Operation Manual

SEQUENCER FUNCTIONS
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Track types
These are the different track types:
• The Blocks track.
The Blocks track is present at the top of the Track List only when the Blocks button on the transport Panel is on.
On the Blocks track you can create Block Automation clips to decide which Blocks should play back. Refer to
“Working with Blocks in the Sequencer” for more information about the Blocks feature.
• The Transport track.
The Transport track is always present at the top of the Track List and cannot be moved or deleted. The Transport
Track can have a maximum of two lanes: one containing time signature automation, and the other containing
tempo automation. See “Automating time signature” and “Editing tempo automation” for more details.
• Instrument tracks
Devices that can receive MIDI notes, such as the Combinator device, will automatically be assigned a record en-
abled track when created. On an instrument track you can create a number of separate note lanes that can incor-
porate clips containing a combination of note and performance controller events. Multiple lanes are perfect if you,
for example, are recording a drum track and want to record each drum sound on a separate lane. An instrument
track can also have a number of parameter automation lanes that can contain clips with instrument parameter au-
tomation events.
• Parameter automation (“non-instrument”) tracks
Tracks for devices that do not receive MIDI note data (e.g. effects and mixer devices) can only contain parameter
automation lanes. These “non-instrument” devices are not automatically assigned a track when created. To auto-
mate parameters for non-instrument devices you need to manually create a track for these. The number of avail-
able lanes is limited by the number of parameters of each device. There can be one lane for each automatable
parameter in the device.