beta 3 hotfix

the new [loops] UI changes surfaced a major issue with norns-only clip + buffer switching. so, I generalized the functions that handle those changes a bit and it's all working now!

beta 3

UI improvements

continuing the work discussed in #10:

• [loops] page now is navigable with e1
• k3 on any lane to swap b/w loop points, rate + slew, and buffer management (buffer + offset)
• k1 + k3 on any bank lane to toggle looping on/off for that pad
• k1 + k3 on live buffer to toggle rec on/off
• k1 + e1 on loop play to move window
• k1 + e1 on loop edit to change bank
• k1 + e1 on live buffer edit to change live buffer

levels improvements

global level

• introduced a global level for each bank, which allows entire banks to be faded in/out without destroying their individual pad's level settings
• k1 hold on [levels] page will display global level
• k1 + e1/2/3 on global level will change global level
• grid alt + zilchmo 2 affects global level (zilchmo 2 w/o grid alt affects pad level)

envelopes

addresses #13

• introduced two new envelope shapes: rising and rise/fall
• introduced an envelope loop action which loops the current envelope shape
• changed the floor of envelope timing to 50ms (0.05s)
• k3 on [loops] screen navigates:
  • levels
  • envelope shape (use e1/2/3 to choose between falling, rising, rise/fall)
  • envelope loop (use e1/2/3 to enable or disable)
  • envelope time (use e1/2/3 to dial in)
    • nb: on rise/fall, envelope time describes each segment, so minimum is 100ms total rise/fall journey)

collections

addresses #3

collections system totally overhauled. no backwards compatibility with cheat codes 1 collections, which is worthwhile because there are so many changes which would require re-working old collections anyway. these revisions add tons of improvements, including:

• custom-named collections
• overwrite option w/protective timer to cancel overwrite
• delete option w/protective timer to cancel delete
• local backups of deleted collections for future restoration
• super-clear folder structure in dust/data/cheat_codes2/[collection name]/

arc improvements

encoder 4

addresses #2

• encoder 4 acts as a meta-selector for which arc param is displayed across the three other encoders
• this allows for gridless arc param switching, making arc + midi controller as viable a setup as arc + grid
• grid shortcuts can still be used to set individual encoders to specific params

force sensitivity

• loop window, start, and end points are sensitive to how much force is applied in a rotation
• more severe turns when long samples are loaded allows larger jumps, so you can scroll through a 32 second sample in one rotation
• minute adjustments retain previous fine-grain behavior

general fixes

addresses #12 + #15, as well as other general trouble

FIXED:

• arc + norns encoders were not tuned correctly for variable-sized clips
• zlichmo gestures weren't tuned correctly for variable-sized clips
• arc + norns encoders respond to alt.locks
• arc + norns encoders respect envelopes
• delays respect envelopes
• delay wobble is now "fifth up" at all rates
• triangle envelope can be restarted if killed before release finishes

beta 2

lots of new UI stuff!

#4 : in the previous version, grid + arc redraws were clocked at a continuous 50fps (0.02s). under extreme performance conditions, this would cause the USB bus to become flooded and ultimately, freeze.
FIXED:

• replacing all unnecessary grid redraws (defined by redrawing when no real change to the interface has been made) with grid_dirty booleans
• reduced hardware redraw to 30fps

#5 + #6 : meta-seq patterns weren't manually recallable (only fired off when placed in the sequencer lane) and I wanted to add a mechanism to save either a pattern or an arp.
ADDED:

• meta-sequencer can now hold either grid patterns or arps!
• grid patterns have save priority over arps
  FIXED:
• an issue with restoring collections where the sample import would double-calculate the scaling needed to keep start/end points linearly distributed
• pattern_saver clocks weren't being canceled on key lift, so rapidly firing off pattern recalls manually caused pattern overwrite
• deprecated external-timing folder

#9 : arps were restarting on the second step
FIXED:

• arps restart on the first step of the arp

#10 : a ton of massively helpful UI feedback. still some work left to do, but was able to improve key/encoder navigation on the new menus!
CHANGED:

• main menu:
  • e1 for navigation
  • k3 for selection
• euclid:
  • e1 for bank navigation
  • k1 hold reveals alt modes for e2+e3
  • e1 during k1 hold remains bank navigation
  • k3 to change focus between two columns (cycling/non-terminating)
• rnd:
  • e1 is bank navigation
  • k3 swaps focus between random gen and param editing (cycling/non-terminating)
  • e2 on random gen chooses a new generator
  • e2 on param editing navigates down the edit options
  • e3 on param editing changes focused edit option
  • k1+k3 on either gen/param will run/kill random
  • k1+k2 on either gen/param will kill all running gens for the bank
• all menus:
  • any instance of 1/2/3 were replaced with proper bank references, a/b/c