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If you change octave while programming a melody it loses it - eg I place C4 then change to octave 5 using the dropdown and place C5 then switch back to octave 4 and place C4 etc

Expected behaviour would be to have a simple oscillating octave pattern. When I press “preview” it plays it in whatever octave register I’ve selected in the drop down - so if I’m in octave 4 when I press preview it plays c4 repeatedly. If I’m in octave 5 it plays c5 repeatedly.

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I understand what you're saying. Changing the octave/instrument applies changes to the complete grid.

A way to get around this problem is to program octave 4's in one grid, save to the loop, and add another layer of octave 5's.

I could easily program supporting multiple instruments/octaves in a single grid but I'm not sure if that'll be intuitive to use. I'll do some research on this.

Easy fix: make your grid a full eight notes. C4 to C5 and allow users to change the register.

Auxy is a great iteration of what you are building.

Makes sense! Thank you again for the suggestion, I implemented it.

Tried Auxy, it's a great app!

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