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===Parameter Editor===

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Some parameters must be adjusted using the ~~_parameter editor_~~. This is a control that appears in the top bar showing the parameter being adjusted, its value and some buttons to allow up / down adjustment of the parameter.

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Some parameters must be adjusted using the ''parameter editor''. This is a control that appears in the top bar showing the parameter being adjusted, its value and some buttons to allow up / down adjustment of the parameter.

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Access the ~~_parameter editor_~~ by selecting a menu entry. The parameter editor is displayed with the current parameter name and value.

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Access the ''parameter editor'' by selecting a menu entry. The parameter editor is displayed with the current parameter name and value.

Use the LAYER or SELECT encoders to adjust the value. Values may have minimum and maximum limits.

Short press the BACK encoder to cancel and close the editor.

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[[File:PatternEditor.png|400px|right]]

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The pattern editor allows the creation of a sequence of MIDI events within a time-boxed period. This period is defined in ~~_steps_~~. The quantity of steps may be selected for each pattern. Any quantity of MIDI events may be added to the pattern at each step. The most common MIDI events are notes. The pattern editor displays a grid with horizontal ~~_tramlines_~~ indicating black and white notes. There can be a grid indicating time divisions and octaves. There is a pianoroll on the left with each 'C' note indicated by a legend. Clicking on a note with a pointing device will sound the note briefly. Most common workflows are exposed via rotary encoders, push buttons and pointing device input. More options are available via menus.

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The pattern editor allows the creation of a sequence of MIDI events within a time-boxed period. This period is defined in ''steps''. The quantity of steps may be selected for each pattern. Any quantity of MIDI events may be added to the pattern at each step. The most common MIDI events are notes. The pattern editor displays a grid with horizontal ''tramlines'' indicating black and white notes. There can be a grid indicating time divisions and octaves. There is a pianoroll on the left with each 'C' note indicated by a legend. Clicking on a note with a pointing device will sound the note briefly. Most common workflows are exposed via rotary encoders, push buttons and pointing device input. More options are available via menus.

====Pattern Selection====

There may be up to 999 patterns loaded into the step sequencer. By default pattern 1 is displayed.

Short press LAYER encoder displays a menu.

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Select "Pattern" menu option. The ~~_parameter editor_~~ is displayed in the top bar.

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Select "Pattern" menu option. The ''parameter editor'' is displayed in the top bar.

Use the LAYER or SELECT encoder to select the pattern to edit. The title and grid change to show the pattern that will be selected.

Short press the LAYER or SELECT encoder to select the pattern or short press BACK encoder to cancel.

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Short press the SNAPSHOT encoder to pause playback.

Bold press the SNAPSHOT encoder to stop playback and / or recue to start of pattern.

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NOTE: When exiting the ~~_pattern editor_~~ playback will stop. This is because the ~~_pattern editor_~~ is a design tool and not intended for performance.

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NOTE: When exiting the ''pattern editor'' playback will stop. This is because the ''pattern editor'' is a design tool and not intended for performance.

Playback may also be controlled with a pointing device by pressing the start / pause and stop / recue buttons in the topbar.

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By default each pattern is 16 steps long. This may be adjusted from 1 to 64 steps in each pattern.

Short press LAYER encoder displays a menu.

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Select "Steps in pattern" menu option. The ~~_parameter editor_~~ is displayed in the top bar.

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Select "Steps in pattern" menu option. The ''parameter editor'' is displayed in the top bar.

Use the LAYER or SELECT encoder to adjust the quantity of steps in the pattern. The quantity of grid columns changes to match the step in pattern.

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A user may wish to use the concept of time divisions, e.g. beats in a bar, steps in a beat, etc. This is presented by the display of vertical lines. By default the steps per beat is 4. This may be adjusted from 0 to 24.

Short press LAYER encoder displays a menu.

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Select "Steps per beat" menu option. The ~~_parameter editor_~~ is displayed in the top bar.

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Select "Steps per beat" menu option. The ''parameter editor'' is displayed in the top bar.

Use the LAYER or SELECT encoder to adjust the quantity of steps per beat. The vertical grid lines move to match the steps per beat.

Setting to zero will hide vertical lines.

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All notes within a pattern may be permanently transposed.

Short press LAYER encoder displays a menu.

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Select "Transpose pattern" menu option. The ~~_parameter editor_~~ is displayed in the top bar.

