Analogue-sequencer

I own a Future Retro 777

in it's sequencer in order to tie notes...you hold down the first and last notes and it ties 
them...most of the time I'll put it as the same note...but sometimes it's really cool when 
radically different notes are tied together

My current understanding of the P3 is that Ties can only occur while the same note is 
selected over multiple steps...is there a way to just have the P3 tie notes no matter if the 
notes are different...also...could an option be incorporated where you can tie notes (i.e. 
the future retro method) from the Gate Mode rather than having to go into tie mode to 
access it...i get a bit confused by the different colors in tie mode

...sorry if this has been discussed before...i just joined last week :)

-Paris Lee