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Title: Set sequencer start and end point
Post by: tp on July 24, 2017, 06:08:22 pm: Currently you can only set the Sequencer end point, by pressing the Seq Length button and the corresponding step while in sequencer mode. It would be great if you could set both the end and begin point by pressing on two separate steps (simultaneously or one after the other) while holding down the Seq Length button. This would allow you to use a long sequence as a reservoir of many shorter subsections which can be activated in performance in a flexible manner, making the sequencer much more powerful and expressive.
Title: Re: Set sequencer start and end point
Post by: joeman on July 25, 2017, 02:32:59 am: Good idea. Agreed.
Title: Re: Set sequencer start and end point
Post by: SomeCallMeFamous on October 23, 2017, 11:31:45 pm: Would be a great add on
Title: Re: Set sequencer start and end point
Post by: madScientist on October 24, 2017, 10:25:55 am: totally aggree. When I first played arround with the sequenzer, I Intuitively searched the start point.
This would be another dimension. 64 steps are quite a lot for more than one sequenze.
Title: Re: Set sequencer start and end point
Post by: Brutefactor on August 09, 2020, 04:10:42 am: Agree, this is easy to implement and very useful.
Start and end point could be set by "double pressing" or "shift pressing" a step (using some button as shift - like the Seq-button). Best if one hand can be used. Some logic must be defined to decide if a press on one of the steps between start and end means "set new start" or "set new end".
Could be done by using the sequencer knobs "<" and ">" as shift keys. Hold "<" and press a step = new start, Hold ">" and press a step = new end. Minimal change, great value!
Title: Re: Set sequencer start and end point
Post by: STM on August 09, 2020, 08:21:11 am: Very good idea!
Beeing able to change start and end single handed would be a bonus.
Title: Re: Set sequencer start and end point
Post by: DrJustice on August 10, 2020, 02:40:50 pm: Quote from: Brutefactor on August 09, 2020, 04:10:42 am
...Could be done by using the sequencer knobs "<" and ">" as shift keys. Hold "<" and press a step = new start, Hold ">" and press a step = new end. Minimal change, great value!
I like that.

A single handed version could be done with something like pressing (e.g.[1]) "Sequencer" + "<" or ">", blinking the Sequencer button, then the next press on a step button would set the start or end. There could also be a time out whereby the Sequencer button stops blinking to indicate that. Both your immediate action and the delayed (single handed) action could even exist together with no conflict.

[1] - The most logical button chording for setting the end, "SEQ Length" + ">", is taken by Extend & Duplicate, so we need another button, and for a timeout one with a LED would be good. Perhaps "Patterns" or "Link" would be better since you don't stand the chance of accidentally stopping the sequencer by using those.
Title: Re: Set sequencer start and end point
Post by: mylorman on November 20, 2020, 07:05:07 am: yes this would be a very useful feature .. especially for live performance
Title: Re: Set sequencer start and end point
Post by: Germano on December 01, 2020, 07:57:42 pm: +1