Works like a charm, Russell. Many, many thanks on following through with this. And in the middle of – I imagine – one of the busier workdays at Eventide. Just to confirm: The HarPeggiator is keying off Start messages (plus MIDI Clock), and ignoring Continue / Stop messages. Don’t get me wrong – that implementation makes perfect sense within the context of the HarPeggiator sequencing. I’m basing that assumption off an ancient drum machine as the master control device.
I ran into an interesting situation using a master keyboard controller. [DAW testing, plus a few other controllers, will be next on the list.] The AKAI Max49 has its own onboard sequencers. It won’t generate MIDI Clock until the Play button is engaged in the Transport (also sends a Start message). Hitting Stop sends … a Stop message, and disengages the MIDI Clock [no more F8]. That will also stop the HarPeggiator sequence in its tracks (logical behavior).
Now if the MIDI Clock stops in a ‘silent’ point in a Harpeggiator sequence, that might leave you scratching your head as to what happened. But when it stops during an audible step in the sequence … new FX possibilities! A pitch-shifted tremolo at the current length, envelope, tempo with ‘frozen’ multi-effects. Press Play (Start) again, and the sequence restarts.
I happen to think this is very cool; a found sound, happy accident. But if it causes any headaches later on, I thought it best to bring it up here. Unconfirmed, but I’m thinking ahead to how the HarPeggiator will react under various DAW packages.
