Nth Message Filter?

Midihub
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Hi there.

Not sure it’s possible, but thought I’d run it by those more experienced.

Is there some counter per message such that you could do something like :

message = 0;
If(message % N === 0)
keepOrDiscard()
message ++

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If N is up to 16, you could try and use a Dispatcher to make it cycle through 1-16 channels. This way it’s sort of possible to build a 16 step sequencer at least.

3

like Giedrius, I’ll go for Dispatcher when I only need 0 ≤ n < 16;

higher values of n can use a note value and Transpose to do the counting.

This program change patch shows a ± counting technique of this type.
(a somewhat similar previous version is described here)

Implementing the conditional and “reset to 0” stages can be done with Transforms.

4

Thanks both of you! I’m not familiar with Dispatcher or creating conditionals with Transform, very interesting.

5

With both we’re repurposing Note handling pipes for information purposes…

…so we Transform some incoming message into a Note On which then

  • via Dispatcher, “counts up” through the selected channels, or
  • via Transpose, shifts up a note (which is the used to ‘virtual map’ to the Transform’s Note value ready for the next iteration

As hinted above, Dispatcher is preferred cos it does a lot in one simple pipe.
The other method needs a few extra bits to make it work.

…or creating conditionals with Transform

The “Work with Value Low|High” properties of Transform are invaluable for catching certain values and doing something with them.
I use the idea a lot with One-Shot LFO’s so I can trigger an action at certain point in a time-frame

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