Tim Conrardy asks:

>I have a Q. perhaps if i dig thru the manual I might find it, but you might
>have the answer at the top of your head.
When I am creating by scratch in FMST, I usually can get the first track to
>produce a good many "bars" of output. But when I go to create my next track,
>it winds up very short.
>
>How do I extend or make longer each track so it is more or less the same
>length as track 1? I could do this from the menu with the extend/stretch
>command, but that is not what I am after!
>
>It was a source of frustration a little, as I get this great line coming out
>of track 2, but it stops short of track 1.


Chris Sansom responds:

Well, I think that's largely chance. The number of passes (by which I 
don't mean anything like MIDI events) is determined by multiplying up 
the number of loops you've set for the track - you can see them in 
the Check Passes window, from the Other menu (imaginative name for 
that menu, don't you think?). It would be nice if that window were 
editable, I know, but it ain't. However, the time each pass takes is 
purely a result of the fractal processing, so you can't actually 
predict the end result - but you can make sure you're in the same 
ball park, as I believe you quaint folks over there say. :-)

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  Cheers ... Chris