pad mode to patterns is crazy

I HIGHLY recommend you JJOS users explore. Been messing with this for a couple months now. Switched back to JJOS from the Live some months ago. Setting pads to play patterns is super powerful and flexible especially for live performance. It's like using a different machine almost. One of these days I'll do a video breaking it down.

Mind giving a brief description of what this is? I’ve never heard of it.

JeriKo Jackson wrote:I HIGHLY recommend you JJOS users explore. Been messing with this for a couple months now. Switched back to JJOS from the Live some months ago. Setting pads to play patterns is super powerful and flexible especially for live performance. It's like using a different machine almost. One of these days I'll do a video breaking it down.

Hi

great was interested in this topic

Yeah, Im gonna put together a little tutorial video on it. It's difficult to explain in words but I'll give a brief rundown when I get home and have the machine in front of me.

Have a look at the JJOSXL manual. You will see you can set the pads to different modes. If you are on main screen and cursor to the empty field next to the pad number you can use the jog wheel to set it to a different mode. You will notice you can select pattern.

There are 2 ways to create a pattern. Press record and play pads or Grid Mode and enter notes to create a new sequence. Press Shift and then F1 (to pattern). Save as a pattern.

Go to whatever pad, set mode to the newly created pattern. Now, you may ask yourself why would you do it this way. This where a video is necessary but... Start with the first 4 pads in bank A. Assign some drums... kick, snare, hats. Create 1 pattern with just the kick drum on the 1st beat. On the 4 pads with the various drum sounds set them to pad mode > pattern. On Pads 2 - 4 cursor over next to "TR" and offset the pad by the necessary increments. for Pad 2 it will be +01, Pad 3 +02 etc
The pads will play and loop the pattern for the sound on the pads. Sequencer doesnt have to play. Tempo freely adjustable. You can vary the pattern and swing by the timing you launch the patterns. With higher resolution subdivisions you can get crazy variations.

I went as far as creating dozens of patterns with different subdivisions. You can swap them on the fly. You can also create patterns for sample chops and assign that to a pad. You can then offset chops for variation. Play with Mute groups, pads muting other pads, etc.

I'll get a video together eventually... In the meantime try to get more out of JJOSXL... I switched back from the new machines for good reason.

this is for pre 2.xx jjos am I right? anyway this can be done on current?

Hi Jeriko. Have been playing around with patterns in pad mode recently too. Have been trying to find info RE the max amount of patterns which can be used/saved.. is it 8? There appears to be only 8 slots at least.

sounds really interesting. What’s your you tube handle?

Pad pattern along with pad status sets is one of the most powerful features for live performance on jjos. You could literally create full live sets without even pressing play on the sequencer.

200 bars I think is the pattern limit. Pad patterns can be sent to different outs midi wise even on the same bank; plus 4 banks, so 64 clips. Also worth trying is using midi patterns that control synths. So instead of notes you send CC data say for a filter sweep. Great thing is it stays to tempo if you change tempo. and don't forget loop option .

Hey,

Any chance for the YouTube Tutorial?
I am quite interrested in this.

Yeah. I can't quite wrap my head around the concept. Would have to see a demonstration.

I think it is on page 60 of the manual https://medias.audiofanzine.com/files/m ... 476434.pdf

Not sure if anyone is still lurking this thread, put thought I'd ask anyway.

Been working with pattern to pad mode recently on my 1000 with jjos2xl, and while I'm slowly getting the hang of it, there's still a few things that are confusing me a little.

So I'm using it for capturing midi patterns and assigning the different patterns to pads, and then using the pads to send those midi clips to some hardware synths - pretty insane tbh and has breathed a whole new life into the 1000 for me.. especially using this with the auto-record function (press overdub and stop) which puts MPC in a 'standby' mode, where it doesn't start recording until it starts receiving midi notes.. so sick.

I've got my head around the set up of this - as in setting up pattern mode, recording the patterns and assigning them to pads - but I'm kind of confused as to how to properly utilise it, specifically the pattern play back modes and sequencing of pattern events.

You've got the playback/trigger options - loop/one(shot?)/solo - which function how you'd think they would, and allow you to essentially experiment with your patterns, which will loop exactly how you play the pads, unquantized, as timing correct apparently doesn't work in pattern to pad mode?

My question is, is there a way to sequence the patterns, the same way you would using traditional programs?.. (ie; playing the patterns in on the grid, quantised, applying swing etc).. Like, say on Tracks 1-16, I've recorded 16 individual midi patterns, I've then assigned each pattern to pads 1-16 using pattern to pad mode. Could I then go in on track 17 and record 'triggers' for each pattern event? If so, how would I set track 17 up?

As cool as this feature is, it does feel kind of limiting only being able to 'loop' pattern events by playing them in on the pads, rather than being able to record them in on the grid.. because obviously once you hit stop, you lose whatever loop you had going.

Let me know gents, I'm probably going about it the wrong way, but like I said, literally only just started using this feature and I can see so much potential for it, but the jjos manual - in all it's cryptic wonder - is making it super hard to work out how to properly utilise it haha

Would love to see a video tutorial as well!