Looping on parts of a pattern

Feature Requests
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Nice, this would essentially be a looping as well i suppose but in a different guise.

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28

ā€œHope to lineā€ could work really well. I would hope there is a way to ā€œlockā€ into that line so one doesnā€™t need to ā€œhope to lineā€ after each play.

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29

If you hop upwards it will create a loop. Hop downwards and youā€™d need another hop to go back up otherwise itā€™d loop from start again.

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30

I also needed this feature for a better workflow before I discovered that it was possible to do shift+play to start playback from wherever we wantā€¦ :dizzy_face:

So now I would especially like this feature for the possibilities it could offer in terms of polymetry :wink:

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31

Ah yea its a nice feature but i still find navigating to the spot takes the time as well.
Fix a start point and fix and end point and loop would be ideal or as @paul-8189 says a hop to mark would do it.

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32

While working this afternoon, I was literally wishing I could do this because it gets a bit much having to listen to the whole pattern over and over when Iā€™m just trying to focus on a smaller part.

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35

Maybe the could add a Loop to/from FX command

36

There is a wish for that, that is looking for more votes :wink:

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37

Ah Iā€™ll have to up-vote that then. Thanks :grinning:

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38

100 votes :exploding_head:

39

Super useful feature.

Really miss this from years of using Buzz.

Youā€™ve got my vote.

As a side note, it could translate to a cool performance mode effect. Kind of like an alternative version of the Step Repeat effect but with a predefined set of position offsets attached.

Something likeā€¦

1/2 - plays from start and loops at half the pattern length.
1/4 - plays from start and loops at a quarter of the pattern length.
1/8 - plays from start and loops at an eighth of the pattern length.
2/2 - plays from middle and loops at half the pattern length.
2/4 - plays from middle and loops at a quarter of the pattern length.
2/8 - plays from middle and loops at an eighth of the pattern length.
4/2 - plays from quarter way through and loops at half the pattern length.

ā€¦ etc etc.

The lengths of the loops would change depending on the pattern length but there are enough slots in the performance effects to make it interesting.

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40

This would be a make a fun mode on play. Being able to hold a step down then press another step and have the pattern play then steps between those points as a loop.

41

Oxi one does that. A loop mode.

42

I would have given you a Vote, but I dont have more votes left. :frowning:

43

I know the feelingā€¦

44

It would make editing patterns with say 128 steps a lot easier and faster. Just loop that particular 16 steps to get that fill at the end of the 128 step loop right then zoom back out. As it stands I have to copy that last 16 steps into a new pattern, edit it then copy it back to my 8 bar loop. Being able to set pattern first step would be a game changer for me!

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45

I guess they are aware that this is maybe the most requested wish and Iā€™m pretty sure it will be implemented.

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46

The digitakt 2 has recently implemented this. With a simple shift press. Polyend could do the same thing. If the 8 buttons below the screen represent 16 steps, then, press and hold backspace(for example), and using the 8 buttons below the screen select which block of 16 you want to loop. Could work in multipleā€™s of selections, from 16 to 96. Kinda like how you arm tracks now, but instead of selecting tracks to arm, youā€™re selecting blocks of 16 steps to loop.

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