#35

Could be that it behaves like that as you launch it, but that behaviour doesn’t seem to consistency follow the experience as I clear out and create new snap shots.

But with your reply in mind, I’ll approach this tomorrow again and test it more thoroughly. Either way, this one’s quickly becoming one of my favourite sequencers. I like that you have a fair amount of control over the harmonics, so it’s not all that difficult to create a sequence with a musical idea in mind, but also experiment with it and see where it goes as you throw in intersecting patterns to challenge the basic idea. Lovely stuff.

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#36

thanks so much! Yes I think there are a number of ways to experiment with this sequencer for different kinds of results. Maybe one day I’ll do a walkthrough video to show some of the different ideas I’ve had.

Thinking through the snapshots, I realized I could modify the behavior slightly. If you hold clear and press a pad, it could both clear the snapshot and create a new one in its place. That way it can all be done in one gesture instead of first clearing and then creating a new one. I may push an update soon with this change.

edit: done! I’ve pushed a new update implementing the behavior described above. I also fixed an issue where if you press the snapshot pad that is currently selected again, it wasn’t doing anything. This way you can store a single snapshot, make a bunch of changes, and press that pad again to “reset” back to previous state.

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#37

Oh, man. You da boss.

I’m updating today and will try this and get back to you with feedback. You rule.

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#38

Love how the snapshots work now! Much more intuitive and performative. Excellent work.

You don’t have an arc by chance, do you? I can imagine fun arc integration for controlling lfo speed, note length, transpose, etc.

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#39

This update is a huge improvement, @crim work of wonder here, for sure.

Not only does storing feel a lot more intuitive now, like @hypnosapien said, but I’m also finding live scenarios now. I can store a snapshot, then go bonkers with it and then just push the snapshot again without the clear button, and it resets to its original state. It’ll be great to use this for improvisation while recording.

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#40

I don’t have an arc yet, no. I’ve been eyeing it for awhile but haven’t felt like spending the money just yet… That’s a great idea though!

I’d happily except a pull request… There’s also arcify which could make it pretty easy to add arc support.

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#41

I’m just gonna go ahead and be greedy and suggest another thing here. With this new workflow with snapshots, it’s very easy to create entire structures of a song here. With four snapshots, I can only get so far. With plenty more snap shots, I’d get further :slight_smile: building progression with this system is amazing.

Should ever inspiration strike, more snapshots would be something I’d use for building entire songs with this sequencer alone.

#42

Man, this app and Reels. That’s an entire album right there.

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#43

I’d have to move the snapshots column to a row to make room for more snapshots, which would mean sacrificing a bit of note range, but that’s probably fine. I’m also planning on adding a “snapshot pattern record” feature.

Could maybe do something like this on the bottom row:

1-12: snapshots
13: clear/overwrite snapshot
15: snapshot pattern record
16: toggle options page

sound good?

I’ve thought about adding a simple recorder/looper for my own improvisation setup, though I’m not sure where it would fit in the UI. Also the software developer in me worries that might be trying to make the app do many things at once. Could be fun though :slight_smile:

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#44

Yes, please! Awesome idea!

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#45

Sounds fantastic :pray:

And I agree on witholding the looper idea. Focus is king and this sequencer is the essence of that. The musician adds complexity, the application should not.

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#46

Great script.
Been enjoying this a lot. The snapshots add a lot to the functionality.

Just been jamming with Norns running animator sending midi to the blofeld and synced the novation circuit for drums, bass etc.

The hard bit is not letting the mix get too muddy by keeping the clock divisors more right than left.

Which is difficult because happy accidents happen with the speeds to the left too :smiley: haha

I guess skill, familiarity and careful note choices play a large part in keeping it tight.

Amazed though. It’s probably one of the most generative things I’ve experienced outside of modular.

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#47

wow thanks! Would love to hear some of those jams if you ever wanna share.

Yeah, I find that with faster clock divisions I can usually come up with interesting ideas if I use fewer sequencers (like 3-5). Once you have all 8 sequencers running at fast speeds it can start to sound like random 16th note clusters pretty quick (which can also be fun in the right context!).

I wanted it to feel playful (was initially going to call it “doodles”, but opted for a more “serious” sounding name) and easy to randomly press things to come up with happy accidents, but also enable more fine control if you wish.

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#48

Yeah will happily post something here when I record something. :slight_smile: I found a nice pattern and recorded it into novation circuit sequencer then routed the midi to waldorf blofeld.

Thanks for the advice I will try going a bit slower with the number of sequencers.

I found having an empty snapshot helped to stop and reset an animator sequence by switching between snapshots to just play the first few notes to add space before starting the sequence proper. Re-animator ? hehe

I don’t think there’s a way to use two midi IO to different hardware at the same time is there ?

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#49

Here’s a brief little live jam I made on Animator alone. Love this script @crim

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#50

I’m such a dumbass…I’ve been trying to “troubleshoot” Animator not creating audio for a week untill I re-combed over this thread. Now that I actually press a button within the sequence it works! :slight_smile:

@crim I’m the first to admit that I’m not the sharpest pencil in the box, but maybe there’s a way to make this more explicit in the docs so that future dolts like myself catch on more quickly :slight_smile:

Of course also, awesome script. Can’t wait to use it!

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#51

@Glitcher Not that I’m aware of without a midi interface in between to do the routing. Animator does have configurable midi channels per sequence though, in case you want to experiment with that.

@circuitghost sounds great! Kinda reminds me of Steve Reich at times.

@gnome666 ahh sorry for the trouble. I do say “Press any pad on your new sequencer to activate that note” on the github readme, but there’s probably a better way to describe this. I’ll see if I can give the docs a little more love. bit of a challenge to describe the quirky interface I guess.

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#52

Oh, sir, you flatter. Thank you for that kind remark.

#53

Thought I’d share a short snippet using Animator. Real quick sequence I set up with Animator sending CV out of crow for v/oct controlling 2 Serge oscillators (dual 555 VCO). Animator is being clocked externally by one half of a DUSG set to self cycle.

Crappy iphone sound. But…I was very impressed by how well in sync everything stayed with this signal path, even when I cranked up the clock rate (near the end of the video).

The snapshot saving and recall work great too imho.

:metal: :metal: :metal: :metal: :metal:

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#54

Very nice. Reminds me of vintage Jarre, in all the good ways.