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Sorry to reply so late was in holidays in my litle casa down in Ibiza...... Matthias Grob wrote: > > >Matthias Grob wrote: > >> > >> Jim asked: > >> >Anyone use the EDP midi out to sync. drum machines? > >> >I always find that even with 1/8th beats at max. the > >> >clock output is far too slow even on a 5sec. base loop. > >> > >> Oh, thats interesting. It would not be complicated to change the 1/8th > >> beats table. Maybe it should not contain all the odd beat numbers, but > >> bigger ones instead? > > Jim again: > >propable a bad idea (and assuming your still up for ideas > >for firmware "upgrades) but ... how about an option instead > >of 1/8th beats where you can dial in a bpm setting which > >generates a clock-out and controls the quantised functions? > >then instead of 1/8th beats you could simple have a choice > >of 4/4 3/4 or triplet times which determined how the EDP > >quantises your loop time to the beat pattern. > > One thing is the definition of the timing with a programable dial-number > variable. Certainly not for EDP any more, but for something bigger, many > wished that. > > The other thing is the definition of the measure. We only have one button > for it. As I understand, you would be satisfied with just 4/4, 3/4 and > multiples while others seam to want all options up to 63/8 ? Really?: > > Claude finds: > >Adding bigger ones is needed > > ok, lets look for a solution! > > >but cutting out some values could start a war... > > I hope the soldiers step out here and declare their credo to avoid the >war! > If I simply increase the table, you get a tired finger. as the new edp soft will have presets this wouldn't be a real problem now assign a cc to the 8th value you can make the sequencer switch tempo on the fly while keeping the loop lenght intact I'm not sure every seq can hold that but I just tried with seq303 www.technotoys.com and MMT8 and it works trop cool went from 4/4 (8)to 3/4 6/8 (6) with the 4/4 loop washing away while the new meter fighting his way in just try it mannually on the EDP display (I sometimes send a stop/start to realign the seq to the loop) > I can make the longpress count quickly (like Source#...) instead of go >back > to 8, which I found more usefull and might start another "war"... the worst problem is actually when you miss the target value and have to make a long press to start again (8th/beat) or go thru all the values like (Source#) is there no way to use the parameter btn to make alt functions for scrolling values like push 8th/beat (long), it starts scrolling fwd, keeping the button pressed hit PAR (short) :scrolls backward hit PAR long scrolls fast hope this helps Claude