Analogue-sequencer

hiya all,

i'm trying to get familiar with my new p3 but i'm a bit confused 
setting the tempo of a bank to less than 120 bpm by the bank initial 
tempo option (page 6, f3). changing to a tempo of less than 120 bpm 
needs to do adjustments in 2-bpm-steps/even numbers only - e.g. setting 
a default bank tempo of 105 bpm doesn't work - the choice is 104 or 
106 ... unfortunately the manual doesn't seem to give further 
explanations about ... it might be a feature to avoid boring slow 
rythms ...?!

... thnx in advance for any advice

> i'm trying to get familiar with my new p3 but i'm a bit confused 
> setting the tempo of a bank to less than 120 bpm by the bank initial 
> tempo option (page 6, f3). changing to a tempo of less than 120 bpm 
> needs to do adjustments in 2-bpm-steps/even numbers only - 

The knobs on P3 have 128 possible positions, so over a tempo range of 40 to
250 BPM, it's not possible to have every integer value.
The fine tempo adjust feature gets round that for direct tempo setting in
steps of 0.1 BPM, but there isn't a fine tune for bank initial tempo.

However, it occured to me some time ago that using the DATA knob to enter
the bank initial tempo is a bit superfluous.
How often would you set the initial tempo to something other than the
current tempo you have selected ?
So, it may be an idea to change the way that bank initial tempo is set so
that it simply captures the current tempo - including any fine tempo adjust.

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

--- In analogue-sequencer@yahoogroups.com, "Colin Fraser" <colin@...>
wrote:
> However, it occured to me some time ago that using the DATA knob to
enter
> the bank initial tempo is a bit superfluous.
> How often would you set the initial tempo to something other than the
> current tempo you have selected ?
> So, it may be an idea to change the way that bank initial tempo is
set so
> that it simply captures the current tempo - including any fine tempo
adjust.

I like that idea!

-Jim