Sequentix Music Systems
P3 Sequencer User Manual
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F2 - Force To Scale
The
F2
soft-key on page 1 is labelled “
FTS
”, for Force-To-Scale.
FTS can 'quantize' all transmitted notes into a chosen scale (or key signature).
FTS has a number of uses:
•
When improvising live edits, and you don't want to hit a bum note
•
Changing the FTS root or scale while playing for instant key changes
•
Editing the notes in the FTS scale in real-time as a performance tool
What FTS Does
To explain the effect of FTS, let’s say you have a pattern with 12 notes in a rising chromatic scale:
Step:
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
Note:
C
C#
D
D#
E
F
F#
G
G#
A
A#
B
With FTS set to a
root note
of
C
and the
Major scale
, the notes in the pattern above which are not in the
key of C Major will be moved to the nearest notes which are.
The actual notes played would therefore be:
Step:
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
Note:
C
C
D
D
E
F
F
G
G
A
A
B
Note that
the pattern itself is not changed
– the notes are corrected
dynamically
as the pattern plays.
*TIP
Individual steps in patterns can be set to ignore FTS and also playlist transposition. This option
will be described in the Pattern Edit section later.
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