Analogue-sequencer

> There is one thing that I'm not able to do yet and I'd like to know if
> I'm missing something. I'd like to record live into 2 chained
> patterns. Is this possible? The way it is now it seems that both
> patterns are getting the same 16 step sequence. 

You need to use 'play mode' record rather than 'edit mode' record.
This is detailed in the manual.
 
> Another question is about V4. What is it? is it a new OS? is there
> more information about it available? where can i download it?

V4 is a fairly extensive re-design of the way P3 lets you to chain multiple
patterns together.

Under v3, each track has a fixed number of 'patterns' that can be selected.
The number of patterns depends on the memory layout selected - 3, 6 or 12
banks.
In 3 bank mode, you get 16 patterns per track, 6 banks gives 8 patters, 12
banks give 4.
The pattern selections across all eight tracks are stored in 'parts' - with
8 parts per bank.
The important point here is that all the parts in a bank share access to the
same fixed number of patterns for each track.
Parts allow you to chain up to 8 different patterns so they play in a loop,
with transpose and repeats as required.

Under v4, parts have become more like multi-track patterns - each track in
each part can have it's own unique pattern, with no limit on the amount of
pattern storage used other than the total memory available for the whole
bank.
You can create patterns that are up to 16 bars in length.
This compares to v3 where all patterns were 1 bar long, and to get anything
longer you had to use the playlist in a part to chain a number of patterns
together.

It's still in beta, but will have an initial release version in a couple
more weeks.
 
> If I'm starting to get my head around it I think I'll jump for the
> most recent version.

Although v4 is still not quite finished to a release standard, I would
recommend if you are starting from scratch with a P3, you'll find v4 much
easier to grasp conceptually. Learning v3 only to switch to v4 after a few
weeks would seem like a bit of a waste of effort.

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