MIDIbox SEQ V4 Release + Feedback

[k2z3k0]

that was quick...

amazing!

running tests!

 

THANK YOU TK!

Edited February 17, 2020 by k2z3k0

[k2z3k0]

Auto channel works!

only thing is when i send on Midi channel #5 is switching to Track #1

seems it do not switch to the next group

 

Morph works good so far!

 

Kind Regards

Edited February 17, 2020 by k2z3k0

[Rio]

On 16.2.2020 at 7:56 PM, TK. said:

Ok, something to try out: http://www.ucapps.de/mios32/midibox_seq_v4_097_pre2.zip

It also features the auto-track selection for recording (in MIDI configuration page, turn Chn. encoder to right to select "Auto")

Best Regards, Thorsten. 

I was just wondering because in the "MIDI" config on the Jam Page, it has not yet been updated. Greetings.

Edited February 18, 2020 by Rio

[k2z3k0]

4 hours ago, Rio said:

I was just wondering because in the "MIDI" config on the Jam Page, it has not yet been updated. Greetings.

yes

i suppose is just minor thing to straight out in code

if you go to Menu -> Midi ->Transpose and Arp ,there yes you can set CHANNEL to AUTO

BUT

if you go to Utility -> Jam -> MIDI ,there you CAN'T set Midi channel to AUTO,instead is showing Channel #18

but as i said i suppose is little thing to straight out

we just need to wait and give careful and precise feedback

and as always THANK YOU TK for your time

i feel if this works out correctly it will be huge upgrade for live perfomance capabilities of MBSEQ v4.

 

 

 

thanks for your time

  Kazik

 

Edited February 19, 2020 by k2z3k0

[TK.]

Should be fixed now, please try at your side: http://www.ucapps.de/mios32/midibox_seq_v4_097_pre3.zip

Best Regards, Thorsten.

[k2z3k0]

yes it is!

result is amazing!

thank you TK

kind regards

 

Edited February 25, 2020 by k2z3k0

[gotkovsky]

Hi,

Quick proposal: when the option "ALL Function works on Step View only" is enabled, and when skipping from step-view 1-16 to 17-32, wouldn't it make sense that the cursor "follows" from step 1 to step 17?

Thanks

Edited March 3, 2020 by gotkovsky

[gotkovsky]

Hi everyone,

As documented in this thread, I've encountered a sync bug regarding pattern switching in SONG and PHRASE mode, when tracks don't share the same time division and/or length.

I attached a zip file containing a session with a simple reproduction of the issue (please refer to original thread for more details).

Here are also two videos with the actual song that I was working on when I discovered the bug.

Pay attention to the TDP when the patterns are switched around 0:16 and 0:32:

And the second one with just the Organ lead sound, with the tempo slowed down and Follow Mode activated. At 0:42 we can see that the last step of the second pattern plays instead of the last step of the first pattern:

Hope this can be fixed!

Best,

Kevin

BUGREPRO.zip

Edited April 5, 2020 by gotkovsky

[slo]

I loaded the session and I can confirm it does the same on my SeqV4+. The open hat sound plays at the end of pattern A1 and doesn't play where it's supposed to at the end of pattern A2.

[gotkovsky]

@slo Thanks for trying too, are you also running the latest firmware, seq_v4_097_pre3?

[slo]

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 Thanks for trying too, are you also running the latest firmware, seq_v4_097_pre3?

Yes that's the firmware I'm running

[ganchan]

Hello everybody! Long time no see. How are you all? Here is an hard fight..

So i am recording into the SEQ v4 every pattern i have on other sequencers or synths and rearranging them into songs, very cool , but i have some questions.

First thing, while i am recording, in Record Page, Live mode + Autostart on, i'd really like to have an option to stop the the track at the end point (length) so it doesn't loop the pattern. Fast stopping the external sequencer at the end of the pattern it's difficult, some time overwrite the first one or two notes of the loop, if this note happen to be long, the long gate (glide) become short and stops where i've stopped the external sequencer. This should be something like one shot pattern recording.

On a Drum track instead i can't figure out the FAST button that activate itself when i switch on this kind of tracks, can't find reference of that, where the ALL button in EDIT mode change values in a Ramp like form if i turn the 1st encoder where the 16th change the values all together. I can understand the use of this option for crescendo but i don't find reference on the guide.

Last but not least in the Song mode, the function i use most, should be possible to have an Action where i can choose witch pattern track restart and witch not? More or less like the Mutes Action. Maybe this a global function that can't be triggered per track, so i'm guessing. This will help a lot in the song composition. As i understand the workaround is to write patterns of the same length across the same track, so they switch in time, but what happen if i swich song where a track has a different pattern length?

Thansk!

G.

Edited April 10, 2020 by ganchan

[gotkovsky]

Hello,

About your last question, have you tried using the "ReSt." (restart) function in Track Mode? As I understood it allows to use a different "Restart all tracks on pattern change" option per track.

Cheers,

Kevin

 

[ganchan]

On 10/4/2020 at 0:43 PM, gotkovsky said:

Hello,

About your last question, have you tried using the "ReSt." (restart) function in Track Mode? As I understood it allows to use a different "Restart all tracks on pattern change" option per track.

Cheers,

Kevin

 

Thankyou very much i'll look into that.

G.

