converting NM1 patterngen to G2 what?

windchill

I am thinking about finally taking the plunge and getting the G2 engine (yeah I was somewhat underwhelmed by the G2 and still after a year have not got one). When I do I will need to convert some old NM classic patches for live use and I am wondering what solutions have been found for replacing the Clocked Pattern Gen that was available in the NM classic. I used this a great deal to generate rhythmic and melodic sequences - often creating variations by using the mod inputs on the pattern gen. So it's not just a matter of building a new version of the pattern gen (although how that would be done is of interest to me) but of somehow generating the actual original sequences that are now very much a part of the tracks. Sequencers are not a realistic solution as some of the melodies were very long, - besides transcribing them would be a laborius task!
Is this a hopeless task? Does anyone even know how the old pattern gen worked internally? Right now I don't see a way of getting my old 'tracks' into the G2. The patch conversion is not such a big deal but that pattern gen - where did it go? I searched this list but found less discussion than I expected.

ian-s · Posted: Sat Apr 30, 2005 1:28 pm Post subject:

The G2 has had a clocked random pattern generator since V1.2. Along with the rest of the random group. Maybe download the demo and see if it uses the same random core.

LLR3 · Joined: Sep 10, 2004 Posts: 41 Location: Helsinki Finland

NM Clocked Pattern Generator was re-introduced some time ago as RndPattern module in the G2 editor. You can find it under Rnd category in recent versions of the G2 editor / demo.

I´m not sure (haven´t checked) though if the algorithm used is the same as on NM...

*LLR3

LLR3 · Joined: Sep 10, 2004 Posts: 41 Location: Helsinki Finland

Less than one minute apart... Confused

sebber · Posted: Sat Apr 30, 2005 4:57 pm Post subject:

Take a look at this:

http://sebastianberweck.de/G2/pattern.htm

Don't know if it's the same algorithm though.

windchill · Posted: Sun May 01, 2005 4:31 am Post subject:

thanks for replying guys - perhaps my question was poorly worded. I am aware of this new module - but various posts on this list indicate that it does not use the same patterns as the old pattern gen, and it is these old patterns that I need to restore somehow.