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Select "Transpose pattern" menu option. The ''parameter editor'' is displayed in the top bar.

Use the LAYER or SELECT encoder to move all notes up or down. The pianoroll scrolls to indicate the transposition.

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By default 16 note are shown on the pianoroll and corresponding 16 rows in the grid.

Short press LAYER encoder displays a menu.

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Select "Vertical zoom" menu option. The ~~_parameter editor_~~ is displayed in the top bar.

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Select "Vertical zoom" menu option. The ''parameter editor'' is displayed in the top bar.

Use the LAYER or SELECT encoder to adjust the vertical zoom. The quantity of rows in grid (and notes in pianoroll) change to match the vertical zoom value.

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The pattern editor plays its sequence of notes out on a single MIDI channel.

Short press LAYER encoder displays a menu.

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Select "MIDI channel" menu option. The ~~_parameter editor_~~ is displayed in the top bar.

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Select "MIDI channel" menu option. The ''parameter editor'' is displayed in the top bar.

Use the LAYER or SELECT encoder to adjust the MIDI channel between 1 and 16.

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By default each step within a pattern is advanced after 6 MIDI clock cycles.

Short press LAYER encoder displays a menu.

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Select "Clocks per step" menu option. The ~~_parameter editor_~~ is displayed in the top bar.

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Select "Clocks per step" menu option. The ''parameter editor'' is displayed in the top bar.

Use the LAYER or SELECT encoder to adjust the clocks per step.

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A pattern may be cleared of its content.

Short press LAYER encoder displays a menu.

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Select "Clear pattern" menu option. The ~~_parameter editor_~~ is displayed in the top bar.

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Select "Clear pattern" menu option. The ''parameter editor'' is displayed in the top bar.

Short press the LAYER or SELECT encoder to clear pattern or short press BACK encoder to cancel.

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The currently selected pattern may be copied to another pattern location.

Short press LAYER encoder displays a menu.

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Select "Copy pattern" menu option. The ~~_parameter editor_~~ is displayed in the top bar.

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Select "Copy pattern" menu option. The ''parameter editor'' is displayed in the top bar.

Use the LAYER or SELECT encoder to select the pattern to copy the previous pattern to. The title and grid change to show the pattern that will be overwritten.

Short press the LAYER or SELECT encoder to overwrite pattern with previously selected pattern or short press BACK encoder to cancel.

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[[File:SongEditor.png|400px|right]]

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The song editor allows the assignment of patterns to a variable quantity of tracks. Each song may have any quantity of tracks. A track represents a sequence of patterns. Each track may have any quantity of patterns and hence be any duration. Each pattern may belong to a group (A, B, C...), has a MIDI channel and a play mode. The track group and number are shown on the left with its MIDI channel in brackets and its play mode shown by an icon. Patterns may not overlap on the same track. A timeline is shown along the bottom of the grid. Bar (or ~~_sync point_~~) markers are indicated by vertical lines with its time (in time divisions) at the bottom in the timeline. There may up to 999 songs loaded.

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The song editor allows the assignment of patterns to a variable quantity of tracks. Each song may have any quantity of tracks. A track represents a sequence of patterns. Each track may have any quantity of patterns and hence be any duration. Each pattern may belong to a group (A, B, C...), has a MIDI channel and a play mode. The track group and number are shown on the left with its MIDI channel in brackets and its play mode shown by an icon. Patterns may not overlap on the same track. A timeline is shown along the bottom of the grid. Bar (or ''sync point'') markers are indicated by vertical lines with its time (in time divisions) at the bottom in the timeline. There may up to 999 songs loaded.

====Song Selection====

There may be up to 999 songs loaded into the step sequencer. By default no song is displayed.

Short press LAYER encoder displays a menu.

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Select "Song" menu option. The ~~_parameter editor_~~ is displayed in the top bar.

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Select "Song" menu option. The ''parameter editor'' is displayed in the top bar.

Use the LAYER or SELECT encoder to select the song to edit. The title and grid change to show the song that will be selected.

Short press the LAYER or SELECT encoder to select the song or short press BACK encoder to cancel.

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====Time Divisions====

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The timeline is quantised to ~~_time divisions_~~. This is the minimum step that may be navigated / pattern positioned.

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The timeline is quantised to ''time divisions''. This is the minimum step that may be navigated / pattern positioned.

