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Hi Luigi,
thanks for sharing your suggestion!
While I understand where your wish is coming from, I´m not sure that adding more intelligence to the mode selection will really improve workflow. The way I see it is that while you may havve to push an extra button to reach the mode you want, this at least is a very predictable behaviour, that should be easily to be gotten used to after some time. With added intelligence I think it´s much easier to forget why the machine acts like it does and it may cause even more confusion. For example, what if you did not mean to press the track button or were looking for the second drum track and accidentally hit a chord track…Also, the inst select mode for chord tracks still holds the tap write/erase functionality, so the mode still might make sense for those kinds of tracks.
Cheers!
Thanks for the detailed usecase description!
The way I see it this would be covered by two other feature requests that have been popping up every now and then. The one being monitoring in tap write mode and the other being a more flexible midi remote control functionality (to attach a floor board to trigger certain functions). That way you would have dedicated foot switches for enabling/disabling tap write and could also monitor your note input while it´s not recording.You´ve already said it, overdub mode would probably not make much sense as a separate mode because of the monophonic nature. Also, as always it could only hold one note per step, so even adding these functions it would most likely not replace a full fledged midi recorder.
I had thought about this option, but what makes it really difficult is the consistency between drumtracks and chord tracks. I´ve spent a lot of time to provide making every track switchable between one or the other so now every track can be drum or chords/notes. But exchanging patterns between drum and chord tracks would result in garbage, as they handle certain memory regions differently to each other.
Also, I then thought it wouldn´t make too much sense anyway, because even inbetween synths, ususally you don´t assign a different instrument (track) the melody that another instrument was just playing?
All in all I had then decided against adding that option…
Hi Beau,
thanks for your suggestion!
I could imagine building a function like this when I get around to the Midi remote control function. This way it might be possible to control it over a Midi footswitch in the future…Cheers!
Hi Luigi,
I think I know what you mean and if it´s that, there is a function already present.
You can mute/unmute tracks by holding the track button (1-4, top right) and simultaneously hitting the mixer button. This will not enter mixer mode but just toggle the mute on that track.
Let me know if this helps you out, or what else you had imagined.Cheers!
Hi Eric,
I´m afraid that doesn´t sound good.
In bootloader mode the BCR shoud simply say “LOAd” in the display.I would think you have the following options:
- get it repaired in a workshop
- buy a new BCR, in which case I could help you to transfer the license. If you want to go this way, please write me a short email to support@zaqaudio.com and I´ll go through the details with you.no worries. the way I see it it´s not so interesting for us to provide the hardware upgrade solution. I cannot really imagine this many people picking up the soldering iron for this, and those who do most likely have the possibility to source the parts themselves. I´d much rather focus on the firmware, there is enough to do there as it is :/
and on a side note, I always looked at ZAQ Audio more like the Rebel Alliance
Hi Eric,
sorry to hear that your BCR is acting up.
Have you tried turning it on in bootloader mode (hold Store+Load during powering on)?
This mode is independent of the firmware that´s installed and should always work as a fallback. If this mode still works you can try reinstalling the firmware and see if you can get it to run again.Huh, now it works here as well. Strange…
I liked it!
What´s the name of the synth with the automated filter sweeps?Hm… while I like the idea of a hardware upgrade kit on the one hand, on the other it raises a few questions/problems.
I´m not so sure I share the sentiment of the BCR not being built reasonably well.
My first BCR is from 2004, and it´s alive and kicking.
I have had reports of hardware problems, but it really seems to be in the low one-digit-percentage rate.What are the concrete points of interest? Mainly the encoders and buttons?
I´m not quite sure how much demand there would be for a kit like this. It would make more sense in my opinion to investigate sources for the spare parts more closer and exchange our experiences (like in the other thread about sourcing the encoders). More like if the BCR breaks or has trouble to give help to fix it, but not act prophylacticly. The encoders are not so easy to desolder in my opinion, and offering a kit might lead to users creating problems in the first place where there would have been none.No worries! Back in the office now.
Without going into too much detail, let´s say the past updates were mostly maintenance updates. For the next version I want to focus more on adding musical features again.
Hi Johannes,
just tried listening to the track but it seems to be offline?Hi Mike,
what rempesm said is spot on. Have you tried his suggestions?
I´m not quite sure that linking notes is possible in Midi. It would really only make sense if the following note is the same note value as the preceding one. Then the note off and following note on could be omitted, but it sounds like a kludge in my opinion. With rempesms suggestions you should be able to create plenty long notes.Hi Flavio,
thanks a lot for sharing your experiences! Very interesting contact with Triplex there.Have you heard back form them about the 5 Euro push encoder yet?
By the way, just a general thought about replacement encoders:
if you can only find rasterized ones with the usual suppliers, shouldn´t it be possible to remove the rasterization by opening the pot and removing the metal raster ring?Is the leftmost top row encoder (ie TYPE) on most BCR-2000′s a non-push button encoder?
The topmost row should all be push encoders. Have you tried gently pulling the encoder? Maybe it got stuck in “down” state somehow?
Zaq, if you do plan on using those switch encoders in the future can you please lay off that one (or at least don’t put a really important function there)?
The top left push encoder is already used to trigger the SysEx functionality. There is no plans atm to use it for further functionality.
I just had another quick idea, you could try to solder a push button to the respective pins and trigger the push with this extra button.