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So essentially something like Renoise's pattern matrix? |
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I was not familiar with Renoise's pattern matrix but it seems to be somewhat the same idea. To me it seems to be overly complex. I was thinking more something like online tracker Sound Box has (see picture attached, live version running at https://sb.bitsnbites.eu/ ). In Sound Box every column in pattern sequence represents one instrument and every instrument has its own patterns. I am not saying that in OpenMPT we should have separate patterns for every instrument but that if we could play multiple sequences simultaneously then for example we could do one sequence for drums etc. Also the pattern pool could be the same for all sequences. So the change to current logic what we already have would be that more than one sequence could be played simultaneously (at the same time). It would make possible to create for example drum only patterns and repeat them in dedicated sequence in desired way without adding the drums as channels to other patterns (like we do now). Bass, chords and melody could then have also their own sequences etc. The whole song would play when all those different sequences were played at the same time (simultaneously). soundbox.png (5,391 bytes) |
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Yeah, I don't think that having one column/sequence/etc. per instrument is a good idea. There have been trackers doing it like that since the very early 90s, but it's not a good concept because it forces you to think in separate sequences all the time, even when the instruments are mostly in sync most of the time. So I think the way forward is to have a single sequence for everything by default, but be able to split it up where it's required. Disorder Tracker 2 has a nice concept for this. |
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Yeah. Single sequence for everything by default is the way to go. Then as a additional feature a composer could choose to use the patterns in multiple sequences and play them all at the same time. Or even add sounds to existing song by creating a new sequence and adding the desired patters to desired positions in there (to add for example drum fills to desired postions in existing song without manipulating the original patterns or sequence). |
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