Note Generator
Considering that the Pulv, Heisen, and Machinist have notes input it would be helpful to have a single device, lighter than the Tonematrix (CPU wise and size wise), that would allow for piano-roll based note output.
Note splitter
If a note generator had to be implemented, and considering that the Matrix already somehow does some note generation, it would be nice if the Splitter also had a note mode, allowing for multiple devices to be run by a single note generating device.
This would also be helpful for the ring modulation, since you often want both signals to vary at the same rate.
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I have to admit, It's really useless if there ain't a note splitter. So that's why I put both in the same suggestion.
There actually could be a single device with a note input (for Matrix or Tonematrix link), multiple note outputs (to link with any note input), and a note generating capacity (Timeline based). Maybe with a mode-switch (splitter/generator)?
I think that the concept here is something like the Audiotrack device. Audio usually lives in the time-line. But the Audiotrack makes the audio available to the arrangement via desktop audio cables. In the same way, there could be a device that would make the contents of note regions available to the arrangement via note cables and connections. The Tonematrix already can do this, but I think he means an even simpler device, with no sound generation. Anyway, I find that you can use virtual copies on the time-line to conveniently distribute notes among synths. The point could be that the device would somehow process the notes (filtering, velocity, transposing and so on) But this could be better implemented by "time-line effects" that would be directly applied to regions.
To be honest, virtual copies are a pain to work with : when you extend one the rest doesn't follow. Plus a note device could allow to drive many synths at the same time with a single midi keyboard, which is really useful when using ring modulation.
I don't know what the good wording is but, you have two ways to expand a note track : (1) Extend the potential duration of the pattern (i.e passing from a 1 bar pattern to a 2 bars pattern) or (2) extend the actual duration of the played pattern (i.e extending a 1 bar pattern from playing once, to playing 4 times on four bars [that's not clear, but I guess you get it]). I get that in the 2nd instance you dont want the extension of a virtual copy to affect other virtual copies, but in the 1st one, I think it should, as I think that the pattern length is part of the content.
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It's all good actually! The Notesplitter actually does what I wanted the note generator to do. I just wanted a device that would be a note output, timeline based. The notesplitter does that <3
well, here's an even crazier idea... Device that handles transposition as well? So you have a knob that would transpose the note? And maybe even invert the notes. It seems crazy but maybe some fugue people might need it ? ;)