Its not a work-around, it is by design. I have tried to design something that provides conventional sequencing whilst not following convention - a novel solution. It isn’t ground breaking nor particularly original - indeed it borrows heavily from many ancestors but the implementation allows combination of traditional linear (song mode) sequencing with more contemporary loop launching. These two methods are often mutually exclusive but ZynSeq combines them allowing both to be used simultaneously from a common pool of resources (patterns, tracks, sequences, tempo, temporal quantisation, etc.) which exposes other workflows that might not have been considered.
Sorry - I went off on a bit of a sales pitch there! Song Mode is implemented by configuring a sequence with multiple tracks and starting that sequence alone. You can augment the linear song with synchronised (and syncopated) loops, playing other sequenences live from the pads or from the arranger. Maybe we need a sales department to advertise these rich features in a more appealing way than this simple engineer can .
I have another question.
Is there a possibilitiy to record Midi CC in the future?
I can map the CC on Launchkey to do it along with the record.
But it would be nice to to it in advance.
Yep! It is planned to be able to record CC into patterns and also onto linear tracks in a sequence. The mechanism was coded early on but the implementation was bumped down the priority list. I’ve got the lid off ZynSeq for another reason. Maybe I may find time to have a look at this too - but no promises.
Hi,
following to fill up track pausing I created empty clips:
These I placed in arranger view to have the same starting point for all:
BUT, how can I start all tracks together?
Of course I can push some trigger buttons on Launchkey.
Otherwise I can´t imagine there is no easier way therfore.
I also can map CH#01 CONTROL_CHANGE 115 to trigger notes for special clips.<
I have the feeling to be at the very bginning of understandig the Zynseq…
You have created three sequences, each with one track. For something akin to song mode you need to create a single sequence and add tracks to it. The Arranger view has a menu item called Add track.
ok, it works.
Thank you for your help.
Adding Track was the hint.
I thought the same colour and the name are exclusive.
But they play together because of different instruments.
It is confusing.
That is what we need to reduce. Did you read the wiki guide? I thought it was described well but maybe needs some editing.
In summary, sequences in the same group are mutually exclusive. Each sequence may contain one or more tracks which all play together. Each track may contain zero or more patterns which may not overlap on a track. Each pattern may have zero or more notes.
The user guide on the wiki does have some images. Anyone who doesn’t understand what is being described there, please provide some feedback so that it can be improved.
Maybe someone might make some videos but in the short term, anyone who needs to understand the sequencer should read the wiki and report any shortcomings - so please let me know at least one thing that is not clearly described in the wiki so that I can improve it. This discussion has meandered off towards video tutorials without actually defining something that is not clear in the wiki. We could make videos which are equally confusing!!! Also, it takes time to write documentation and even more time and resources to turn that into video tutorials so we want to get things right - otherwise we end up with a load of videos that took someone days to make but no one watches.
I fully agree about the time needed to write good documentation. Your existing docs are considerably more complete than the majority of open source projects, and I look back at the success of django ( the python web framework) where the documentation was superb, after having spent much wasted time using Twisted, where the philosophy seemed to be if you don’t read the source you shouldn’t be doing it, I switched in one afternoon and had a site running ia half an hour. Guess which one I still use…
A couple of sound samples demonstrating the achieved results may help. I might see what I can do.
Hi there !
Does this mean it’s possible to use a Novation Launchpad Mini with the Zynthian ?(I don’t owe the latest version but can do a software update).
thanks in advance,
Vincent
Hi @Vincent ,
If you’re in launching sequences from the pad grid, you have to assign a midi “trigger channel” (16 by default) and a mldi “trigher note” to that pad and do the same on your midi controller.
I have integrated Novation LaunchKey Mini and am working on integrating Launchpad Mini. These are in a development branch so are not available by default but the intrepid adventurer can test this. I have not been able to work on this for a few months due to other commitments and there are some design decisions to be made. What I have working is a proof of concept but we want something that is extensible, allowing many (all?) such interfaces to work in a similar manner. As @le51 says, simple triggering of sequences is possible from any MIDI controller capable of sending note on commands but the integration to add feedback of play mode / state requires my recent enhancements.
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