Analogue-sequencer

> If the pattern 5 plays at some point in the playlist, you can just 
> press
> PLAY/EDIT and the track key from play mode while pattern 5 is playing.
> You need to go into playlist edit to select the pattern for editing if
> it is not the current pattern playing on the track.
> Remember that if you set up a playlist of multiple patterns, then use
> real-time record in play mode, you can record on all the patterns as 
> the
> play, and therefore create multiple patterns in one pass.

Yes, I noticed that! And THAT is a cool feature!
>
> The key combination is FUNC+track to select the track number, then
> PLAY/EDIT plus pattern number to select the pattern number.
> Of course, this takes you from play mode to pattern edit via playlist
> edit. but if you shut your eyes, you wont notice ;-)
> A long time ago, P3 had no playlists, and the currently selected 
> pattern
> on each track was selected by pressing FUNC+track, then pressing the
> step key for the pattern to select. You can still get this behaviour be
> enabling the 'quick pattern select' user config option.
> I agree it would be nice if there were a way to select each pattern for
> editing directly, but as there can be 128 different patterns in a bank,
> and only 16 step keys, there has to be a multi-step process for
> selection.

Yes, I played this afternoon with the P3 in that area extensively and 
as a matter of fact, I was pretty soon convinced that it works like a 
charm this way :-)
>
> It's always a compromise between simplicity and functionality. I think
> once you grasp the principle, you'll find it makes sense.
> I've thought about how to change it, but there isn't really any simpler
> way to do it without adding lots more buttons.

Yep. See above. And please do not take my posts as critic. Your P3 is 
awsome! And your commitment to help the users even more awsome!
>
>> The manual
>> needs to be extended for this particular part I think...
>
> One of these days...

Ah... cool! :-)))) (Nice Pink Floyd tune as well, btw).

Boele