Re: Pattern Sequencers

[armatronix <armatronix@charter.net>]

At 20:10 26/08/2002, Dr. Z wrote:

>At 12:31 PM -0700 8/26/02, Hans Lindauer wrote:
>
>>Would there be a use for a device which used the EDP's feature set, but
>>in a MIDI (as opposed to audio) context?  And could the LOOP software be
>>adapted to such a task?
>
>Such a thing would probably be useful, though a direct mapping of Loop IV 
>to a MIDI looping system wouldn't make as much sense as some sort of 
>hybrid.

True.  But I already have an EDP ;)

>There have been a number of MIDI recorder/players with loop functions. 
>Opcode's Sequencer (later renamed as Vision) was one of the first, and it 
>looping was supplemented by randomization features. Jam Factory and M 
>offered even more extended "looping plus" capabilities, with some power 
>algorithmic regenerators (M is still availabe from Cycling '74).

Most any MIDI sequencer will allow real-time recording, looping, 
overdubbing, and replace functionalities.  What I was shooting for was 
something that could set the loop length on the fly (with quantization 
happening after the loop length is set, if desired), and allow Multiply, 
Insert, and NextLoop-type functions, with variable feedback.  I think LOOP 
handles these functions very well.

>Many people have taken such MIDI players into interesting realms, using 
>languages such as Max, Forth, HMSL, etc.

These programming environments can deal with MIDI data and clock in 
roughly 
the same way that the EDP's audio codec handles audio, correct?

-Hans