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5.3 SeqRnd
Sequences
Chord-Foo SeqClear
resets the C HORD -F OO track. If you need to clear only the C HORD track use the “-” option.
5.3
SeqRnd
Normally, the patterns used for each bar are selected in order. For example, if you had a sequence:
Drum-2 Sequence P1 P2 P3 z
bar 1 would use “P1”, bar 2 “P2”, etc. However, it is quite possible (and fun and useful) to insert a
randomness to the order of sequences. MmA can achieve this in three different ways:
1. Separately for each track:
Drum-Snare SeqRnd On
2. Globally for all tracks:
SeqRnd On
3. For a selected set of tracks (keeping the tracks synchronized):
SeqRnd Drum-Snare Chord-2 Chord-3
To disable random sequencing:
SeqRnd Off
Drum SeqRnd Off
To illustrate the different effects you can generate, assume that you have a total of four tracks defined:
Drum-Snare, Drum-Low, Chord and Bass; your sequence size is 4 bars; and you have created some type
of sequence for each track with a commands similar to:
Drum-Snare Sequence D1 D2 D3 D4
Drum-Low Sequence D11 D22 D33 D44
Chord Sequence C1 C2 C3 C4
Bass Sequence B1 B2 B3 B4
With no sequence randomization at all, the tracks will be be processed as:
PP
PP
Bar
P
1
Track PPPP
Drum-Snare
Drum-Low
Chord
Bass
D1
D11
C1
B1
2
3
4
5
D2
D22
C2
B2
D3
D33
C3
B3
D4
D44
C4
B4
D1
D11
C1
B1
Next, assume we have set sequence randomization with:
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