I enjoy playing with Live Play on Note Input and would like a way to hold the chord. Unless I'm missing an existing menu option... I would love see the ability added to use a normal midi keyboard sustain pedal CC64 message to "hold" the external chord. Thanks, love the Arp!
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I've looked at how this can be implemented and it is fairly straightforward. As usual, it is the configuration that requires the most thought... ARP needs a way to allow assignment of options other than those accessible current via the UI (CC Learn). Currently, there is no way to assign CC to global functions like Octave and Tempo, Chord Chains, etc. This new function "Use Sustain Pedal to hold chord in Live Play" needs to be included in that list. My proposal is to add a new menu "CC Assignments" that is accessed by holding the CC Learn button for 3 seconds. (bypassing the CC Learn menu).
Here you can scroll to select the function and then select the CC Channel and Number to assign to, there would also need to be a way to change the Input Modes and Mapping types. (Latch, Hold, Inv, Etc.) This represents a considerable amount of work, but it would allow ARP's CC Assignable functions to expand as needed. I'll add this to the Roadmap but it's unlikely to be in the next firmware update. In the meantime, I'll look to introduce a hardcoded CC64 function that holds the chord during LivePlay. i.e. If (CC64 > 64 & LivePlay = True & Live Notes == 0) => Keep Playing until CC64 < 64
Thanks for your kind words and excellent feature suggestion. Let me take a look at the request in more detail and how it fits into our other planned work in this area. I'll get back to you on this, asap.