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A user may wish to use the concept of bars (or other larger time divisions). This is presented by the display of vertical lines. By default the time divisions per bar 16. This may be adjusted from 1 to 999. This setting also defines the ~~_sync point_~~ for live playout, i.e. the time at which a pattern will start playing after being triggered.

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A user may wish to use the concept of bars (or other larger time divisions). This is presented by the display of vertical lines. By default the time divisions per bar 16. This may be adjusted from 1 to 999. This setting also defines the ''sync point'' for live playout, i.e. the time at which a pattern will start playing after being triggered.

Short press LAYER encoder displays a menu.

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Select "Bar / sync" menu option. The ~~_parameter editor_~~ is displayed in the top bar.

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Select "Bar / sync" menu option. The ''parameter editor'' is displayed in the top bar.

Use the LAYER or SELECT encoder to adjust the quantity of time division per marker. The vertical grid lines move to match.

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All notes within a song may be transposed.

Short press LAYER encoder displays a menu.

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Select "Transpose pattern" menu option. The ~~_parameter editor_~~ is displayed in the top bar.

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Select "Transpose pattern" menu option. The ''parameter editor'' is displayed in the top bar.

Use the LAYER or SELECT encoder to move all notes up or down.

Note: This setting is at song level. Patterns are not individually transposed. Playback is transposed.

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By default up to 16 tracks are shown.

Short press LAYER encoder displays a menu.

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Select "Vertical zoom" menu option. The ~~_parameter editor_~~ is displayed in the top bar.

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Select "Vertical zoom" menu option. The ''parameter editor'' is displayed in the top bar.

Use the LAYER or SELECT encoder to adjust the vertical zoom. The quantity of tracks change to match the vertical zoom value.

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By default 64 time divisions are shown.

Short press LAYER encoder displays a menu.

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Select "Horizontal zoom" menu option. The ~~_parameter editor_~~ is displayed in the top bar.

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Select "Horizontal zoom" menu option. The ''parameter editor'' is displayed in the top bar.

Use the LAYER or SELECT encoder to adjust the horizontal zoom. The quantity of columns change to match the horizontal zoom value.

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Use the BACK encoder to select the track.

Short press LAYER encoder displays a menu.

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Select "MIDI channel" menu option. The ~~_parameter editor_~~ is displayed in the top bar.

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Select "MIDI channel" menu option. The ''parameter editor'' is displayed in the top bar.

Use the LAYER or SELECT encoder to adjust the MIDI channel between 1 and 16. The track title changes to show the MIDI channel in brackets.

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By default each time division is 6 MIDI clock cycles.

Short press LAYER encoder displays a menu.

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Select "Clocks per division" menu option. The ~~_parameter editor_~~ is displayed in the top bar.

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Select "Clocks per division" menu option. The ''parameter editor'' is displayed in the top bar.

Use the LAYER or SELECT encoder to adjust the clocks per division.

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A song may be cleared of its content.

Short press LAYER encoder displays a menu.

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Select "Clear song" menu option. The ~~_parameter editor_~~ is displayed in the top bar.

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Select "Clear song" menu option. The ''parameter editor'' is displayed in the top bar.

Short press the LAYER or SELECT encoder to clear song or short press BACK encoder to cancel.

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The currently selected song may be copied to another song location.

Short press LAYER encoder displays a menu.

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Select "Copy song" menu option. The ~~_parameter editor_~~ is displayed in the top bar.

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Select "Copy song" menu option. The ''parameter editor'' is displayed in the top bar.

Use the LAYER or SELECT encoder to select the song to copy the previous song to. The title and grid change to show the song that will be overwritten.

Short press the LAYER or SELECT encoder to overwrite pattern with previously selected song or short press BACK encoder to cancel.

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Use the SELECT encoder to select the time at which to add a tempo change. The screen will scroll at left and right edges.

Short press LAYER encoder displays a menu.

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Select "Tempo" menu option. The ~~_parameter editor_~~ is displayed in the top bar.

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Select "Tempo" menu option. The ''parameter editor'' is displayed in the top bar.

Use the LAYER or SELECT encoder to select the tempo.

Short press the LAYER or SELECT encoder to add a tempo change to the selected song or short press BACK encoder to cancel. The tempo is displayed in the master track as red text below the timeline.

====Remove Tempo Marker====

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Tempo persists until the next ~~_different_~~ tempo change. You cannot have consecutive tempo markers with the same value.

