"Octave Split" Feature Request
Posted: Wed Feb 24, 2010 4:11 pm
Hi Gang,
Although I do not currently own a Taurus, it is a condition of my sickness
that I find myself dreaming up feature requests for it anyway
When I looked at a picture of the 13 pedals my first thought was,
"What if I wanted to alternate between an E and an A a perfect fifth below it?"
I suppose it's possible via fancy tap dancing on the Transpose parameter...
Or, you could possibly transpose to a new key and make the pedal corrections in your head...
But what if you had a setting (per patch) called "Octave Split" that allowed
you to make the pedals drop one octave when you played above a designated pedal?
For example, say you set the "Octave Split" to "A". Then, as you walked up the pedal board,
you would suddenly drop down one octave for A, A#, B, and C. (Yes, I realize that both Cs
would then play at the same octave.)
Since it would be something you could enable or not per patch, it would only be used for songs
that need the higher pedals to be in a lower octave than the lower pedals. You'd also get to
save the split point for each preset that had Octave Split enabled.
Some of you may wonder, "Why would I want this?" But imagine a song that needs a D, then
a B below it, then a G below that, and finally an A. Let's say that, for voice leading reasons, it's
important that the B, G and A are *not* higher in pitch than the D.
By setting the "Octave Split" parameter to E (or, F, or F#, or G) this would be as easy as
just playing the correct pedals.
You could even make it so that incoming CV or MIDI notes would behave normally, even if "Octave Split"
was turned on. In other word, the "Octave Split" could only apply to the actual output of the pedals.
{My apologies if this idea has already been thought of and posted...}
Although I do not currently own a Taurus, it is a condition of my sickness
that I find myself dreaming up feature requests for it anyway
When I looked at a picture of the 13 pedals my first thought was,
"What if I wanted to alternate between an E and an A a perfect fifth below it?"
I suppose it's possible via fancy tap dancing on the Transpose parameter...
Or, you could possibly transpose to a new key and make the pedal corrections in your head...
But what if you had a setting (per patch) called "Octave Split" that allowed
you to make the pedals drop one octave when you played above a designated pedal?
For example, say you set the "Octave Split" to "A". Then, as you walked up the pedal board,
you would suddenly drop down one octave for A, A#, B, and C. (Yes, I realize that both Cs
would then play at the same octave.)
Since it would be something you could enable or not per patch, it would only be used for songs
that need the higher pedals to be in a lower octave than the lower pedals. You'd also get to
save the split point for each preset that had Octave Split enabled.
Some of you may wonder, "Why would I want this?" But imagine a song that needs a D, then
a B below it, then a G below that, and finally an A. Let's say that, for voice leading reasons, it's
important that the B, G and A are *not* higher in pitch than the D.
By setting the "Octave Split" parameter to E (or, F, or F#, or G) this would be as easy as
just playing the correct pedals.
You could even make it so that incoming CV or MIDI notes would behave normally, even if "Octave Split"
was turned on. In other word, the "Octave Split" could only apply to the actual output of the pedals.
{My apologies if this idea has already been thought of and posted...}
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