beat repeat length based on midi note

Somebody on the loopy pro forum suggested trying to build something like polyverse's I wish in Drambo. Gave it a try with the beat repeat, then with the delay, then with the buffer oscillator, but didn't really get there.

It would be cool, if the beat repeat could take in a midi note and set the the buffer size, so it corresponds to the note.

Or is there a way to achieve that already?

Comments

  • I had no idea what that “I wish” was, but from a quick search, it looks like you should also be factoring the spectral freezer into the equation

  • @pedro I don't think the spectral freezer does that, because you need a very short loop, that depending on it's length creates different pitches, whereas the spectral freezer makes time stop altogether.

  • I think I wasn't quite clear about the 3 modules I mentioned... I didn't mean put them in series, but those were 3 different attempts. I also tried to have Gemini write me something for the code module, but nothing came of it.

  • Sound wise the beat repeat covers most of it, but setting the timing accurately by midi note is the challenge, I guess.

  • It would help to know what exactly you're trying to achieve.

  • This video shows what I'm after:


    Soundwise I think the buffer repeat (accidentally called it beat repeat upthread) can get there. With very short buffers it does already produce pitches, but I don't see a way to dictate the resulting pitch. I would like to control the pitch with incoming midi notes.

    So, I would like an effect, that repeats a very short buffer, the moment I press a midi note, while the length of the buffer is controlled by the pitch of the midi note so the pitch it produces is that of the midi note.

    I would love it, if the buffer repeat could do that on its own (feature request) and/or want to know, if somebody here can think of a way to achieve something like that, with existing modules.

    I hope that's clearer :)

  • Ah! Thanks for the explanation.

    It's basically what the Buffer OSC does. "Key" is the pitch output from the MIDI module.


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