User Manual

WORKING WITH BLOCKS IN THE SEQUENCER
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About Performance Controllers and Parameter Automation
Since the sequencer tracks and lanes are shared between the Blocks and the Song arrangement, the following rules
apply regarding Performance Controller and Parameter Automation:
• Performance Controller and Parameter Automation data in the Song View arrangement always overrides auto-
mation in Blocks.
• If a sequencer track uses Parameter Automation in the Block, the automation will also affect all clips on the
corresponding lanes in the Song View.
The picture below shows a piece of an arrangement with an instrument track which has one note lane and one pa-
rameter automation lane. The arrangement is built up by Blocks (the ghosted data) and one short Song Clip for
variation in bars 28 through 29 (the blue clip on the note lane). The Block uses Mod Wheel Performance Control-
ler automation (the grey line inside the note clips in the Block) and automation of the Rotary 4 parameter (the grey
line in the parameter automation clips in the Block):
• The song only plays Block data from the start to bar 28.
During this time, the Rotary 4 automation is active. (However, no notes are played back in bars 1 through 16 since
the note lane in the Block is muted.)
• At bar 17 the note lane is played back together with the Mod Wheel Performance Controller data in the Block.
The Rotary 4 automation is still active.
• At bar 28 the (blue) Song Clip takes over the note playback and Mod Wheel Performance Controller automa-
tion.
Since the Mod Wheel isn’t touched at all in the Song Clip, its value is set to zero. However, note that the Song Clip
is still affected by the Rotary 4 automation in the Block!
• At bar 30 the note clip in the Block takes over again and controls note playback and Mod Wheel Performance
Controller automation.
The Rotary 4 automation is still active.