Ribbons feature request: automatic, envelope-based, Magnetic Dance re-trigger

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Hi Jaak! Long time Ribbons user here. I’m a fan of Magnetic Dance and I have a request that would be a huge game-changer for me and I think it would put the touch mode on par with some other pedals that offer just that feature (or a similar one) alone.

Is it possible to add a mode/setting in which the touch is re-triggered by a note/sound onset detection/envelope?

That would mean that every new note/chord played would be automatically “frozen” in the Magnetic Dance as if I touched the TOUCH button after playing it. I feel I don’t use the Magnetic Dance as much as I would like because I have to manually trigger it (and my pedalboard is table-top, not on the floor).

An example of how to control it: holding bypass while turning the T1 knob to the first half would disable it (default) and turning it to the right half would enable it. Holding bypass while turning the T2 knob would adjust sensitivity for the input detection.

That would be an ambient bliss.

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I agree that would be a cool thing to add to the Magnetic Dance, in line with how the repeater works.

But there would have to be a different way of controlling it: as the current firmware stands, if you were to hold the bypass and turn the T1 knob you’d adjust the overall volume and the T2 knob would change from compressor to saturation since those global settings can be done from any page.

Maybe a “hold bypass, tap touch” to toggle envelope detection on/off, ala the Unreal Player? This could also be indicated by a brighter/dimmer light for each mode?