Two pattern change questions: MIDI messages and odd time signatures

[PeterHanes]

@slicetwo

When I go from banks A-H to banks I-P, the first message is similar to the first one above, but instead of BF 00 it says BF 00 01. Any messages after that for banks I-P mirror the A-H banks in terms of PC change value.

So my question is: What’s the deal with the BF thing?

Previously on Elektronauts:

How to change patterns via midi?

The OT responds to MIDI Program Change messages. Because it has 16 x 16 = 256 patterns, the patterns are split into two groups: banks A to H and banks I to P. If your current pattern is somewhere in banks A to H and you want to select a new pattern somewhere in bank A to H, you just need to send a MIDI Program Change message with one of the following values: 0 = pattern A01 1 = pattern A02 and so on until 127 = pattern H16. If you were somewhere in banks I to P, the values would be: 0 = …

@slicetwo

I have a song in 5/4, so each pattern is 40 steps long. I want to have the patterns change after 10 beats, but I can only do factors and multiples of 16.

What do you mean by “I can only do factors and multiples of 16”. Do you mean that this is a limitation of the Mosaic script?

@slicetwo

Is there no way to get it to change after other beats rather than based on pattern length?

The OT can change pattern according to the pattern scale setting in Normal mode or according to the Master Length setting in Per Track mode.