Note input mode, customize scale with on the fly editing

[foresense]

What is the problem?

Currently when using note input mode the user can only select from preset scales that are found in the project config menu. This is a little tedious, especially if you don’t know them by heart.

What should this feature achieve?

When in pattern mode and with input mode activated.

Pressing on 1 of the top row keys, and using the cursor keys up or down, will change the note that is pressed up or down by one semitone.

Pressing on 1 of the top row keys, and using the cursor keys left or right, will change the note that is press up or down by one octave.

This will customize the scale used, and possibly tie it to the selected instrument, instead of the project.

Are there any workarounds?

No there’s no custom scale, you have to select it from a list of names.

Any links to related discussions?

Beta Firmware: Polyend Tracker Mini Input Note Mode

Great addition! I doubt the scales will get much use though, as I have next to no idea what most of them are It would be super useful if you can select the notes you want to use on the fly, per instrument. Would it be an idea to have the notes on the top row be modifiable by pressing up/down while having one of them pressed? It would also be great for selecting specific slices.

Any references to other products?

No

[Sandroid]

Hey @foresense i think we already got a wish for this?

User-defined keys for Mini Input Mode

What is the problem? With the way the keys are determined with the new Midi Input Mode, the User is not able to easily trigger explicitly desired Slices or Perc voices. What should this feature achieve? It would be great if the User were able to set a Preset of Keys that was optional when using the Mini Input Mode. For example, C2, C3, D4, E4, and so-on regardless of what the Project Scale was set to. This would allow them to explicitly set keys for Slices that may be non-sequential or outside…

Let me know if that is the case and if so you could always add your idea to the existing wish

[foresense]

oh ok I see, I had to reread that. seemed like it was about slices primarily. I think my wish is a little more basic/to the point. A lot of similar ideas seems like a good thing

would be fun if we could have custom scales that we can save and load in the config menu, and use on a per instruments basis.

[Sandroid]

@erik , i’m tagging you because i feel like the two of you want to achieve the same thing here.

Except that you look at it specifically from a slice perspective.

Would you be ok with a slight rewrite of your existing wish?

I think the essence is:

• Allow users to create custom note mapping (or custom scale - whatever you want to call it).
• I do like the idea that this could be bound to an instrument

What do you two think?

[erik]

Updating mine to be more generic for the key selection is fine - that’s just my most encountered example.

But I think in order for User Defined Scale or Key Selection to be as efficient as possible it should have the ability to Save that User Defined Scale or Key Selection for possible recall and application to other Instruments.

For example, say the User sets up a selection of eight sequential keys for Best Slicing on Instrument 20 and then wants to do the same on Instrument 21. Having to do the key selection over again would be inefficient. I use that as my example because most of my Projects involve Beat Slice instruments.

A similar example would be for the Perc engine. The User might only want Keys that correspond to individual engines (Kick, Share etc…).

Ideally these User Defined Scales or Key Selections could be saved and recalled across different Projects as well.

Otherwise I guess the workaround is to Copy the Instrument with the User Defined Scale or Keys and Paste it to begin with that Scale or Key selection but that only works from the beginning of interacting with an Instrument. You couldn’t apply it to an Instrument without losing all Instrument parameters and settings.

[Sandroid]

No i agree, you should be able to save it and if you want to load it / recall it on any given instruments or time.

@foresense, how does the above, sound to you?

[foresense]

sounds good to me @Sandroid @erik having the ability to save/recall custom “scales”, and to have them tied to an instrument would be very useful

[Sandroid]

Alright i slightly updated @erik’s wish to reflect the custom scales aspect of it and the preset / set per instrument idea.

If you see anything i should have written differently - feel free to edit the text of course

Is it ok if i close this one @foresense?

[foresense]

I think so yes, for me the most important part is to be able to edit the scale while in pattern mode, and have it stick to the instrument.