I propose velocity device and keytracking device could be replaced by a “pattern data follower”. This would let you choose any of a number of various pattern data elements as input.
Notecolumn
Volcolumn
Pancolumn
Delaycolumn
Effectcolumn (select effectnumber and it will use effectvalue as input when effect is being used. devs could decide clever ways to interpret native renoise effects, e g following a vibrato or arp.)
Also a tick for “accumulative” could be added when appropriate, making it possible to for instance follow note portamendos.
Practical examples of usage (fill in):
Have a filter cut follow recorded stutters from a repeater device (requires setting up a couple of devices).
Pattern effect portamendo finally links to midi pitchbend (with a couple of devices)
Use any native effect (in a silent track) that you are more comfortable with to control any dsp in various ways.
Provides lots of opportunities for experimenting with sound sculpting/synthesizing.
your idea is interesting, but we should think about it twice before removing the devices you want to remove, as they have something this device can’t replace: the ability to be bound to a specific instrument: not every tracking command can be easily related to a single instreument
as long as the replacement-device retains all the functionality from the removed devices. for example, i often use the keytracking-device with both sliders set to zero in order to have something trigger for every note. i think this isn’t possible with the velocity-device (not 100% sure though). seeing how both devices have different parameters etc, i can imagine there being more of these situations.
Yes, I have realized a drawback is that gui would have to be slightly changed dependant on what you want to follow. But I think there are only very few parameters this would affect (e g note clamp in keytracking), so it might not be a big deal.
