Analogue-sequencer

> 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.

Tied notes also need their gates on.

Long tbases are good for drones, if you haven't got to that bit yet.
Set tbase to 1 and each step will last one bar.
 
> 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).

Step length is internally scaled depending on the tbase setting.
e.g. if you set tbase to 8, notes with a length of 12 will be converted on
the fly to a length of 24.

There is a new feature in the works that will be ideal for drone notes...

Best regards,
Colin Fraser
Sequentix Music Systems Ltd
http://www.sequentix.com