metro_pat:;

metro_pat.zip

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Takes all the available patterns, given a beat_length, ex 1/4=4 beats in a measure, so 2^4 patterns.;
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Allows the user to select the pattern, via scaled hslider.;
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Converts that value to binary.;
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Then, on the metro, if the value at that idx (via list-idx) (as tabulated by a running counter for the total number of beats) ==1, sends the bang.;
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note: rnd_pat changes the value only, i.e. not the hslider.

creat_args:;
$1:bpm;
$2:beat length[0..4]=[1,1/2,1/4,1/8,1/16];
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inlets:;
1:off|on;
2:bpm;
3:beat_length[0..4];
4:pattern number;
5:rnd_pat(any input triggers it)

p.s. used this last night on a drum-Meta-pattern generator/sample-player last night, and it made some really cool sounds.

correction: 2^(2^x) patterns. Where 0=whole, 1=1/2, 2=1/4, 3=1/8,4=1/16 beat lengths.

So
0=2 patterns; (whole notes)
1=4 patterns; etc.
2=16;
3=256;
4=65536.