Is there a way to set the FFW Loop playmode to loop in Beat subdivisions other than manual finetuning? The only way i see now is manually setting start and end points for the loop
and try to adjust it by ear. However if you want to jump between different divisions such as „try 1/8 and then 1/32“ it is quite cumbersome and also it many times is hard to get to „lock“ to the beat when there is this kind of room for error
Is there an „expert hidden trick“ using some shortcut like Function+ Lfo speed fro example whereas the setting jumps in „round“ values such as 1/4, 1/8 , 1/16 etc you get the idea i hope?
I’m not sure I understand, but slice machine can create different divisions and place linear or random locks with more or less one button utility (the yes button in the create locks screen is what I’m referring to), which then fire based on the trigs you have populated in the sequencer. I’m pretty sure that the slices and divisions can be changed while the sequencer is playing, as can randomization, and trigs certainly can be, but there is “room for error” as with most things.
I’m remembering now that you use digitakt 2? So maybe the path is slightly different, but the slice functionality should be the same I’d think.
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Hmm. In short i am trying to set Start and End point in Tempo Subdivisions and not
free as it is now. Ok need to try more of the Slice machine
Yes i have the DT2
Thank you for the suggestion
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I think slice machine is the way to go, if that doesn’t work for you maybe we can come up with something else but the loop divisions in a 16 step loop, if set to 4 slices (i.e. it is split every 4 steps for a total of 4 subdivisions) should be equal to quarter notes, if you know what I mean. It’s more mathematical which is the way you were saying you wanted it to be in your original post so I think as long as you can equate numerical division to note divisions then it will probably be easier for you than whatever you’re currently doing.
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Yes i understand. Only thing that is not perfect is that i can not choose what is in the slice since the machine decides where to slice. I hope they change that with a new update. Thats one of the things i like in ableton. Setting markers and then chopping at the marker positions regardless of which position it is in the sample
I think a different but more straightforward approach here is the retriggering feature, which does correspond to beat divisions. On DT2 the retrig menu lets you change retrig settings on the fly, or the retrig pad mode.
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Aaah! That sounds very elegantly smart! Need to try it out
thank you
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I banged my own head against the exact same wall, for longer than I’d care to admit…
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So i program a trigger and then tell it „retrigger at 1/4 speed for X duration“?
Btw , how long is the longest i can make a note this way? I want to try it when i get home tomorrow but cant wrap my head around it at present.
My first aim is to make an underlying „Drone-Pad“ thing that plays constantly in the backround and slightly altering using Modulations etc.
Yep, I think it can retrigger up to every whole note, up to at least 64 sequencer steps / 4 bars. The velocity fade, up or down, can be combined with velocity mod /curve options in the sound setup menu, too.
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