Analogue-sequencer

Hi Colin,
    I updated my P3 to v4b19, but I am still seeing the Random weirdness.
It still just sticks to step 16 (is it something on my machine?).  Also, 
brownian and either direction
still seem to be going just "forward".

Thanks,
Dave



Colin Fraser wrote:
> 
> 
> There's an updated v4 beta in the usual place...
> http://www.sequentix.com/v4beta.htm <http://www.sequentix.com/v4beta.htm>
> 
> This one fixes a few bugs, including random direction weirdness.
> And it adds a 'bar loop' section to patterns.
> The pattern edit pages are re-ordered too, like this:
> 
> 1: tbase, direction, last step
> 2: shift, shf
> 3: clr, copy, paste
> 
> 4: bars, arm
> 5: GbH, bcopy, hold
> 
> 6: pattern config
> 7: sculpt
> 8: randomize note
> 9: randomize upper
> 
> PAGE + the appropriate step number takes you straight to each page, as in
> v3.
> 
> To recap the changes in edit mode for any new beta users, the tbase and
> direction soft-keys now work in conjunction with the step keys to select
> values directly. e.g. tbase 16 is on step key 5, so hold 'tbase' (F1) and
> press 5.
> All the other functions work as they did in v3.
> 
> Pages 4 and 5 are 'bar edit', where the LEDs show you the number of bars in
> the pattern (usually GREEN), the current edit bar (RED) and the bar loop
> section if you set one.
> To change the number of bars in a pattern, on page 4, you hold 'bars' (F1),
> and select the number required.
> The length of the pattern will usually be shown with GREEN leds. The current
> bar playing will flash, and the current bar selected for editing will be
> RED.
> 
> In bar edit, the NOTE knobs set bar transpose and the UPPER knobs set bar
> repeats.
> 
> The arm key on page 4 sets the track to restart the pattern at bar 1 on the
> next gbar reset.
> 
> On page 5, the GbH key toggles 'gbar hold' for the current edit bar, i.e.
> the one shown in RED.
> Gbar hold will repeat a bar until the next gbar reset, at which point it
> will advance to the next bar in the pattern.
> 
> You select the edit bar using the DATA knob, or just by pressing the step
> key while in bar edit.
> 
> Bcopy is used to copy or swap the contents of bars in the pattern.
> The source is always the current edit bar.
> For example, if you have created a 1 bar pattern, and you want to make it
> into a 2 bar pattern, where the second bar is just a subtle variation on the
> first, go to bar edit (PAGE + 4), hold 'bars' and press step 2 to set the
> length to 2 bars.
> Bar 1 should be red, showing it's the current edit bar.
> Go to page 5, hold 'bcopy' then press step 2.
> The contents of bar 1 will be copied to bar 2.
> Then you can use the DATA knob or step key 2 to select bar 2 for editing,
> and go back to page 1 to return to pattern edit on that bar.
> If you wanted to swap the contents of bars 1 and 2, you would use FUNC +
> bcopy.
> 
> Bar loops are set in bar edit mode using FUNC and the step keys.
> Say you have a 4 bar pattern, and you want to loop bars 3 and 4.
>  From page 4 or 5, you would hold FUNC, then press step 3, then step 3, then
> release FUNC.
> The LEDs will show bars 1 and 2 in AMBER, indicating they are outside the
> loop section.
> When a pattern with a loop section plays, it will play from the start when
> P3 is first started, a new part is selected, or the track is reset by an
> 'arm'.
> When the last bar in the loop section has played, the pattern returns to the
> first bar in the loop.
> So in the example above, the bars would play 1, 2, 3, 4, 3, 4, 3, 4...
> 
> If you hold FUNC and press a single step key, you will set only the last bar
> in the loop point.
> 
> I think I should probably start writing a v4 manual...
> 
> Best regards,
> Colin Fraser
> Sequentix Music Systems Ltd
> http://www.sequentix.com <http://www.sequentix.com>
> 
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