can you make a step set?

nihil · Post by **nihil** » Tue Aug 20, 2013 3:07 am

hello there, maybe it's a basic question but... is there a way to go from one step to another within a pattern? kind of create a pattern set within a pattern?
i'm trying to keep each song in just one pattern, and not create a lot of them to play one song, like in a pattern set.
sorry if it sounds confusing, thanks for the help.

robosardine · Post by **robosardine** » Tue Aug 20, 2013 2:25 pm

You can't do it live. You can however use the 'move data' to select the bit(s) of the pattern you want to repeat- move it to the start of the pattern- cut it down by shortening the pattern length, then saving it to another pattern and place it on your pattern set.

X-Trade · Post by **X-Trade** » Wed Aug 21, 2013 7:29 pm

I think you want Song mode?

nihil · Post by **nihil** » Thu Aug 22, 2013 3:01 pm

thanks for the answers robosardine and x-trade.
no, i don't want song mode, what i want to do when playing live, instead of pass from one pattern to another (like in pattern set), go from one step to another within a pattern in the way that i want it to, without playing them automatically in a sequenced way: e.g. pattern A01, step 1-1-1-1-2-2-3-3-3-3-3-3-4, instead of 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8..., keeping the variations of a pattern inside it, and not on another pattern.
but i think i'm going to have to do it through a pattern set.

robosardine · Post by **robosardine** » Thu Aug 22, 2013 7:32 pm

I think I may even try it myself- could be good

X-Trade · Post by **X-Trade** » Thu Aug 22, 2013 11:50 pm

A bit like when you play a time slice loop with the step keys?

I don't think it's possible on the machine. Maybe if you resample your pattern to a time slice. That would quickly use a lot of memory though.

Would be pretty awesome though.

neotechtonics · Post by **neotechtonics** » Fri Aug 23, 2013 6:12 am

not possible as far as I know other than manually stepping back or forward with shift + </> but timing that right is near impossible. Perhaps there would be a way to do it via an external sequencer with NRPN but I doubt it.

robosardine · Post by **robosardine** » Sun Aug 25, 2013 7:35 am

I think it's meant to turn out a bit like the 'active step' function on the Monotribe & Volcas where you are repeatedly playing your pattern as you twiddle etc - then all of a sudden part of it repeats in isolation for a short while before either returning to the pattern/ moving on to another bit repeating in isolation or changing pattern.