Elektron Musical Instruments

hello all,

i know i've posted something _similar_ to this before, and for a 
while i didn't use my monomachine. now i'm back at it quite 
seriously, and am having a few difficulties with what seems like a 
bug.

my work flow is to build a pattern up w/ a 32 step scale, then go to 
a 64 step scale when i want to add a longer theme. the problem is, 
whenever i go to 64 steps from 32, ALL of my note data (on the 
internal and midi sequencers) is deleted!!! "---" for every note 
value! all the triggers are still there, as well as my locks. just no 
notes. i have tried doing the scale operation while the sequencer is 
running and stopped. before i start working on a pattern i clear it 
out, so i'm sure there isn't any data outside of the 32 steps i'm 
editing. any ideas on what i'm doing wrong??? :(     

knowing that this happens, the last time i built a 32 step pattern i 
copied the pattern and then changed the scale. of course, my notes 
were deleted. then, i pasted my 32 step pattern into the 64 step 
pattern ... the behavior is strange, the first time it seemed like it 
pasted 32 steps worth into a 64 step pattern. the next time the 32 
step setting over wrote the 64 step setting and it played the 32 step 
pattern fine. i have no idea what i did differently between the two 
times (maybe sequencer running/stopped). what is the expected 
behavior for this operation?

i've been over the manual a few times, and tried searching the groups 
messages for solutions, excuse me if this has been addressed and i'm 
missing something obvious! 

i love my monomachine and have it triggering an emu pro-cussion 
module w/ it's midi tracks right now, super fun! if i could figure 
this scale shit out i'd be so set, so thanks VERY much in advance ;)

<3
j.ordan