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Gate
Select Gate to edit the length of MIDI notes assigned to each Step in the current pattern . Use the up/down arrow buttons
to the left of the screens to access steps nine to 16 . The screen will show a single Gate value for each step of the pattern
containing one or more notes . The value shown is equal to the highest Gate of all the notes assigned to that Step .
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Gate can have a maximum length of 32 steps, to allow steps to be longer than a duration of a pattern .
The SL MkIII measures the Gate value in two parts: steps and fractions of a step . Each step is broken into six fractions .
Therefore, Gate value shows as a step number, followed by a fraction count (five white boxes below) . The default value for
notes is ‘1 step’; use the knob above each step to lengthen or shorten the Gate for every assigned note .
Since the SL MkIII operates under the rules of MIDI, how the Gate parameter influences your resulting sound depends
on the sound being triggered, as well as the MIDI instrument holding that sound . For example, a Gate of 16 steps will not
‘stretch’ a short hi-hat sample . However, its MIDI note will become 16 steps long, regardless of the audible result .
Chance
You can set the Chance, or probability, of a note playing for each step in a pattern . For example, when a step has a chance
of 50% then there is an equal chance either all or none of the notes on that step will play .
Press the button below Chance and you can adjust the Chance of notes playing using the rotary controls above each step
(displayed on the screen) .
When chance is set to 0%, the notes on that step will not play, the Chance value disables this step . You can use 0% chance
as a step mute function without having to remove any notes .
