Sequentix P3 SEQUENCER - Putting an Accumulator to Work

Sequentix Music Systems
P3 Sequencer User Manual Page 137
The important thing to realise is that the accumulator values are added to the pattern values on every
step of the pattern.
Normally, the accumulators have no effect.
This is because, whenever P3 is started, or a new pattern is selected on a track, the accumulators are
reset to zero.
So unless you choose to change the values in the accumulators, they remain at zero, and have no effect.
Putting An Accumulator To Work
Let’s look at an example to get an accumulator doing something useful.
We’ll start with the note accumulator.
Here’s an example pattern to work with.
It is only 4 steps long, so make sure you set the last step to 4.
Example pattern:
Step
1 2 3 4
Note
C5 E5 G5 C6
Velocity
64 64 64 64
Length
6 6 6 6
Gate
on on on on
Enter the pattern, and start it playing, and you should hear a simple rising arpeggio.
Let’s configure aux A with an event that will affect the note accumulator.
In pattern edit for the example pattern:
• change UPPER MODE to AUX (if it isn’t already)
• ensure aux A is selected as the current STEP MODE
• enter the Aux Config page using FUNC + STEP MODE
• press step key 4 to select the “Accumulator” event group
The first event in the group is “offset note abs ”, which will be selected by default.
That’s the first one we’ll use, so just press “save”, F1, to confirm the assignment.
• use the UPPER knob on step 3 to enter a value of 5 for “offset note abs”
The next time the pattern passes through step 3, you will hear the pitch of all following notes in the
pattern rise.