Sequentix P3 SEQUENCER, Operation Manual

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P3 Sequencer User Manual Page 105
Step Sync
The sync value on each playlist step takes one of two values.
The default is Ptrn , which is short for “ pattern ”.
The other option is GBar , which is short for “ global bar ”.
You should remember the global bar setting from the discussion of parts .
To re-cap, each part has a global bar length , which is used to determine how long one bar lasts in 16
th
notes, since the patterns may have different lengths and timebases.
Changes to a new part are synchronised to the end of the global bar .
The sync value on each playlist step allows you to synchronise individual patterns to the global bar
too.
Let’s look at an example of global bar sync in action, to see what this means.
If you’ve been keeping up with the example so far, you should have a playlist that looks like this:
Step 1 2 3 4
Pattern 1 1 1 2
Repeats 1 1 1 1
Transpose +12 +7 0 0
It may be a little different, but as long as you have the right patterns on the 4 steps, it’ll be fine.
Since you are working with a default part , the global bar length will be 16 , which should also be the
same length as your patterns .
So you can experiment with the sync setting, you’ll need to change the length of pattern 1 .
Accessing Pattern Edit from Playlist Edit
At this point you may be thinking you’ll need to exit playlist edit so you can edit pattern 1 from play
mode .
But you can access pattern edit directly from playlist edit .
You may remember that from play mode , you can only edit the currently playing pattern on a track,
using a combination of PLAY/EDIT and the TRACK key.
From playlist edit , you choose the pattern to edit directly by pattern number .
This means you can be sure which pattern you’re going to edit, even if a playlist is stepping through
different patterns.