Analogue-sequencer

Thanks again to Colin for another update with some great new features ;)
I havent loaded anything new since i finished my P3 mid last year so
think its time, I guess the only problem is trawling through all the
realeased versions to get a list of all the changes together to add to
my V3 manual...is there a V4 manual by any chance?

cheers
Brett

--- In analogue-sequencer@yahoogroups.com, "Colin Fraser" <colin@...>
wrote:
>
> There's an updated v4 beta in the usual place...
> 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
>