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Some more food for thought...
A lot of the old Modular Sequencer Systems had the ability to
set the probability of a note being triggered.
I think something like that might be a good addition to the SF Arsenal.
With a setting like Note/Figure probability there would be really
no downside anymore in using short figures and short containers.
You can achieve pretty lively stuff with something like that out of
just a 4 bar loop with only a handful of tracks in it.
It just sounds complex very quickly. Even without changing the harmony.
Also I think it would tie in pretty nicely with the Synfire Design Philosophy... ;)
See attached screenshot for a modular sequencer software that supports note probability.
(per step in that case)
Maybe worth a consideration.
Best,
tL.
(By the way: I emulate this now with one of these tools:
http://thepiz.org/plugins/?p=pizmidi
They are free. And there is a lot of other useful midi-mangling stuff in there.
However they are 32 bit vst only and you need to patch them
inbetween the Synfire Drone and the Target Synth which not a lot of DAWs support.
Problem is that The Piz tool is a bit complicated though. Also is *way* more useful if you can choose (and see) exactly on which notes and/or parts of the pattern/sequence you want to set the probability. )
