Just posting a small PD patch ‘stepper.pd’ that might be of use to someone.
It is a pattern / step driven audio gate. It works as an audio effect and simply adjusts the volume of incoming audio.
There are up to 16 individual steps which can each have a volume set.
The pattern length can be set 1 -16. (a step length of 1 is pretty meaningless - it is basically acts like a volume control)
The tempo can be set but is not synced to any internal or external clock. Because I wanted clock rates faster than 127 bpm I multiply the controller value by 5 internally, so the max rate that can be set is 635 bpm.
Slew provides a variable ramp between the volume at different steps - initially to avoid clicks but it can create some nice effects at longer time periods
There is also a master volume control which acts on the input audio.
The patch initialises with 8 steps and 120 bpm.
The steps are initially set with alternating volumes of 50% and 0.
I needed a gate effect, and it does what I wanted. If it is of any use - enjoy.
here it is:
stepper.zip (2.1 KB)
As a side note - I tried to create a similar trancegate effect using MOD plugs in MOD-UI, and got something that worked but it was more of a faff trying to link a step sequence to a volume control than it should have been. I have a suspicion that MOD-UI doesn’t fully work on non MOD hardware.
That’s it.
Here’s an audio example of a streichfett playing a chord passed through the zynthian running stepper.pd - with some random fiddling with the stepper settings, and recorded in live, no other processing.
To do:
If I can work out how and have the time I may try to add external sync (I’d like to see if it is possible to add in the ableton_sync PD extension). I could then possibly make an option to use steps related to note lengths.
I have no idea how to add swing or anything else fancy.
I am not that familiar with PD so if anyone spots anything I have done wrong do let me know.
If there is anyway to show a different value than the raw encoder (ie scaled value, not a label) on the UI I’d love to do that