I have a pattern with a transition. Beat is 4/4. The Transition is a full measure. I want that full measure to play after the fourth beat in the pattern measure from which I trigger the transition. However, I am absolutely messing up the timing. I’m holding the pedal on beat 4. Sometimes the next beat (1) plays the transition – which is what I want – but more often than not, it simply skips the transition and rolls to the next pattern. I’ve tried varying the timing – hitting a bit before the beat 4th-- and and how long I hold down the pedal, but I am unable to nail it.
When I trigger from say beat 2 – it fires the transition at that point, and plays it for the 2 remaining beats in that measure.
My workaround (jamming tonight) was to pull the transition and instead, just add it to the successive beat. Not ideal, but without a transition, the timing’s no longer a real issue (I just have to make sure to move to the next beat before that transition measure plays).
I have better luck with short transition fills, like half-measure fills. Full measure transition fills are more likely to be skipped if you don’t time things correctly.