Feature Suggestion: Transpose?

Mr modnaR wrote:no. midi note numbers are assigned to pads in the program screen. if you assign them in order, then run your hand up an keyboard controller, the notes will play in sequence chromatically. if you leave them all jumbled up, running your hand up a keyboard wil still play midi notes in order, but because the pads aren't ordered chromatically, they wil play out of order. when i say the transpose feature would merely be a modifier for the note number being sent from that track, i mean: if a C3 is being played on the track, and the transpose value is +3, then a D#3 will be sent out. this can be sent anywhere, internal sampler external synth whatever. all i was saying was that i would use this transpose feature for chromatically assigned programs and external synths, so, modifying the note numbers as they come out of the sequencer's tracks would move the 'percieved' note number up or down the scale, and this would work perfectly for external synths and chromatic programs.

sorry for the long and probably unclear explanation....

No thanks, that's what I thought u meant. Let me detail my objection though:

my understanding is that to determine the pitch of an internal sample, the mpc looks only at two pieces of information: the pad # that is triggered, and the tuning+/- of the sample. It does not refer to 'note number' until its time to send something out the midi port.
Thus, if you adjust 'note number' it will only affect what comes out the midi port.

For instance, if I go to a chromatic/internal/sampled program (say 'm-bass' that is playing, and change a midi note numbers on the midi->note screen... nothing happens. Because the same Pad is still being played with the same Tuning settings. See what I mean? 'note#' comes after the fact.

ahh i see what you're saying now. i thought that the note number was integral, as when you input a midi note with, say, a keyboard, a pad that's assigned to that note numbe is played. i guess i assumed that the sequencer records the midi note number rather than the pad number.

cool. well i fully admit i dont actually know, just speculating... my example seems to suggest one thing, while the fact that incoming midi is able to 'find' and trigger the right pad via note number suggests another.

but in the end it sounds like from a functional perspective we want the same thing.

as long as it was worded correctly to JJ, he/they could probably figure out the best way to implement it.

Mr modnaR wrote:ahh i see what you're saying now. i thought that the note number was integral, as when you input a midi note with, say, a keyboard, a pad that's assigned to that note numbe is played. i guess i assumed that the sequencer records the midi note number rather than the pad number.

hey u giys ever see on the jj site some info on the nature of the mpc/midi nn/pad assignment? i cant remember exactly what was written, and i think the page has been updated......but it was hinting at a new approach. this could augment or even replace the system at the mo..... i'll go look for the quote.

sorry, i cant seem to find it now. hhhmmmph.

I think it would be great to have a pad transpose shift function

assign the pads a transpose scale

then press and descend or ascend midi in key

make the main outs into an alt. 5 and 6 mix outputs