> repeat.  Pattern step 1 will now be 8 bars long, and you'll have a new
> 8-bar step 2 at bar 9.  The old pattern step 2 will remain at bar 17,
> but will be renumbered to step 3.
>
> If you want to do the normal idea of repeat (yeah, I know, smack me) go
> to the step after which you want to insert, change its length to
> include the length of the pattern you want to insert (this slides the
> song data down!) then go to the bar that you want the new step at and
> press repeat.
>
> This "split" behavior will still exist in 2.0, but additionally, if you
> "repeat" while at a step beginning, it will do the normal thing (i.e.
> slide down the song data and insert a new step of length equal to the
> length of the current step).
>
> -Aaron
>
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