Step Seq

Classic clock-synced step sequencer

When to use it

Add Step Seq after a Clock when you want a classic 4–16 step sequencer you edit on a full-screen grid — notes with velocity and gate, or stepped writes to another device parameter.

INFO

Needs clock (internal or external). Unlike most devices, Step Seq opens a custom step grid instead of a plain parameter list.

Editing the grid

Step Seq opens a full-width step grid (not the usual parameter list):

Control	On the grid	On the settings slot
Encoder	Move focus across steps → settings icon	—
Select	Toggle the focused step Active	Open settings (device parameters)
Hold Select + encoder	Edit Note (Note mode) or Value (Param mode)	—
Select + Back	Open the per-step parameter list on the left	Open settings on the left
Back	—	Close the left panel and return to the grid

Filled steps show a velocity bar; a triangle marks the playhead. Note names (or param values) sit under each cell.

Settings parameters

Parameter	Range	What it does
Bypass	0 – 1	When on, the device is disabled and MIDI passes through unchanged.
Steps	4 – 16	Number of steps in the pattern (4–16).
Rate	0 – 6	Clock division for each step advance.
Mode	0 – 1	What each active step emits: MIDI notes, or writes to a targeted device parameter.
Seq Ch	0 – 16	Default MIDI channel for note output (Global follows the project global channel).
Direction	0 – 2	How the playhead walks the step ring: forward, reverse, or ping-pong.
Randomize	0 – 1	Momentary action — randomizes active steps using Rand Depth.
Rand Depth	0 – 100	How aggressively Randomize rewrites step fields (0–100%).

Per-step parameters

These fields are per step (not in the settings list). Open them with Select + Back on a focused step. LFO, knob-macro, and external mappings can target a step field with that step’s index.

Note mode

Parameter	Range	What it does
Active	0 – 1	Whether the step fires when the playhead lands on it.
Note	0 – 127	MIDI note number for this step.
Velocity	1 – 127	Note-on velocity (also drawn as the cell bar height).
Gate	10 – 200	Note length as a percentage of the step.
Channel	0 – 16	Per-step channel override (Global uses Seq Ch).
Probability	0 – 100	Chance the step fires when active (0–100%).

Param mode

Parameter	Range	What it does
Active	0 – 1	Whether the step writes when the playhead lands on it.
Value	target min – max	Value scaled into the sequence’s parameter target range.
Probability	0 – 100	Chance the step writes when active (0–100%).

TIP

Mode, Steps, Rate, Seq Ch, Direction, and Randomize live in settings (settings icon on the grid, or Select + Back on the settings slot).

Parameter values

Bypass

Value	Name	Meaning
0	Off	Device is active and processes MIDI.
1	On	Device is bypassed; messages pass through unchanged.

Rate

Value	Name	Meaning
0	1/1	One note per bar (quarter-note grid).
1	1/2	Half-note steps.
2	1/4	Quarter-note steps.
3	1/8	Eighth-note steps.
4	1/16	Sixteenth-note steps.
5	1/32	Thirty-second-note steps.
6	1/64	Sixty-fourth-note steps.

Mode

Value	Name	Meaning
0	Note	Active steps emit MIDI notes (note, velocity, gate, channel, probability).
1	Param	Active steps write a scaled value to the sequence's parameter target.

Seq Ch

Value	Name	Meaning
0	Global	Use the project global MIDI channel when a step has no override.
1	Ch1	Force note output to MIDI channel 1 (Ch2–Ch16 work the same way).

Direction

Value	Name	Meaning
0	Fwd	Playhead advances 0 → last step, then wraps.
1	Rev	Playhead walks last → 0, then wraps.
2	PingPong	Playhead reverses direction at each end.

Randomize

Value	Name	Meaning
0	Off	Idle — press Select on Randomize to fire once.
1	On	Triggers a one-shot randomize of the pattern.