With the cue system you’ll be able to create timelines with musical events such as triggering patterns, note lists, motion recordings, sending MIDI and OSC messages and even trigger other cues.
The cue system is implemented using a scripting language developed specifically for the PolyPulse. However, you don’t need to be a programmer to use it: common commands such as setPattern() and setNoteList() are inserted with the same button combination as you would use to manually trigger these actions.
The core functionality of the cue system is working but some things still have to be implemented and tested. Apart from the cue system, the update also includes other small improvements and bug fixes.
I will be in Berlin for Superbooth next week but after that I will be finishing/polishing this update, and I aim to release it in the end of May or earlier.
This will be a really welcome update. In addition to the groovebox performers, some of us are instrumentalists looking to play interactively with the PP. It’s currently difficult to do that in real musical time, that is, with the desired rhythm and timing. Some one-handed button combos for this very two-handed groovebox would help, but especially a song mode so that the player can be freed up once they’ve created a workable arrangement. Personally, this cue system is exactly the song mode I need to be able to play out with my PP. Do you need any beta testers?
The display as seen in the video was made specifically for Superbooth so multiple people standing around the booth can see what is going on. It’s something I quickly built and currently not something that can be sold as a product. A lot of people at SB where asking about the display though, so I will be looking into creating some form of hardware or software external display.
