MF Twister Step Sequencer MIDI values (advanced)
Hi, I am using the Twister in a more advanced way, so please bear with me on the explanation.
I am using it for my visuals program VDMX. works great! I am able to even use the step sequencer built in. Instead of triggering a kick pattern on channel 1 of step sequencer, I have it triggering the intensity of a visual. also works great. so if I draw in a 4/4 beat, the brightness of the movie goes up and down to the beat. One thing I noticed tho, if I am to draw a pattern of just 16 solid full values, so that the brightness of the video is 100% on for the entire loop, and I save that loop as a preset in the step sequencer bank. If I create another loop with no values, so the video is dark at 0% for the entire loop, and I save that as a preset, Jumping from presets, the value doesn’t change from full to zero. Even tho I am selecting the “zero” loop. It is stuck at full from the preset before. So basically, it is not sending a “Note off” value for that pattern when the pattern select knob is turned all the way to the left to first value.
Now to even get more complicated, if I watch the MIDI messages coming from MF Twister, when I have the patterns for all channels set to zero, so there would be no “sounds” triggered (if you were using traktor), the MF Twister is sending a Note Off value for channel 7 Note 39 every time the loop gets to the start. Note 39 is the value for the 4th pattern. So, back to my problem, if I select a pattern of all on for channel 4 of step sequencer, and then I switch to a pattern of all off, it successfully shuts off for channel 4 (but only when the loop comes back around to the start).
So it seems it works ok for Channel 4, but not for channels 1-3.
I will take a video tomorrow as I don’t have a webcam with me today to show better what I mean on MF Twister while also screen recording.
But if you are able to test it yourself at DJTT Headquarters, see if having the Twister in step sequencer mode in default state (while receiving midi clock and having “start” engaged), if it is sending on beat 1 of the loop, a note off value on 39, and if it is also sending a note off value on 36,37 & 38 (it’s not for me).
What is strange, is that if I draw a pattern in, let’s say a hit on the 3rd beat of the loop on channel 1. It will send the Note on 36 val 127 and in the next step it will send Note off 36 val 127. So it’s like it only sends the note off after reading a note on? Is it possible to implement so it sends a Note off value for every step in the loop (unless you draw in a note for that individual step)? OR sends a note off value when switching between presets, (would be overridden if there was a value drawn in on the step when you switch presets). But at the very least, can it send a note off value on the first beat of the loop for 36, 37, 38 & 39 (already does for 39)