[linux-audio-dev] Transport Regions

Hi! I have been thinking about combining sequencing, (live) looping and sampling. I call the concept I arrived at Transport Regions for now (might call it Areas, Scopes, Frames ... a native speaker's take on this?). A Transport Regions groups n tracks, defining a common playback posistion and transport state (playing, paused, reverse ...). Loops can be defined with Markers. A 'classic' sequencer/daw project would use only 1 Region, but having several could allow sooperlooper like action, with the advantage of simple extension, moving on from jamming to production. Transport commands to specific Regions could be recorded and played back themselves. Instrument type samples could be treated the same, with the known markers, just for rather short loops, provided transport actions could be mapped to midi/notes. Multisampling would require means to map (midi) parameters to track level changes and/or soloing/muting. Patterns could actualy be Transport Regions triggered from a track, from which they would need to 'inherit' tempo for normal operation. Well ... just food for thought! --- Thorsten Wilms