Hey nauts,
It’s amazing the these boxes keep getting updates. Much gratitude to Elektron for expanding the Takts!
One thing I always miss on the Elektron boxes is a function to “cue next pattern”. In the middle of simultaneously operating all my gear on stage (I’m also playing guitar and singing), sometimes I just want to hit a button that cues the next section of my set instead of having to hit bank/pattern, look which is the current pattern and hit the next button along. I used to have this set up with Ableton but I’m moving away from it for now for live use.
I love that the Song Mode has the Loop function, allowing sections to be looped. It also got me thinking that if this function was “inverted” it could work as a pretty cool Set List feature where “cue next pattern” could be triggered. Here’s what I mean:
Current default state: Song Mode used to automate through patterns. Automatically proceeds through the song sections. “Loop” allows a section to be looped until you’re ready to proceed.
Set List mode idea: Change setting of the Song Mode and it becomes like a Set List Mode where patterns automatically loop (like standard pattern behaviour). But instead of having a “Loop” function you have a “Next” function that tells the DT to proceed to the next section in the set list.
So what you would get is the ability to arrange patterns into a set list regardless of their location in bank/pattern slots, and also the ability to hit the same button or button combo each time to proceed through sections of your set.
Anyway, that’s my idea. Probably not useful to everyone but wanted to open a dialogue 