Analogue-sequencer

> I suppose when you hit FUNC in playlist edit to get the 
> save/back/lose options, the step keys 1 to 8 could let you save the 
> playlist to a different track on the current part, and 9 to 16 
> could let you save the playlist to the same track but on a 
> different part.

so... by what i think i understand of P3's way of handling patterns & 
playlists, saving a playlist to a different track on the current part 
would only change the sequence in which the patterns are played, but 
not the patterns for the track that's 'saved-to' themselves, right? 
that seems pretty strange to me. the way i usually go about editing 
both playlists & patterns is by entering playlist-edit, and from 
there i use the PLAY/EDIT+step[1-8] combination to edit the patterns, 
also editing patterns other than the one currently playing and 'save-
to'-ing along the way to get variations on a theme. i then exit back 
to playlist-edit and adjust the playlist as needed. but i use 
playlists on all tracks in all parts all the time, so in my case the 
playlist- & pattern-edit modes are closely linked, and it would feel 
weird to adjust a playlist for a track in which you're not also 
editing patterns.
saving a playlist to the same track in a different part would make a 
lot more sense to me. that way there'd be several ways to adjust the 
playlist in the 'free'-mode, then 'save-to' another part, adjust the 
length just before hitting the FUNC-key to exit playlist-edit. sounds 
good!

> But what logical combination of keys in play mode would allow you 
> to select a playlist to edit from outwith the current part ?
> Possibly the PLAY/EDIT key could be used along with a part key, but 
> that could be confusing when FUNC is normally used to reach 
> playlist edit.

how about if you select the playlist to edit from outwith the current 
part from inside playlist-edit? if i'm not mistaken the PLAY/EDIT+step
[9-16] combination is still available from there, and i think it'd be 
pretty logical; you'd first select the track to edit, then use 
PLAY/EDIT+step[1-8] to edit pattern[1-8] or PLAY/EDIT+step[9-16] to 
edit the playlist for part[1-8]. you could use the third unblinking 
colour to indicate the part being edited. to select a playlist to 
edit from outwith the current part directly from play-mode you'd need 
to select the track to edit as well as the part and hit the 
combination keys at the same time, which seems like quite a task to 
me..

> I rather wish I'd thought of the playlists sooner, 
> so I could have put a dedicated 'list edit' key on there.

for me, the playlists are a large part of what makes the P3 THE most 
kickass sequencer in this world..

grtz Chiel