11-17-2019, 08:22 AM
I've been watching this thread since it started. But, since I'm STILL WAITING (patiently) for my NDLR, I couldn't contribute anything experiential. Now Steve asks for opinions on how something should work, and I'm full of that (opinions, that is).
In my opinion, Proposal 1 is the way to go - WITH A MINOR MODIFICATION. As currently proposed, a Start is issued at the first instance of any individual part and not sent for subsequent individual part starts. BUT, All sends a Start regardless of previous part starts. This means the following scenario would happen:
Start a song by pressing Motif 1 -> Start is issued (so far so good)
Add a bass line by pressing Drone -> no Start sent (makes sense to me)
Bring in Pad and Motif 2 simultaneously by pressing All -> a second Start is issued (I belive this will reset other sequencers to their beginning - possibly midstream)
Again, I don't actually have a NDLR in hand, and perhaps this is an improper use model. But it just seemed to me all conditions of starting (individual parts or All) should only send a Start if they are the first to do so.
In my opinion, Proposal 1 is the way to go - WITH A MINOR MODIFICATION. As currently proposed, a Start is issued at the first instance of any individual part and not sent for subsequent individual part starts. BUT, All sends a Start regardless of previous part starts. This means the following scenario would happen:
Start a song by pressing Motif 1 -> Start is issued (so far so good)
Add a bass line by pressing Drone -> no Start sent (makes sense to me)
Bring in Pad and Motif 2 simultaneously by pressing All -> a second Start is issued (I belive this will reset other sequencers to their beginning - possibly midstream)
Again, I don't actually have a NDLR in hand, and perhaps this is an improper use model. But it just seemed to me all conditions of starting (individual parts or All) should only send a Start if they are the first to do so.