Sequentix P3 SEQUENCER Operation Manual page 49

Sequentix Music Systems
Velocity
Velocity is the default assignment of the UPPER knobs in pattern edit .
The status LED for velocity is labelled VELO
The range of values is from 1 to 127.
The value sets the velocity of any MIDI note message sent from a step.
Gate Length
Gate length is used to control the "on time" of the MIDI note within each step.
The status LED for length is labelled LENG
The range is from 1 to 12.
If you think of each step as lasting for 12 ticks (where a tick is 1/48 of a quarter note), the gate length
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determines how many of those ticks the MIDI note is held on for.
A setting of 1 produces a very short note.
A setting of 12 means there will be no gap at all between the note on one step and a note on the
following step.
Since gate length is a proportion of the step time, it varies according to the pattern timebase and
tempo.
*TIP Gate length doesn't make much difference on a synth sound that has a significant release time.
Try out different gate lengths using a sound with very short attack and release times and a high sustain
level.
You'll soon hear the effect it has.
Gate Delay
Gate delay allows you to delay the start of a note, so that it occurs sometime after the beat.
The status LED for delay is labelled DELAY
The range is from 0 to 11.
As with length, think of each step as being 12 ticks long.
Normally the note starts on the very first of the 12 ticks.
If you set a non-zero value for delay, then the note will not start until later in the step.
P3 Sequencer User Manual Page 49