Re: big picture stuff (long message)

[David O'Toole]

>If you wanted to control patterns using wierd-ass functions other than
>LFOs, a python script might make sense for that, but I still think you
>are better off putting those wierd ass functions into the machines
>themselves and then triggering them and modulating them with patterns.
>Its a lot cleaner that way, and its good fun everyone can share.  The

Moving that kind of parameter code into the machines is a good idea. This
is the reason for Octal's AUX inputs (besides vocoding type stuff). The
auxiliary inputs on machines don't just have to be an audio signal, they
can also be envelope inputs etc. and there can be an interface for routing
the aux inputs to specific tasks inside the machine. That's the way to go
if you need a function with sample-precision, since OXAPI's parameter
system isn't designed for that. (Few API's are, including LADSPA.)





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