Dave Smith Instruments PRO 2 - Manual (Page 59)

49 Pro 2 Operation Manual Sequencer
Sequencer
For many musicians, the term sequencer has become synonymous with
MIDI sequencer—a software application for recording and playing back
MIDI performance data. But sequencers were around long before MIDI.
The original sequencers in modular synths were used as a modula-
tion source. They produced a series of control voltage events at timed
intervals that could be used to change the value of a synth parameter
in discrete steps. Sequences could be routed to oscillator frequency to
produce a series of pitched notes, to filter frequency to produce stepped
filtering effects, and so on.
The Pro 2’s sequencer is like an original analog sequencer but more
powerful. It provides either sixteen tracks of 16-step sequences, or eight
tracks of 32-step sequences—depending on which mode you choose for
a particular program. Each sequencer track can be routed to a different
modulation destination, and each step in a sequence can be set to a differ-
ent value to modulate that destination.
The Pro 2’s sequencer also allows rests, ties, and sequences of vari-
able length, all of which make for some very interesting and complex
patterns, particularly when sequences are set to a mixture of odd and
even numbers of steps.
Edit
Hold to Select
Track Select Play/Stop
Tap Tempo
Record Reset Steps 1-16 Steps 17 -32
17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15
32
16
Step Value Slew BPM Clock Divide
ARPEGGIATOR CUE/PLAY LIST SEQUENCER
Notes
Slew
Velocity
Note: C5 Slew: 0 Tie Vel: 100
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