[PUSH 2] Preview notes in the melodic step sequencer

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vokinpirks
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[PUSH 2] Preview notes in the melodic step sequencer

Post by vokinpirks » Tue Dec 07, 2021 10:58 am

I like the melodic step sequencer more than the melodic sequencer + 32 notes mode because it provides great overview over a midi clip. I have access to 8 steps and 8 notes simultaneously.
The only thing that prevents me from using it all the time is that I can't preview (prehear?) a note before I step toggle it. First I have to switch to the other modes to try some notes out to decide what to enter next and then I switch back to melodic sequencer but I still have to figure out which pad belongs to the note I would like to add to a clip. Wow.
This makes the whole idea of melodic step sequencer quite unusable. What's the goal of it if I can't step sequence by ear? I know music theory but I don't want to step sequence only by music theory. Let me use my ears instead.

So the suggesion is:
When I hold Shift/Select and tap a pad in melodic step sequencer just play a note not toggle a step.
As simple as that.
An obsessive knob twiddler

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