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Sequencer tip for longer patterns and live tweaking

2003-05-07 by pela_gius

I was trying to find a way to set up 4 different note sequences on the 4 tracks 
of the sequencer and switch between them on the fly and it came to me this 
morning.

I set all 4 sequence destinations to an unused parameter and programmed a 
different melody on each track.  Then Modulation 1 is set with all OSCs as the 
destination and 100 as the amount.  By switching Mod 1 Source between Seq 
1, 2, 3 and 4 you can change between the 4 patterns without losing the beat.  

Fortunately the sources before and after Seq1,2,3,4 are OFF and LFO1 so if 
you twist the knob a little too far it's not a big deal.  Turning it all the way to 
OFF will just play the base note and you can switch LFO1 to something 
interesting like Random and throw little extra random notes into the 
sequence.

As an added bonus the Mod1 Source knob is right next to the highpass knob 
so you can tweak that at the same time to drop bass notes in and out.

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