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SESSION MANAGEMENT
A ‘Session’ on SL MkIII contains the eight Parts on the SL MkIII with each made up of eight patterns (containing 16-steps) .
The Session also contains the Templates, Scales, Arp settings, and Zones . By sending a Session to SL MkIII, from
Components, you can restore all the steps, automation data and assignments . To enter Sessions view, press the ‘Sessions’
button . In Sessions view, the square 8x2 pads become locations for saving and loading your Sessions .
The arrows to the left of the 8x2 pad area are used to change pages of Sessions view . There are four available pages, each
containing 16 Sessions laid sequentially across the 16 pads . These four pages give you a total of 64 Sessions .
Tempo
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Global
Shift
Zones
Sequencer
Latch
Arp
Scales
Sessions
Patterns
Steps
Save
Duplicate
Clear
Grid
Options
Pitch
Modulation
Octave
Transpose
Track
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Templates
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Sessions have names (re-nameable in Components), and
you can change their colour . To select a colour, press the
Save button once, then use the first two soft buttons below
the screens to select a colour . Press Save again to confirm .
Load a Session
To load a session, enter Sessions view and press a pad in
the 8x2 pad area .
Save a Session
You can save your current Session at any time . Press the
Save button once, and it will begin to flash . Press Save
again to confirm the Save .
Select Sessions view and you have the option to save
the Session to a new location or change the colour of the
Session . Press the Save button once so the Save button
is flashing . You can now use the two left-most soft buttons
below the screen to scroll through session colours .
Once you have found your preferred colour, either press
the Save button again to save in place or select a different
session pad to save the Session to a new slot . This will
overwrite any data currently saved to that slot .
Clear a Session
To clear a session of all data and reset the Session’s
settings to default: select a Session, hold Clear and press
the current Session’s pad .
Cued Session Switch
While the Sequencer is playing, you can prepare a new
Session in Session view . When you press a pad, it will flash;
this shows the Sequencer has ‘cued’ this Session to start at
the end of the currently playing pattern on track one (main
track) . At this point, the Session pad will turn white to show
its selection .
Instant Session Switch
While the Sequencer is playing, it is possible to ‘instantly’
change to a new Session in the Session view . Hold Shift
and press a pad . The new Session will pick up from the
corresponding position in the currently playing pattern .
Session Load Using Program Change
You can load a Session by sending a ‘program change’
message to the device on channel 16 . By default, the shown
Session will load instantly . If you add 64 to the program ID
the Sequencer will cue the Session load (see “” on page
25) .
Loading a Session Using Song Select
It is possible to load a Session by sending a ‘song select’
message to the SL MkIII while the Sequencer is stopped .
The Song ID shows the session to load .
Save Lock
‘Save Lock’ allows you to stop the SL MkIII from saving
Sessions . To do this, hold Shift + Save and turn on the SL
MkIII . Turning the SL MkIII off with the power button will save
this setting . To show Sessions cannot save, the Save LED
will be off . To turn save lock off, repeat the same steps .
