Sequentix Music Systems
P3 Sequencer User Manual
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Go back to your example pattern, and assign
aux B
to the event “
Rnd mask gate
”, as follows:
•
change
UPPER MODE
to
AUX
(if it isn’t already)
•
ensure
aux B
is selected as the current
STEP MODE
•
enter the
Aux Config
page by holding
FUNC
+
STEP MODE
•
press
step key 3
to select the “Randomize” event group
•
move the
DATA
knob until “Rnd mask gate” is shown on the display
•
press “save”,
F1
, to confirm the assignment
•
using
UPPER
knob
1
, enter a value of
75%
for “Rnd mask gate” on
step 1
As you listen to your pattern now, you will hear that sometimes the note on step 1 plays, and
sometimes it is missed out.
If you keep a count of how often it plays and how often it doesn’t, you should find that
on average
the
note plays three out of every four times.
There is not a regular pattern – the value sets the
probability
that a step
with gate already active
will
remain active
when the mask event is applied.
When a pattern step with the “Rnd mask gate” event enabled is played:
1.
the
note
value is read from the pattern
2.
the
gate
status is read from the pattern
3.
the
aux B
value is read from the pattern
4.
because aux B is assigned to “Rnd mask gate”, P3 generates a random number between 1 and
100. If the
stored value
for aux B
is less than
the
random number
, the
gate status is turned off
5.
if
gate
is on, the
note
is sent
Try setting the value for “Rnd mask gate” on some other steps.
Only a step with gate already active will play – masking will not turn on a step that is off.
The value for the event is the
probability that the gate will be active
on each step:
•
a low value means a low probability of the gate being active
•
a high value means a high probability of the gate being active
For example, if you set a value of 25% on a “Rnd mask …” event, the status value on that step will be
active once in every four times that the step plays.
Using random masking like this, you can create patterns that subtly change over time, sometimes
throwing in an extra note here and there.
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