How do you guys deal with entire songs/tracks? I love all the live performance stuff but I seem to be missing a real song arrangement mode for 16 patterns. There is the chain mode, but is that really the same thing? Forgive me if I’m overlooking something.
My two issues are I don’t know how to playback an entire song (I’m coming from an Oxi One which can do this), and I’m limited with 64 steps, which is ameliorated somewhat by using the chain feature but this doesn’t make for a very long song.
You’re right that chain mode is definitely not a usable song mode. I ended up giving up on using the KSP live to drive my set, and bought a Squarp Hapax for that instead. Obviously that is a fully-featured sequencer at a far higher price. Interestingly, I did consider an Oxi One, but not enough polyphonic tracks for my needs.
I still use the KSP to jam, and come up with ideas because it is great at that (although I wish there was a version with full-size keys).
Today Oxi announced the One mkii, which now has 8 tracks instead of four. Interesting.
Question: how do you get analog 1ppq clock out of the Hapax? Can it be done? Seems like analog clock is sorely missing.
Analog clock out is really simple on the Hapax. You just set sync output to one of the gate outs, and set the appropriate gate clock division. 1ppqn is 1/4 (the hapax does 1/96 which is 24ppqn down to 1/1, which is 0.25ppqn).
Read the SETTINGS > SYNC out section in the online manual: Hapax Manual | Squarp instruments
The Oxi One Mk2 does look interesting, but I have now gotten too used to having 16 tracks with the Hapax (or 32 if you want to use both projects simultaneously).
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