New plugin: dm-Seq

I just tried snapshots. You can save different sequences, step offset etc. as separate snapshots and then switch between them. You can also control it with a MIDI controller: MOD Web GUI User Guide - MOD Wiki. So you might just give that a go.

I agree that specifying a MIDI channel for the MIDI input is desirable. So I will add that.

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I’ll give that a try. I’ve never used snapshots before.

Snapshots work surprisingly well. I’ll be using them more often now.
A definable loop of different patterns would be useful in a MIDI sequencer. That’s not possible with snapshots. IMHO

What about
tie - Force the current note to sustain until just after the start of the next step
skip - Skip over this step to the next un-skipped step
?

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For MIDI input optionally use the absolute value, i.e. the note played, as the transposition note.
Optionally offer internal transposition in freely selectable steps (2, …, 12, …).

Make the displayed values editable in the UI as well.

One more!
X - transpose defeat – prevent transpose of note value by step/pattern.

Make patterns storable if necessary. When you load or change a pattern, you can get started quickly.

Show Swing, BPM, clock mode, PANIC, MIDI input channel in a separate area/group.

Sub steps - Each of the 16 steps consists of 8 sub steps. That gives a total of 128 steps per pattern.
LXR-SubSteps

The sub steps define a step pattern that is played when the corresponding main step is active.The Sub steps can be used to create flam/roll sounds on a particular step, or to play a note between the 16th notes represented by the main steps.
If the main step is inactive, none of its sub steps will be played.
Each sub step can have its own pitch, volume, probability and automation settings.

Song mode, step buttons 9-16 let you repeat the currently playing section of the sequence. button 10 repeats an interval of 64 sub-steps (1/2 bar), button 16 repeats a single sub-step (128th note). The in-between buttons repeat 1/4, 1/8, 1/16, 1/32, and 1/64 intervals respectively. Button 9 will “dot” the loop interval (increase by half). The loop start is quantized based on the shift-record menu. The loop can be overdubbed onto the current sequence by enabling record.

Here’s another release for the MOD devices and MOD Desktop
It’s the last release for a while. I’m sending this for approval to the MOD store. I will drop a line here when it’s in. Thanks for all the feedback and ideas!

The last changes are:

  • New MIDI Input Channel parameter. You can specify if you want to listen for MIDI input on all channels or a specific MIDI channel.
  • Swing is now in percentage. This is a breaking change. If you have saved this plugin with Swing set to a nonzero value you will have to manually override it with the corresponding percentage value.
  • All values are now displayed in the UI
  • Bugfix: transposition by MIDI input was working the wrong way around. Right now the corrected behavior is: C3 equals a transposition of 0 semitones, C4 equals a transposition of 12 semitones.
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Amazing work!

Will try and tweak my layouts when I get chance but not sure how they will look so if anybody wants to help…

I do not have a tablet which I guess is the target. But these look very useful for a tablet layout.

Yeah sorry its either tablet - I use kindles, or ipad or pc with touch screen. You should try it. Opens up a whole world of fun with the plugins. Plus you can control the dwarf a lot easier without a mouse. It’s more direct if that makes sense

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Or use a mobile phone

This may be off topic. I recommend Captain Pikant to understand the power of sequencing.

https://www.youtube.com/@CaptainPikant

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Oh yeah. Absolutely love Captain Pikant! Including the German accent

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:coffee: Easy to use, cool features, groovy and very musical. THX! :sunflower:
dm-Seq-II-megalomania-power :crazy_face:

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The Captain Pikant videos are so informative and professionally produced and have just the right amount of whimsy to keep you smiling the whole time. What a gift to electronic musicians they are!