Sequentix P3 SEQUENCER, Operation Manual

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P3 Sequencer User Manual Page 31
If you select page 2 while a part chain is active, the part values may change as P3 steps through each
part in the chain, reflecting the different settings for each part.
Note that as soon as you choose to edit one of the part settings, the part chain will freeze on the current
part until you leave the data entry page.
F1 - Global Bar (GBar)
The global bar setting is the length of one bar of the current part in 16th note steps.
Since the pattern lengths on each track may be different, this value is used by P3 to control when part
changes take place.
A useful feature of P3 is that you can automatically re-synchronise any pattern (usually those with
unusual lengths) with the start of the global bar if required.
This feature will be fully explained in the later section on playlist edit.
F2 - Part Chain Repeats (PCRep)
The part chain repeats count only takes effect when a part chain is active.
Each part in a chain will repeat the number of times set in its PCRep value, before moving on to the
next part in the chain.
The total number of steps a part will play for in a chain is therefore the global bar length multiplied by
the part chain repeat count.
F3 - Part Transpose (PXPos)
Part transpose is a global transpose of all tracks in a part.
The value is shown in semitones, and is applied to all notes on all tracks except steps where transpose
defeat is enabled.
*TIP The PXPos value can be positive or negative.
To make it simpler to find the zero position on the DATA knob, zero is located at the fully anti-
clockwise end of rotation, with the value rising to the maximum positive value at the mid-point of the
knob.
The furthest negative value is found just after the mid-point, with negative values continuing up to
minus 1 at the fully clockwise position. This may take a little getting used to, but it’s simpler than
hunting for a commonly used value (zero) at the mid-point of a knob.