Digitone: how to get continuous looping pad?

[Gamfeldt]

I want my pad to continue evolving, and playing continuously, when my pattern loops. Say I have a pad on track 1. When the pattern is playing and starts from step 1 again, the pad retrigs. How do I get the pad to play without interruption while my pattern is looping. I have tried setting the length to infinity but that doesn’t work.

I have tried to solve this myself with the manual and googling but have not managed.

Any help much appreciated.

Best,

Lars

[Open_Mike]

Check section 10.10.3 CONDITIONAL LOCKS…
Apply a “1rst” condition to your trig and it will only launch on the 1rst pass of the sequence. Use the “A:B” conditions if you want it to trig every certain number of pattern cycles…

[GirTheRobot]

So this is what I’m missing with the Mono when folks talk about conditional trigs… Sounds fun.

[Gamfeldt]

Many thanks!

[Open_Mike]

On the TRIG PARAMETERS page, there is a parameter called COND (Trig Condition) with which a set of conditional rules can be applied to any trig, using a parameter lock. Each setting is a logical condition that determines whether a trig set on a track in the sequencer is triggered or not.

• Conditional parameter locks are a great way to add variety to a pattern. To set up a
grid of mutually exclusive or conclusive note trigs across any of the synth tracks, and throwing some probability locks in there as well (perhaps, in turn, also sporting an array of logically conditioned trigs), is a neat way to make the most minimal of compositions come alive with randomness.
• Note that random or arbitrary variety is not the only way of using conditional trigs. They may also be used, for example, to have two different melodic or percussive sequences on the same track, one of which is activated only when FILL mode is active.

[PlumWrinkles]

If you keep the release set to infinity and use the conditional trigs mentioned above, you’re going to have a good time.

[ROM72]

What if I want to stop this pad when I change pattern ?
Because if I set my pattern 1 pad to inf, when I want to make a chord change in pattern 2 my first chord won’t stop of course. I tried to lock voices to the minimum but pattern 1 pad is still running with pattern 2 playing.

Edit : it actually worked with voice locked, I don’t know what I did wrong on my first attempt

[Microtribe]

You could also use a trigless lock, and close the amp env at the end of your pattern. You could set that using a trig condition or fill mode.

That’s a cleaner way to do it in my opinion as it allows for a natural envelope release rather than just voice stealing.