Advanced ways to use step components

OP-Z
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Z & XY step component type/name differences:

  • Pulse Hold is now just Hold
  • Multiply is now Divide
  • Trigger/Component/Parameter Spark are now Skip Trigger/Component/Parameter. Makes way more sense. Too bad saying “spark” has become automatic for me :grimacing:

Z & XY step component value/function differences:

  • Sweep on OP-Z was replaced with Bend. Haven’t tested it much yet though.
  • They took my beloved Multiply 9 (split chord) and Multiply 0 (quantize timing) and replaced them with “Divide into 9 trigs” and “Divide into random trigs”
  • They eliminated counter resets for the Spark components (value 0). Now value 0 is random and value 9 behaves just like value 8
  • Jump 0 now jumps to a random step, and Jump 7 randomly jumps one step forward or backward.
  • You can set portamento as low as 10% with the step component but you can’t turn it off unlike on the Z

Gripes and other stuff I’m reporting to TE:

  • Jump overrides Pulse and Hold, which makes it so you can’t do stuff like “hold this step for X counts then jump to step Y”
  • Jump 1-4 take you to steps 1, 5, 9, and 13. Even if the step component is on a different page (e.g., Jump 1 on step 20 takes you to step 1 instead of, say, step 17).
  • I’m not clear if Bend works at all right now.
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