New Tool Duplex: Xypad

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@danoise

Even such a momentary action would still not make the XYPad into a perfect application for the repeater device.
When you are using the XYPad, you control a certain range:

← X axis is divisor -------------------------------------->
[1/1] [1/2] [1/4] [1/8] [1/16] [1/32] [1/64] [1/128] Y axis is Mode/even
[1/1T] [1/2T] [1/4T] [1/8T] [1/16T] [1/32T] [1/64T] [1/128T] -//- triplet
[1/1D] [1/2D] [1/4D] [1/8D] [1/16D] [1/32D] [1/64D] [1/128D] -//- dotted

When the Y axis is mapped to a range which spans from even to dotted, we have no way to access “off” within that range.
So it’s not possible to turn off the repeater since the reset is restricted to the same range as the device axes (try it for yourself; add an xy device and enable auto reset)

Well, actually there is a walkaround for this.
Simply if we add 2 x 8 dummy buttons, nanoKONTROL2 will be able to be a tiny repeater machine, though in exchange for it, it may become limited Y axis range for other FX devices…

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Also, as the other grid controllers have the ability to be mapped 5 x 8 too (APC, your LaunchPad config, for example), I still hope such a momentary behavior will be implemented in the future. I feel it’s more intuitive.

[danoise]

@satobox

Well, actually there is a walkaround for this

What you are suggesting is exactly what I want to avoid. I’m not going to do it. Sorry for being harsh, but the XYPad is about exploring the killer performance tool which is the native XYPad device. Forget about the repeater device, or be happy that the XYPad app is actually capable of controlling it (even if you have to use more than one finger).

I have suggested a dedicated app for the native Repeater device, but am not going to write it before dBlue has settled on the final specs.. Edit: Duplex Repeater has arrived, and is located here:

New tool (2.8) Duplex Repeater

Duplex Repeater Download: Duplex 0.98 (including Repeater) This tool is written for Duplex, the OSC/MIDI communication framework for Renoise. About Repeater Repeater is a dedicated application that takes control of the Repeater DSP device in a Renoise DSP chain, automatically mapping the device to your controller. You can either control the mode and divisor value separately (using knobs and/or faders), or use the “grid” mode to assign them to a number of buttons, much like how the DSP de…

@satobox

I still hope such a momentary behavior will be implemented in the future. I feel it’s more intuitive.

Absolutely, once the API has the features we need it’s going to arrive in XYPad too.