If you cue up a pattern using Hold Pattern and left/right arrows and go into performance mode, it keeps the cue engaged until you go back to your pattern, and then ignores the cue on the next loop, despite that it still appears engaged.
Steps to Reproduce
Have a project ready with 2 patterns available set at 64 steps so you have time to switch between the 2.
While Pattern 1 is playing, cue pattern 2 by holding down the pattern button and pressing right arrow to arm pattern 2.
While Pattern 1 is playing, and Pattern 2 is armed, Press Perform to go into Performance mode. You can stay in this mode as long as you like. Take note that the cue that was set up does not occur.
When you are ready, press Pattern to go back to the main page. Take note that the cued track is still armed to cue, but when it gets to the next loop, the cue doesn’t engage.
I think 3 things here should happen, depending on the intended functionality.
If you cue a pattern, and move to performance, the Tracker should respect your cue and change patterns at the next loop
Cue patterns work only when you are on the patterns page. If that is the case, then going to performance mode doesn’t cue the next pattern, but when you go back to pattern mode, it goes to the next pattern on the next loop.
The Tracker doesn’t support cuing a pattern, and going to performance and then back to the pattern page. If that is the case, then the pattern should not flash red indicating that it’s going to move to the cued pattern, which it does not do.
Additional Info
Logging this bug from feedback given in the post below. I have had this issue as well and was a bit confused by the results so thought it would be worth logging.
we just need a mod to agree with us about the broken issues of tracker to get some eyes on it
this was the OTHER glaring problem with tracker that wasnt really bothering me all that much tbh but def needed a fix for this thing to make actual sense
only someone who uses the tracker would know this was not working. i remember asking about this years ago. is polyend using tracker? itll be fixed you say? great news.
i guess its good if you dont want to use an implied feature or if you expect it to work like other stuff just does. im guessing you dont use tracker live? imo theres too much to easily do live unless you simplify to the point of relying only on samples and chops. like you have to resample everything. but yeah not keeping the que alive between screens seems like an obvious one tbh. id go even further that all cc control of tracker should be available in all screens too.including entering into the que for all tracks and fx control.
the tracker is brilliant and simple enough to grasp, but broken in a couple ways that are genuinely important to a performer and composer. its not far off the mark! thats frustrating.
