Hello all! I’ve been really loving my metropolix! I had some feature ideas, I figured this is probably the best place to post them - if not, let me know!
These ideas are centered around having more control over pattern chains. I like the idea of a song mode, but metropolix is such an interesting sequencer, it would be cool to have song like features added in sort of non-traditional ways. I think this could be done via external CV/control knobs/modlanes by modifying pattern chains on the fly.
For example: You setup your pattern chain - set the “advance” mode to “triggered”
You then set one of your CV inputs to be “Pattern Chain Trigger”. Now your chain won’t progress until it receives a trigger from the CV input.
Similarly, you could have a addressed/specific voltage mode instead of a trigger advance. When you make your chain each pattern would have a voltage assigned to it based on the number of patterns in the chain (if you had 5 patterns, and assuming a 0-5v range, pattern 1 would be 0 volts, 2 would be 0.1, 3 would be 0.2, etc).
Basically, this would allow you to control the metropolix chains like a sequential switch, which would allow you to sync up pattern changes with other sequencers and do a lot of other crazy stuff!
Similarly, a CV output mode that sends a trigger/gate every time your pattern chain advances would be handy for syncing up other changes in your rack at the same time.
I imagine the hard part about all of this is that all of these things are probably stored per pattern, so when the pattern changes all the CV assignments change? Perhaps there could be an option to make a CV input/output/modlane “Global” so that it remained static even when patterns changed?
I’m still pretty new to euro and metropolix, so if any of this is already possible, let me know. Thanks for all the hard work, love my metropolix!
