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Title: Tempo as modulation destination (CORRECTION - This is already possible)
Post by: rickeverything on June 21, 2019, 09:50:12 pm

I would love to introduce subtle and extreme variation in tempo in my patches. It would be so fun to assign the lfo, cycling envelope, or even pressure to make the timing more dynamic in arpeggios and sequences. Thanks for the consideration and all the work you do!

Title: Re: Tempo as modulation destination
Post by: DrJustice on June 21, 2019, 11:25:13 pm

The tempo is available as a mod destination. Just press one of the Assign 1-3 buttons an turn the Rate/Swing knob, then assign the LFO (or other source) to the assignable column you used.

Title: Re: Tempo as modulation destination
Post by: rickeverything on June 25, 2019, 12:57:26 am

Wow, I could have sworn that I tried to do that and it did not register! I even had a vague memory of reading in the manual that this was not possible. Maybe I was getting it confused with the inability to assingn parameters accessed by the "Shift" button (that one is real right...?).

Anyway thank you for the correction I'm going to go play some wonky arpeggios now.

Title: Re: Tempo as modulation destination (CORRECTION - This is already possible)
Post by: DrJustice on June 25, 2019, 02:21:02 am

OK - nice!  :D

One of many cool things to do is running synced tempo and LFO rate and using an Assign X column for LFO to tempo. Then a running a sequence or arpeggio with a little twiddling of the tempo and LFO rate knobs (that are now divisions) will make different rhythms. A square wave on the LFO gives "steady" rhythms. Example patch attached - the LFO to Assign 3 matrix mod amount (tempo mod) can also be 'played' for rhythmic variation, and so can the cycling envelope.

Title: Re: Tempo as modulation destination
Post by: black_dingus on July 19, 2019, 01:21:18 am

Quote from: DrJustice on June 21, 2019, 11:25:13 pm

The tempo is available as a mod destination. Just press one of the Assign 1-3 buttons an turn the Rate/Swing knob, then assign the LFO (or other source) to the assignable column you used.

Unfortunately, it does not seem to work. Rate/swing knob does not register. I have the latest firmware.

Title: Re: Tempo as modulation destination (CORRECTION - This is already possible)
Post by: DrJustice on July 19, 2019, 01:01:10 pm

It works fine here on the latest firmware. Does the patch I attached above work?

Title: Re: Tempo as modulation destination (CORRECTION - This is already possible)
Post by: black_dingus on July 21, 2019, 04:16:41 am

thank you. it's magic! turns out the rate / swing knob HAS to be in "not synced" position (the LED is not lit)

Title: Re: Tempo as modulation destination (CORRECTION - This is already possible)
Post by: chapelierfou on August 13, 2019, 03:50:12 pm

This would be wonderful if this could modulate the SYNCED rate. Please...

Title: Re: Tempo as modulation destination (CORRECTION - This is already possible)
Post by: Trevor42 on August 16, 2019, 05:23:36 pm

+1 please work when in sync mode