Drum trigger controlled melody using the LOM

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I think I finally got this working so I removed the half-working version and updated this post.

First, how to use it:

Setup one track with the M4L MIDI Sender effect. This track will be your rhythmic controller. For me, I plan to use a kick drum trigger.

Then on another track, use the attached effect with the same MIDI bus selection as the Sender. On this track, you can setup your melodic clips.

Once a clip is playing, the effect will parse all the notes and then whenever a note is received from the Sender track, it will play whichever was the relative last note seen. It will also play that note's duration so you can have various length notes. It also uses the Sender's velocity so you have some live dynamic control.

Finally, I added a "Fudge Factor" which adds milliseconds to the time the triggered note was received so if you play a little before the intended note, it will still catch it. This is especially useful when trying to trigger the note as the very beginning of the clip. If you happen to trigger early, it will appear to be at the end of the previous clip, this will nudge it up so that it appears to be at the beginning.

Hopefully that all makes sense. Thanks again for helping out with all my questions over the last few weeks.

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