Analogue-sequencer

>>Probably the terminology. Chain them by holding down a range 
> > of part keys that will then loop round (unless you employ aux 
> > events to say different). You can set repeats and global bar 
> > lengths for each part too, as I bet you've tinkered with.<<

so what's a "part", in v4? I'm asking on behalf of the noobs, aswell as old v3 users like me who went to v4 principally for the larger memory & who then lost the playlisting function....
is it now a combination of track mute settings? does it remember different start/loop points?

personally, I've never touched the part button since loading v4. I'm not sure I didn't think it didn't do anything anymore...

& my understanding of how to set loop points is recent; though I've been cheerfully making patterns of different multiples of 16 steps, I've not really needed to alter these things in the context of using the p3 as a midi-looping device. 

having the ability to set the start & loop points for a long pattern in several different places, & then store this information into parts would sort of return some of the lost playlist functionality. I would simply play into a track all of the notes for a particular instrument, then divide this performance up into intro/verse/chorus/middle-8 & so on using the start & loop points, & store each section under a different part button.

is this how it is? or am I trippin'?

d.