Explain rotation algorithm (pls?)

[Hudndlr]

I'm unsure how this part of the NDLR works. Did we ever get a video or a more thorough tutorial on this ?

Jesse?

[Jesse Johannesen]

the nice thing about the rotation sequencer is you control the velocity and rests and ties there.

the other really cool progressive aspect of this part of the sequencer is that when you increase and decrease the steps...it remembers where the rests and the ties are.

If you look closely on either side of the UI screen, you with be able to suss out important functions to keep you flowing.

it took me a minute to appreciate the execution but I love it because of how it works in tandem with the the pads and the drones...everything stays in the chord/key/mode/scale/degree it is assigned to.

the other window where we see levels for each beat...more like a step sequencer ....is where we program the pitch for each step.

keep leaning into it...its alot of fun.

This is the Rhythm Pattern editor, not the rotator algorithm. Very useful but not the thing being asked about here.

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I wrote an explanation for this somewhere, I'll see if I can find it and post a link in this thread. Sorry I missed this one and thanks for pinging it for me.
This easter egg comes from the idea behind Robby Kilgore's MIDI rotator, here is a link to his page:
https://robbykilgore.com/midi-rotator-1-1/

And a link to a video explaining how it works here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XcU5dfBIKh4

If I remember correctly the way it works is that when it's turned on, then Motif Pattern # 40 gets used as the note pool where the first 2 values represent the intervals that play every time you press a key, so a 1 and 5 in the first 2 positions would mean that every time you press a key it plays that key and the 5th note up the scale. Then the next 4 are the rotators, which is like a harmony arpeggiator, so every time you press a key it plays the first two values, along with one of the notes in the next 4 slots and each time it advances the list, so the next is played after. So if we put 1 5 3 6 7 9 in the list, it would always play the root and 5th of whatever chord degree we play, along with the 3rd on the first press, then the root 5th and 6th on the next press, the root 5th 7th on 3 and the root 5th 9th on 4, then back to the beginning. I'm pretty sure it works with MIDI input on whatever channel you have set up in the Settings to be the Transpose input channel. Transpose is what Steve calls Quantized input. Normally you can send MIDI notes in here and they come out snapped into whatever musical key and mode you have set, so if you are in C Minor, and press a E it would play an Eb, etc. In this case I think it will play Rotator triads based on your input. No idea if they are quantized still, I assume yes.

Anyway, I'll report back when I find my previous explanation just in case I have it all wrong above.

Jesse

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Link to other write up:

https://conductivelabs.com/forum/showthr...or#pid3955

[Jesse Johannesen]

OK, here is a demo of the Rotator:
https://youtu.be/KnpGEuoOjGA

I found a bug while making this video, but Steve is going to have a look at it after the holiday and see if we can fix it. It tends to have stuck notes if playing more than one key at a time. Sending it to a decaying sound without sustain will be a temprorary fix until I get it sorted out.

[znmeb@algocompsynth.com]

I just got a NDLR (v2) and played your YouTube tutorial. It took me a while to figure out how to get into the menu, but I did it. But this feature is still in beta and your video is the only documentation I've been able to find. Do you or any of the Conductive Labs folks that monitor this forum have a timetable for "formal" release and documentation of the "rotator"?