78 79
• Synth 1 - Patterns 1 to 4
• Synth 2 - Pattern 1 only
• MIDI 1 – Patterns 1 and 2
• MIDI 2 – Patterns 6 and 7
• Drum 1 - Patterns 2 and 3
• Drum 2 – Patterns 3 to 6
• Drum 3 - Patterns 5 and 6
• Drum 4 – Patterns 1 to 8
When you press Play, each track will loop round its own chain of Patterns. The longest chain is Drum
4 – this defines the overall length of the sequence, in this case, 128 (8 x 16) steps. Drum 4 will play
Patterns 1 to 8 in order, then loop back to Pattern 1 and start again. Against this, Synth 1 will play
Patterns 1 to 4 in order, and then loop back and repeat; Synth 2 only has one Pattern, so this will
repeat eight times in the 8-pattern sequence. Drum 1 and Drum 3 have two Patterns in their chains, so
they will each be played through four times and Drum 2 has four Patterns in its chain, so it will played
through twice. What you hear is illustrated in the timeline below:
8
96
88
80
72
64
56
48
40
32
24
16
104
112
120
1280
Drum 4
Drum 3
Synth 2
Synth 1
Pattern 1 Pattern 2
Pattern 3
Pattern 5
Pattern 1Pattern 1Pattern 1
Pattern 1
Pattern 5
Pattern 1
Pattern 2
Pattern 4
Pattern 3
Pattern 6Pattern 6
Pattern 4
LOOPS BACK AFTER 128 BEATS
LOOPS BACK AFTER 128 BEATS
LOOPS BACK AFTER 128 BEATS
LOOPS BACK AFTER 128 BEATS
Pattern 1 Pattern 2 Pattern 3 Pattern 4
Pattern 1Pattern 1 Pattern 1Pattern 1
MIDI 2
MIDI 1
LOOPS BACK AFTER 128 BEATS
LOOPS BACK AFTER 128 BEATS
Drum 2
Drum 1
Pattern 5
Pattern 2
Pattern 3
Pattern 2
Pattern 4
Pattern 6
Pattern 3Pattern 3
LOOPS BACK AFTER 128 BEATS
LOOPS BACK AFTER 128 BEATS
Pattern 2Pattern 2 Pattern 3Pattern 3
Pattern 5
Pattern 3
Pattern 4
Pattern 6
Pattern 5
Pattern 5 Pattern 6Pattern 6
Pattern 7
Pattern 5
Pattern 6
Pattern 8
Pattern 1
Pattern 2
Pattern 1
Pattern 2
Pattern 1
Pattern 2
Pattern 1
Pattern 2
Pattern 6
Pattern 7
Pattern 6
Pattern 7
Pattern 6
Pattern 7
Pattern 6
Pattern 7
BEATS
The above example illustrates the basic points involved in chaining Patterns together to make a
longer sequence. Creating longer, more complex and more interesting sequences is merely an
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