Doepfer MAQ16/3 Sequencer - Manual (Page 18)

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In MIDI the duration of a quarter note is defined as 24 clocks. If you combine the MAQ with
another MIDI-clock controlled unit (drum machine, computer sequencer etc.) you have to
ensure that the MAQ is running at the same musical tempo as the other unit(s). In this case
we recommend you choose a value of 24, 12 or 6 for the gate time, i.e. to select a musical
period of a quarter, a eight or a sixteenth note between two sequence steps.
The separate adjustment of the prescale-factors for each row make extremely complex
timing arrangements possible, although these will always be referenced to the shared MIDI-
clock. If step-duration is assigned to row 3, the step-duration and the effects of the prescale-
factor from menu 4 will overlap. In combination with different "First/Last steps" in the three
rows one obtains very complex sequences which no longer appear to have any timing-based
relationship, but which always run synchronously via the MIDI-clock.
MODE
There are 13 possible operating modes for each row: forward, reverse, 2 pendulum types,
random, 2 one-shot types and single note. Additionally for the first 5 types can be selected
between Clock- and Note-Trigger, i.e. whether the advance to the next step is caused by
MIDI clock or note events.
Display Operating Mode
FOr vorwärts Clock-gesteuert (forward)
bAC rückwärts Clock-gesteuert (backward)
PE1 Pendelmodus 1 Clock-gesteuert
rnd zufällig Clock-gesteuert (random)
PE2 Pendelmodus 2 Clock-gesteuert
OnS Einfach-Durchlauf 1 Clock-gest. (One Shot)
Onr Einfach-Durchlauf 2 Clock-gest.
OnE Einzelnote Clock-gesteuert
nFr vorwärts Noten-gesteuert
nbC rückwärts Noten-gesteuert
nP1 Pendelmodus 1 Noten-gesteuert
nrd zufällig Noten-gesteuert
nP2 Pendelmodus 2 Noten-gesteuert
The difference between Clock controlled and Note controlled modes is the trigger for the
advance to the next step. The Clock controlled modes are triggered by the (internal or
external) MIDI Clock. This is the standard mode for sequencers. The Note controlled modes
are triggered by an incoming Note event at the MIDI In. The MIDI channel of the incoming
Note event must fit with the MIDI channel assigned to the corresponding row.
In Pendulum 1 the first and last step are played twice so that the row has the same timing as
another row with the same length in forward/backward. In Pendulum 2 the first and last step
are played only once. In this case the effective length of the row is only 15!
In One Shot mode 1 (OnS = One Shot Single) the running stops when last step is reached.
Restart is possible only by using the Start/Stop button. In One Shot mode 2 (Onr = One Shot
Retrigger) the next row in One Shot mode is started when the last step is reached.
With this feature you may create a 48 step sequencer if all 3 rows the mode „Onr“ is
assigned. Of course the MIDI event types, channels, tempo and so on should be the same.
But it may be possible that each row of the 48 step sequence is running with different tempo
or generating different MIDI event types on different channels.