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Tempo persists until the next ''different'' tempo change. You cannot have consecutive tempo markers with the same value.

Use the SELECT encoder to select the time at which to remove tempo marker. The screen will scroll at left and right edges.

Short press LAYER encoder displays a menu.

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Select "Tempo" menu option. The ~~_parameter editor_~~ is displayed in the top bar.

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Select "Tempo" menu option. The ''parameter editor'' is displayed in the top bar.

Use the LAYER or SELECT encoder to adjust the tempo. The tempo marker changes and will disappear when it is the same as the previous tempo marker.

Short press BACK encoder to cancel.

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group will stop the currently playing sequence (from this group) and start that pad's sequence running synchronously with existing sequences, starting at the next ''sync point''.

An icon on the pad indicates the play mode:

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~~icon~~|Mode|Description

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None|Disabled|No sequence will play

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endnoline|Oneshot|Sequence will play only once, stopping immediately when pad clicked

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!Icon

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loop|Loop|Sequence will play in a continuous loop, stopping immediately when pad clicked

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!Mode

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end|Oneshot All|Sequence will play only once, stopping at next sync point after pad clicked

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!Description

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loopstop|Loop All|Sequence will play in a continuous loop, stopping at next sync point after pad clicked

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|None||Disabled||No sequence will play

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|endnoline||Oneshot||Sequence will play only once, stopping immediately when pad clicked

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|loop||Loop||Sequence will play in a continuous loop, stopping immediately when pad clicked

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|end||Oneshot All||Sequence will play only once, stopping at next sync point after pad clicked

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|loopstop||Loop All||Sequence will play in a continuous loop, stopping at next sync point after pad clicked

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The play mode and sync point is set in the song editor.

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====ZynPad ''Song'' Selection====

ZynPad is configured by the song editor. Each pad represents a track in a song.

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Short press LAYER encoder displays a menu.

Select "Song" menu option. The ''parameter editor'' is displayed in the top bar.

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Short press LAYER, SELECT to select song.

Short press BACK encoder to cancel.

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The quantity of pads is defined by the quantity of tracks in the song. There will always be the same quantity of rows as columns. Extra pads required to fill grid (greater than quantity of tracks) are shown disabled. Text and icons scale to match pad size.

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====Clock====

To use an external MIDI clock to synchronise Zynthian:

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Navigate to the ~~_Admin_~~ page.

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Navigate to the ''Admin'' page.

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Disable ~~_MIDI~~ Clock ~~Internal_~~.

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Disable ''MIDI Clock Internal''.

Provide an external MIDI clock.

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Sequences will only play after receiving MIDI START / STOP / CONTINUE or being triggered from Zynthian user interface and will play at the rate of the external clock. 6 MIDI clock messages are sent for each ~~_beat_~~. A beat is often considered to be a crotchet / quarter note.

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Sequences will only play after receiving MIDI START / STOP / CONTINUE or being triggered from Zynthian user interface and will play at the rate of the external clock. 6 MIDI clock messages are sent for each ''beat''. A beat is often considered to be a crotchet / quarter note.

====Trigger Sequence **NOT YET IMPLEMENTED**====

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Each sequence (pad) within ZynPad may be triggered by MIDI NOTE ON messages~~. Pads are triggered by sequential white notes, e.g. C4, D4, E4, etc~~. The MIDI channel is configurable.

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Each sequence (pad) within ZynPad may be triggered by MIDI NOTE ON messages. The MIDI channel is configurable.

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Short press LAYER encoder displays a menu.

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Select "MIDI channel" menu option. The ~~_parameter editor_~~ is displayed in the top bar.

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Select "MIDI channel" menu option. The ''parameter editor'' is displayed in the top bar.

Use the LAYER or SELECT encoder to select the MIDI channel for external trigger.

Short press LAYER, SELECT to select channel.

Short press BACK encoder to cancel.

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Use the BACK encoder to select the track.

Short press LAYER encoder displays a menu.

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Select "Trigger note" menu option. The ~~_parameter editor_~~ is displayed in the top bar.

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Select "Trigger note" menu option. The ''parameter editor'' is displayed in the top bar.

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Use the LAYER or SELECT encoder to select the note number for external trigger ~~of _first_ pad~~.

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Use the LAYER or SELECT encoder to select the note number for external trigger.

Short press LAYER, SELECT to select note.

Short press BACK encoder to cancel.

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