i have made a wiki for this: http://wiki.midibox.org/doku.php?id=triggermatrix
You have spend time to program a cool rythm, and you already know which chords/melodys you want to play, and now its time to programm the timing/steps/the rythm in the melody... after quite a while of trying and looking on your drumline you have a fitting melody line for your drums...
now you change the drums a bit... o no i also have to change the melody now... i make a break, a intro...oh no so much work and time...and all because, the melody is fixed in arrangement,
you want a melody line that goes with beat? you want to change the beat note stream also (noteprocessing)? > read more... i have a tool for you!!! it will change your live!!! really!
hear that track: Phatline -the king will go it is played with a static drumline, and a static melody line, all other is live... you hear it? thats trigger matrix - get ready for JAM!
Basic Idea:
Merge a Drumsequencer with a Melodysequence
so the melody only sounds when a specific Drumtrigger comes > like a arpeggiator on a keyboard, but not fixed > trigger relativ and doe that changing with the drumline
The Drumsequenc give the timing the velocity and the Sustain > the tribe.
The Melody only give the chord notes.,
instead of a drumsequencer you could use a human drummer with triggerpads,
instead of melodysequencer you could play a keyboard, a guitar synth, a flute controller, a theremin... how ever - you get it? awsome is?t it? yeah!
of course there is not only the melody output, of course also the trigger output for more Drum-synth modules... so you drive your whole setup with that, also a Programchange for 16 Midichannels is integrated as well 512 Songs (routings) with each 8 songparts (intro outro break), i have tried chordsets, but i dont found it usefull, also it consume more CPU and RAM... with the LPC uController i use all of it with 5 Melody tracks(with 128 chord notes) and 3 Drumtracks...
so back to a drumsequencer, you should use some playable, realtime changeable drumsequencer, or you use the functions of the triggermatrix > note processing!
track rolls, main rolls, velocity depending trigger kills, velocity offset, velocity invert, random note kills, matrix routing song presets, sustain length, track mutes, and a whole array off trigger in and output LEDs, and a of course matrix 8x8 up to now, 16x16 at the end off 2015 - so the plan (build for the 16x16BLM...)
so i can say all is done up to now, go ahead with 16x16
Growing Details > TriggerMatrix for Drummachines
Triggermatrix built in a analog 70s E-Home organ "CRUMAR 198":
or as Drum-Trigger-Matrix built in a 80s Analog Drumexpander "Tama Techstar 306"
a talk about making live music, and what the trigger matrix do for me (german > austrian):
Drumnote retriggert Synthnotes:
https://vimeo.com/98954975 (For that i have more ideas like Note-Random-Kill, Velocity Kill, Accent)
UPDATE 140720:
https://vimeo.com/101245089
So now whats Working in this Video:
* Velocity depinding NoteKill-Switches (kill notes under 46, from 46-96, greater 96, -this values can be Offset -+64 by an VelKillOffset-Encoder)
* Velocity Offset -+64 - decrease encrease the Orginal Trigger Velocity Value in a Range from 1-127 --- so it is somewhat of CLIPPING
* Random-Note-Kill --- by each new Trigger - a Random generator is startet - and kills the trigger or not... with the Modwheel I change the Random-Range
UPDATE 140711:
https://vimeo.com/100537805
TM MBHP-Based-RETriggerpart
UART0 IN1 = Korg Electribe Rythm = TriggerSource
UART1 IN2 = Midi Keyboard = MelodySource
GREEN-LEDS: Input Trigger
RED-Leds: Output Trigger
Buttons+LEDs: select the triggersource=triggernote
