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Originally Posted by me2beats
These are different things. As to mpl pattern rack - it's awesome imo
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Regarding arranging of items, best method, imo would be the buzz tracker, sequence view method. I am sure you know this already or should I explain a little?
Just replace 'pattern' of buzz tracker with 'item' of Reaper. It is also similar to Atari ST Notator, arranger, but better. Consisting of following features:
-it is a vertical list or grid
-each track (of Reaper) has its column
-each row is a time slot, you can select its size at top
-on the right there is a list of items (of Reaper) for each track, so this list is dynamic, if you select another column, this item list updates ( see this video, in the beginning
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZYQUlUXQxR8 )
-each item entry has a number or single char in front, which is used for entering to sequence view or grid
-comma (,) enters a break
-dot (.) enters ..
-you can move around in this grid and quickly enter your arrangement flow while the music is looping (between loop markers of Reaper)
-there are interesting ways for copy paste, duplicate... in this grid
Very fun way of arranging! Actually BEST way I know for pattern style of composing! Having something like this for Reaper items would be bombastic! me2beats has the potential of achieving this or eugen or mpl... But first one needs to know the coolness of arranging of buzz tracker.
buzz has similar apps, in case you want to check out, here a quick list:
-buze
-buzztrax
-aldrin
-buzzle
-armstrong
-neil
Here a short video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NiAmro8ZxnY
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In the following demo, I am using only the cursor keys, and numbers '0' and '1' to add patterns which I wrote earlier.
At about 0:50 I use Ctrl+E to move the end of the loop, to the bottom of the screen.
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Check also this overview for trackers in general:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Music_...S.2C_and_Linux
Some bonus for your enjoyment:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1_kykw1WSrk