This just occurred to me:
If Renoise was able to toggle the sequence editor “follow”, just like pattern follow is an option
See the renoise WIKI for a description of the sequence editor on this page.
What I am suggesting is that the sequence editor mimics the behaviour of the pattern editor. I find it really useful to be able to stop pattern follow, and create/edit song data while playing. So basically I want to take this functionality and transfer it to the sequence editor…
A small (yet important) difference is that whenever the user toggles btw. “follow”, and “non-follow” mode, the song playback change only when the current pattern reach it’s end.
Benefit#1: You would be able to “jump” to another part of the song while the song was playing (this was previously suggested by me as a seperate feature).
Benefit#2: You would be able to copy parts and data from an entirely different location in the song while playing the song (to do this, just disable both the pattern- and sequence-follow). Currently, only song data from the current pattern is accessible.
Useful for LIVE sessions/jamming? Tell me what you think…
/danoise