Don't Disarm Parts on MIDI Stop when Externally Sequenced

[drGrov]

I just had another thought, can your sequencer trigger the “Play” CC message(s) for the various parts that you’re looking to start? This would automatically “arm” the parts you would like to have play when the start message arrives. CC message details are found in the appendix of the manual. And by the way I just edited the start/stop/continue section to better reflect the current way The NDLR works. The new manual version is 1.3, which will be out today or tomorrow.

Play/pause CC numbers (off<=62, on>=63): 
CC 85 - Pad
CC 86 - Drone
CC 87 - Motif 1
CC 88 - Motif 2

Steve

Unfortunately, it's not easy to use CCs in this way from the Deluge. The workflow is more suited to recording CC changes continually across a sequence (e.g. filter sweep) rather than editing distinct values at set points. While it is possible, it's a lot of work to end up with a sequence on the Deluge to arm the parts in this way (e.g. adding a new note to a sequence to change chord will reset the CC values at that point needing them to be edited again).

This got me thinking. Would it be possible to use a block of notes on the NDLR's MIDI control channel to do the same thing? Could we use, for example, one of the lower octaves to have a set of notes that arm / disarm the various parts (or all of them). Or some of the unused black notes? I was thinking that separate note on messages to arm and disarm (e.g. C0 to arm pad, C#0 to disarm pad, D0 / D#0 to arm / disarm drone etc).

While I'm thinking about this, how about another block of MIDI notes to set the key?  A low octave block of keys could be used in the same way e.g. sending note D-1 to change the NDLR's key to D.

Just some idle thoughts on a wet Sunday afternoon...