Audio Damage BigSeq2 - Manual (Page 10)

The STEP SIZE control affects both the Modulation Sequencer and the Gate Sequencer. Each effects block’s
sequencer can have its own step size setting. This means that BigSeq2’s sequencers can have very complex
interrelations since they each have their own number of steps and step size settings.
In the lower-left corner of the Modulation Sequencer panel is a row of switches for setting the play direction
for the sequencer. If the button labeled “” is selected, the sequencer plays steps in order from left to right.
(This is probably the mode in which you would expect the sequencer to operate.) If the button labeled “” is
selected, the sequencer plays in the opposite direction, moving from right to left. After it plays the leftmost
step it jumps back to the last active step. If the GLOBAL RESET control is set to something other than Off, the
sequencer will jump to this rightmost active step whenever the host DAW reaches the beginning of a measure
which resets the sequencer. Finally, if the button labeled “
? ” is selected, the sequencer chooses its next step
at random, jumping unpredictably among the active steps. These switches affect the operation of both the
Modulation Sequencer and the Gate Sequencer.
At the bottom right of the Gate Sequencer panel are three buttons. Their function is nearly identical to that of
the buttons with the same names in the Gate Sequencer. When you click the RAND button, the Modulation
Sequencer sliders will be to randomly chosen values. When you click the CLEAR button, all of the sliders are
set to zero, their lowest position.
The RESET button is an on/off toggle switch. When turned on, the Modulation Sequencer automatically
randomizes its sliders every time the sequencer starts playing from the beginning. Turning RESET on is like
clicking the RAND button every time the sequencer starts the beginning of its pattern.
The small rectangles immediately below the Modulation Sequencer sliders are the slider locks. (That little
symbol to the left of the row is a stylized image of a padlock.) When a step’s slider lock is turned on, that step
is not affected by the rand, reset, and clear buttons. A locked slider will retain its value when you click RAND
or CLEAR, and when RESET is turned on. You can still change the slider by clicking it with the mouse. The
slider locks let you keep parts of the modulation pattern the same while other parts change randomly,
allowing you to create variations of patterns with common values.
The horizontal slider labeled SMOOTHING controls whether the output of the Modulation Sequencer jumps
from one value to the next or moves in a ramp-like manner. If the slider is moved all the way to the left (such
that the box appears to be empty), the output of the Modulation Sequencer will immediately jump between
the values set by the vertical sliders as the sequencer moves from one step to the next. If you drag the
smoothing slider to the right, the Modulation Sequencer’s output will slide from one value to the next. The
amount of smoothing is not affected by the host DAW’s tempo, so it is possible to set the smoothing slider to
a high-enough value that you’ll hear little or no change in the sequencer’s output.