Feature Request #02[1]:
Track Delay (Microtiming / Groove Control)
What does it do?
- Delay or pre(de)lay settings for each individual track (positive or negative timing offsets)
- to fine-tune groove and transient placement.
What would this function unlock?
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Groove:
- easy laid-back, swung, snappy, or syncopated feel grooves
- rhythmic tension without changing step grid
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Transient precision:
- precise positioning of transients for optimum punch in layered kicks/snares
- reduce phase issues
- Helpful for combining dry sounds with reverbs or other FX
Key Features:
- Delay / Prelay setting per track (± N ms or ± N ticks)
- Applies per pattern or optionally per project
- Saved to kit along with other track parameters
- Offsets audio playback timing without affecting pattern step resolution or event timing
Implementation Proposal:
- UI modeled after the Pan Page
- 8 horizontal sliders, one per track
- Centered baseline = 0 (no delay)
- Move left = prelay (early), right = delay (late)
- Display in ticks, ms, or ±nudge indicator
- Optional fine/coarse control via shift or encoder press
- technical solution if prelay (negative delay) is set for at least one track:
- internally shift (delay) the other tracks with that amount
- (that way it is easy for the musician just to pull one track and doesn’t need to push all others)
numbering only for personal reference, no suggestion of priority or the like ↩︎