Is it possible to play just part of a pattern while editing?

[kareed]

Let’s say I’m working on a 4 bar pattern, is there a way to just loop the last bar, or loop a selection, or a way to start playing at a position?

Basically what I want is to not have to listen to the whole pattern whenever I make a change at the end.

[3xm]

I believe not. But I’d also find it very useful.

Maybe you can turn this into a wish? There’s a similar wish for the Tracker.

Edit: Oh, and for related discussions, I think this wish about rendering a selection into a sample is relevant. It may even be something that would make sense to implement at the same time, as both ideas revolve around working with a selection only.

[dan.lgrnd]

I have a wish up for voting that covers this purpose

Set the starting step of a track

Currently with the length function, you can set how long a track is by defining where the track ends. It would be even better if users would also have the ability to set the step that defines where the track starts. What is the problem? Tracks can only start on step 1. What do you want to achieve? The ability to start tracks in steps other than 1. There is so much cool stuff you could do with this, especially when you take all the variations you can make on a given track. It can also be very…

[kareed]

Maybe something like hold a pad and press play or something could work. It gets a little tricky with the way certain Chance modes work, (like skip 1 - play 1) when starting mid-pattern. Probably would still be useful even if that particular thing didn’t work exactly correctly. At least it would be easily explained.