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probaby is an issue of the internal data structure?
This is exactly the reason. You see, chords are not stored as their individual notes, but as an entry of a lookup table (LUT) that is built upon the base note. This makes it difficult and most likely inconsistent to record chords in realtime. The only chance one would have is to check for the notes being played at the moment, comparing that against the existing entries in the LUT and picking the closest one. But that would be unsatisfying/frustrating as it could not cover all the chords people would be playing. Then if it differs, the software would have the choice to not record a chord at all, or a similar one, which doesn´t make sense as well.
There is one, but only through the bootloader and through the standard Midi jacks.
The one thing that is not accessible through the bootloader is USB connectivity. This is why when the Behringer firmware is still running on the device you can use it, but not once it´s been replaced.We´ve figured that the (quite large amount of) time needed to get USB working in the Zaquencer is better spent on actual sequencer functionality. Especially with 5$ Midi-USB cables available and considering that most electronic musicians own a Midi interface of some sort anyway.
Hi Cyril,
I´ve just tried out the instructions you´ve posted above and – wow! It really works!!BUT! Please bear in mind that this only works with the very first upload of the Zaquencer. For every subsequent upload (to update the Zaquencer or to go back to the original firmware etc) you need to go through the bootloader (holding Store+Learn at startup) and use a Midi USB interface like described in the manual.
Still, an amazing find, cheers!
Hi Cyril,
sorry to hear that you are having problems with your encoders.
Please write an email with the error description and details about what you are experiencing to support@zaqaudio.com and we´ll see if we can help you further with it.I like your thinking, straight out-of-the-box!
I haven´t really thought about it before as I´ve sort of dismissed the USB functionality of the BCR completely for now. I had only looked at getting the USB port going as a regular USB interface during the development and it was just way too much research/work to justify the efforts (5$ USB-Midi interfaces available etc).
And even if I was able to get a handle on the USB functionality I wouldn´t know if you could ever plug in a device into the BCR, when it itself is designed to be the device-to-be-plugged-in.
Interesting topic though, I might have a read in that direction.
Hi Robert,
realtime recording of Midinotes (monophonic and drums, no chords) is already implemented in the Zaquencer!
You can find it in the manual under “Tap Write”, Page 24.Cheers!
Happy to help! Great to hear that it´s already how you wished it would be.
Hi Fading Canvas,
thanks for your question and for sharing the video.
What you are experiencing is not normal behaviour.
There is definitely something funky going on with your individual BCR.Actually it looks exactly like the multiplexer error that is described on this page:
http://ricardo-dias.com/2013/07/19/repairing-a-behringer-bcf2000/Out of curiosity, did you buy new or used? What does it say on the Date Code sticker on the back?
Yes you´re exactly right. You hold the wave generator button and press the other button once ond you get 32 random notes (etc..) that will then stay the same.
Did I understand you correctly that this is how you wanted it? Or do you want a mode where the notes keep changing constantly?
If you want even more randomness for now you can also use the random direction, which will always play a different step as the next step.Hi Paolo,
thanks for sharing your feature request!
I´m happy to tell you that this feature is already implemented through the Wave Generator.You can press and hold the Wave Generator button and then press one of the lit buttons to randomize this parameter for the selected track.
Available params for randomization are: Note Pitch, Note Velocity, Note Mute, Note Delay, Note Length, Midi Ctrl Alpha, Beta and Chord.
Other waveforms than random are also possible. Please see the manual for all the gritty details, P.13, Wave Generator.Cheers!
Hi guys,
thanks for keeping the suggestions going.
I´m not really comfortable with changing the footswitch behaviour again for now, as many people wanted the Start/Stop function and I also think it´s great for live use.If I´ll touch it again, I like Juans idea very much. But before I implement something like this I´d rather look at a more complete Midi remote controllability. You could then use a cheap Midi Floorboard to trigger all the functions. In my mind it´s just way more flexible and less of a hassle to program for the user.
Hi and thanks for sharing your feature wish!
Unfortunately, individual drum velocities are beyond the current possibilities of the Zaquencer. Please also see this thread for an explanation:
https://zaqaudio.com/forums/topic/adjustable-velocity-per-drum-instrumentemail sent
Yeah I´m not quite sure if I can squeeze it into the interface.
Btw, have you checked out holding down the pitch button while turning an encoder to modify all steps at once? This will effectively transpose the sequence, but of course to go back you´d have to either load a pattern or remember which note you´ve started from. I know it´s not as flexible as an additional transpose feature (which does exist over Midi as you know), but maybe it can help you achieve your goal anyway.Hi Paul,
thanks for voicing your concern.
Now that the 1.01 has been released I will pick up working on the SysEx export feature again but it will be some time until I can confirm that it´ll succeed (see above in this thread).But you can rest assured that adding the SysEx feature and installing that update in the future will not break your existing patterns, just like installing the 1.01 didn´t.
There might be an update in the far future that changes the way patterns are organised internally and that would break them, but I will first try to finish the export.
Also if an update would break the patterns, I would issue a big warning in the newsletter etc.Alien´s approach is much recommended in the meantime, to record your musical patterns as raw midi data into a DAW or similar. You won´t easily get them back into the Zaquencer (except with using Tap Write mode, which might be a pain because it doesn´t register all the parameters like Note Length Delay etc..), but at least you have a backup of your music.