Edited April 12, 2020 by ganchan

[vcfool]

Hi,

I am still using the old core STM32 and Wilba's frontpanel and I have a request that would make my workflow faster and easier.

Would it be possible to have the Datawheel and Up/Down buttons to do different things in Step Edit mode?

So when holding the Edit button I would like an extra parameter for the Up/Down buttons just like the one for the Datawheel. Then we could for example use the Up/Down buttons for selecting the Parameter Layer and the Datawheel for value, step or any other combination.

Thank you very much again.

[ganchan]

On 10/4/2020 at 0:43 PM, gotkovsky said:

Hello,

About your last question, have you tried using the "ReSt." (restart) function in Track Mode? As I understood it allows to use a different "Restart all tracks on pattern change" option per track.

Cheers,

Kevin

 

I've tried this one but as the manual says the option restart the track when a key/note is played :)

I am trying some different sync configurations.

G.

[mfk]

I discovered this video today and tried to recreate it because it sounds so good.There is a fixed beat. The elements in it shift depending on each other. (exponential?)Perhaps that would be nice as a built-in midi effect with adjustable parameters.... just a quarantine idea
(especially from minute 2:29)

 

Edited May 4, 2020 by mfk

[Againsistm]

Hi,

In jam mode i know it is possible to use a keyboard and record live in de sequencer. Currently i use no keyboard and have a drumcomputer which has no built in sequencer. Is it possible to assign a key on the midibox that use can use to live jam. So lets day i have a drum channel and select bd that i can press a key and sents a note via midi to the drumcomputer and records with jam mode to the sequencer. Maybe this is already possible but i cant find it.

Cheers,

Niels 

 

[u-link]

Has anybody ever proposed a "strum" feature on chords? So the start of the notes get broken up, like strumming on a guitar. It could be really simply implemented, maybe even just by assigning a parameter layer of a track with several pitch layers to be a roll layer.

[gotkovsky]

1 hour ago, u-link said:

Has anybody ever proposed a "strum" feature on chords? So the start of the notes get broken up, like strumming on a guitar. It could be really simply implemented, maybe even just by assigning a parameter layer of a track with several pitch layers to be a roll layer.

I asked for such a function a few months ago, except I called it ‘broken chord’ instead of ‘strumming’. Still think it would be really nice as a parameter layer!

Edited June 1, 2020 by gotkovsky

[u-link]

41 minutes ago, gotkovsky said:

I asked for such a function a few months ago, except I called it ‘brocken chord’ instead of ‘strumming’. Still think it would be really nice as a parameter layer!

Sorry, I hadn't seen that. Would also be ace if the MIDI delay (one of my fave features) would allow for "spreading", kinda like a multitap delay, so some notes of a chord would be repeated at say 3/16 and others at 1/4 etc.

Edited June 1, 2020 by u-link

[gotkovsky]

Hello,

Here's a proposal that I've had in mind since I've been using SONG mode in the past months: it could be nice to have a "Restart" action for given song positions, which could look just like the "Mutes" action, but instead of muting/unmuting it would restart or not the chosen tracks, if "disabled" is chosen in the "Restart all tracks on pattern change" in the options menu.

I think it would be very useful, because for example when working on just the middle or end of a song, most of the times I have to playback the song from the beginning to be sure about what's gonna play and in what length positions my tracks will be on a further song position. 

Hope it makes sense and that other users will like it too!

[ganchan]

On 12/6/2020 at 11:38 AM, gotkovsky said:

Hello,

Here's a proposal that I've had in mind since I've been using SONG mode in the past months: it could be nice to have a "Restart" action for given song positions, which could look just like the "Mutes" action, but instead of muting/unmuting it would restart or not the chosen tracks, if "disabled" is chosen in the "Restart all tracks on pattern change" in the options menu.

I think it would be very useful, because for example when working on just the middle or end of a song, most of the times I have to playback the song from the beginning to be sure about what's gonna play and in what length positions my tracks will be on a further song position. 

Hope it makes sense and that other users will like it too!

There is a function for this, you should assign every part of the song to a song position, pushing the 16 buttons and play will start the song from that position, like A1 intro, B1 phrase, C1 phrase2, D4 bridge ecc.

Edited June 13, 2020 by ganchan

[gotkovsky]

Yup I'm aware of that function, but that involves having to do it manually and I was more looking for an automatic solution. I don't know if a lot of users actually use the SONG mode to its full potential with lots of different patterns, time signatures, lengths, etc., but for those who do, it could be useful to be able to restart certain tracks without having to do it manually, because a lot of time the timings are messed-up when switching from a pattern to another (especially if for example G1T1 was 128 steps long in the first pattern and 64 steps in the second pattern).

In my case I'd like to be able to just press play on the SEQ in song mode to record multiple synths at the same time without having to do anything on the SEQ, and therefore be able to tweak synth's parameters on the fly. It's also nice to be able to actually save a full arrangement as a SONG on the SEQ.

[Antichambre]

Hi All,

On the SeqV4+, is there a way to constantly show the layers muting and avoid to let the finger on the mute button to access it?
If not, something like SHIFT+MUTE or a second MUTE press to alternate between tracks/layers should be great. And if we can keep the track muting on the 2nd row, this would be perfect.
Can be very useful in live for drum tracks. 

Feel free to tell me I'm an idiot if I just didn't find it ;)
Thx!