Grids Mode

[Trainzack]

I think we could add a mode that emulates MI Grids. Here's how it might work:

The first two segments are global control segments.

Control	Segment 1	Segment 2	Other Segments
Slider + CV	Map X	Map Y	[Depends On Color]
Pot	Clock Rate	Chaos	[Depends On Color]
Gate Input	Clock Input	Reset	Clock Override (group rightward segments with new clock input)
Output	Clock Output	Pattern End Output	Pattern Output
Button	Tap Tempo	Reset Input	Change Segment Type
Button + Slider	Change Clock Resolution	?	Regular / Accent Mode
Button + Pot Wiggle	?	Swing/Chaos Toggle	Gate / Trigger Toggle

The other segments could include the following:

Color	Segment Type	Slider + CV Function	Pot Function
Green	Grids Channel 1	Fill	Pattern Offset
Amber	Grids Channel 2	Fill	Pattern Offset
Red	Grids Channel 3	Fill	Pattern Offset
Green Looping	Clock Divider/Multipler	Frequency	?
Amber Looping	Euclidean Sequencer	Number of Steps	Pattern Length
Red Looping	Probability Skipper	Probability	?

The biggest thing this design omits is CV control over chaos/swing, but I think we can get away without since those can still be achieved through external CV modulation. Including those would require sacrificing another channel to a global segment, and if we only have 3 other segments we're kind of missing out.

[qiemem]

Very cool idea! I have always kind of wanted to replace the slow LFO mode with something (though I get the sense a good number of people use it...). That said, I doubt I'll get around to creating any new modes anytime soon. I might be open to PRs along these lines though.

[afcondon]

This is such a nice idea for an alt firmware for Stages - it could generalize beyond Grids too, to trigger generators of four (or more) outputs, like Zularic Repetitor.