Analogue-sequencer

I'm not as well versed in the P3 as some of you, so maybe there is an 
answer I haven't found yet.

I wanted to set up a track with a couple of drone notes on it.  I put a 
note on step 1, set the length to 12, but it didn't hold long enough.  
So I tied it to a few consecutive notes (no gates on them) but it 
didn't seem to sustain the patch like I thought it would.  It seems 
like the length of the sound is governed by the gate length of the 
triggering step only.

If that's the case, what would the consequences be (and can the sw 
support) allowing the step length to exceed 12?  (ie like 48 or 96 or 
even higher).

Thanks.

PS - thanks Duncan, I'd probably just modify my manual to match the new 
color scheme.  And yes, that twin seq. pack was shipped out, so report 
that nonsense to ebay.