12-10-2018, 02:10 PM
Well,
Just chaining patterns to organize them as a song is nice, but I really like to group them as an Island, so I can have small sections looping. (To go on with the comparison with live : a bit like the Follow Actions, section 13.6 in Live's Manual).
The concept of the Live Session is very simple :
It's basically a matrix of patterns, called "clips".
Tracks are columns.
Lines are called "Scenes".
Only one clip can play in a track. Clips are located on clip slots at their X-Y coordinates. For instance, the top left clip is at Track 0, Scene 0. The one below is at Track 0, Scene 1, etc...
A clip slot can be empty. In this case it is replaced by a "stop button" (that can also be removed). If this empty clip slot is being triggered, it will stop any clip playing in the track, unless the stop button has been removed, in which case the playing clip will continue playing.
You can trigger clips individually, but also a whole scene (the whole line).
Tracks also have a dedicated stop button that stops this track's playing clip.
So to make the comparison :
Lines of patterns in NerdSeq are close to "Scenes" in Live.
Islands in Nerdseq are close to the concept of "Follow Actions".
There is no "stopping pattern" in Nerdseq where in Live you have "stop buttons" by default.
I've been using Ableton Live for 13 years and I must say that their "Session View" concept is super smart.
Hope you'll have the time to take a look !
Just chaining patterns to organize them as a song is nice, but I really like to group them as an Island, so I can have small sections looping. (To go on with the comparison with live : a bit like the Follow Actions, section 13.6 in Live's Manual).
The concept of the Live Session is very simple :
It's basically a matrix of patterns, called "clips".
Tracks are columns.
Lines are called "Scenes".
Only one clip can play in a track. Clips are located on clip slots at their X-Y coordinates. For instance, the top left clip is at Track 0, Scene 0. The one below is at Track 0, Scene 1, etc...
A clip slot can be empty. In this case it is replaced by a "stop button" (that can also be removed). If this empty clip slot is being triggered, it will stop any clip playing in the track, unless the stop button has been removed, in which case the playing clip will continue playing.
You can trigger clips individually, but also a whole scene (the whole line).
Tracks also have a dedicated stop button that stops this track's playing clip.
So to make the comparison :
Lines of patterns in NerdSeq are close to "Scenes" in Live.
Islands in Nerdseq are close to the concept of "Follow Actions".
There is no "stopping pattern" in Nerdseq where in Live you have "stop buttons" by default.
I've been using Ableton Live for 13 years and I must say that their "Session View" concept is super smart.
Hope you'll have the time to take a look !