Is it possible to switch to another pattern before the steps are completed?

[rutgeranton]

Hello everyone,

I'm sorry if this post already exists but i searched for a while and couldn't really find an answer. So here it goes:

Can you switch to another pattern before al, let's say, 4 parts of the pattern have been completed?
Example: Playing pattern A1, wich has 64 steps, but i want the last 16 steps to be a fill or drum roll so i want to use pattern A2 for that.
               But when i press A2 it finishes A1 first. Is there a way to turn this off or work around it?

Much appreciated!

P.S. Oh yeah. I have one more issue. Can you record the midi data of a pattern direct into the spark midi track in your DAW? Now i just drag and drop the patterns because recording just comes up with an empty pattern. Im thinking this has something to do with the midi in/out public/private port stuff but i cant seem to get it right. Im using Ableton 9. Thanks!

[Kevin]

Hello everyone,

I'm sorry if this post already exists but i searched for a while and couldn't really find an answer. So here it goes:

Can you switch to another pattern before al, let's say, 4 parts of the pattern have been completed?
Example: Playing pattern A1, wich has 64 steps, but i want the last 16 steps to be a fill or drum roll so i want to use pattern A2 for that.
               But when i press A2 it finishes A1 first. Is there a way to turn this off or work around it?

Yes, you have to set the preference "Switch pattern instantaneously" to Yes.

Much appreciated!

P.S. Oh yeah. I have one more issue. Can you record the midi data of a pattern direct into the spark midi track in your DAW? Now i just drag and drop the patterns because recording just comes up with an empty pattern. Im thinking this has something to do with the midi in/out public/private port stuff but i cant seem to get it right. Im using Ableton 9. Thanks!

To record MIDI in real time, you have to use a separate MIDI track. Check the following section 7.6.1 (Recording MIDI out to a VST or RTAS host) in Spark user's manual.

Kevin

[rutgeranton]

Thanks for the reply, cant believe i missed that option about switching instantaneously. As for the MIDI record bit, I dont have a 7.6.1 section in
my manual. But i did some more googling and came up with this: http://www.arturia.net/downloads/spark/manual/Spark_1_4_1_What_s_new.pdf
So for other people wondering how to do this; the midi record bit starts at the bottom of page 3.

[Kevin]

Here is the latest version of the manual.