Description

Pas à Pas is a m4l midi sequencer where each midi note information has its own sequencer.

The idea came from Maxime Dangles and the great m4l tutorial he made during covid lockdown. I then kept adding more and more features until it became a sequencer that i’m now glad to use.

There is 6 main sequencers :

- Trigger

- Note

- Velocity

- Duration

- +/- Sequencer

- Chord Sequencer

+2 other mod sequencers (click on the white arrow on the right)

GLOBAL PARAMETERS

Preset save / recal with Morph (interpolation) fonction !

Swing

Retrig All, Random All, Clear All steps

Retrigger the sequencers every X bars/beats/16h

Display the names of the sequencers, in case you forgot it

COMMUN PARAMETERS TO ALL SEQUENCERS

Direction : forward, backward, pendullum and random

Rate

Step number : from 1 to 64

Randomize steps

Clear steps

“T” mode : the internal clock stops and now only moves forward when the Trigger sequencer send a trig

SPECIFIC PARAMETERS PER SEQUENCER

Trigger

Random step : if you change the percentage, it fills the gaps randomly according to this percentage

0 or 1 : all steps off / all steps on

Note

Midi mode : if on, the scale is correlated to the midi input (lik, making Pas à Pas act quite like an arpeggiator. For instance, if you play a C major, the sequencer can only output C, E and G.

Transpose : transpose the result by semitones

Velocity

Min-Max : min and maximum velocity, from 1 to 127

Duration

Duration multiplier : multiply the duration from 0.1 to 10

Quantize duration : quantize duration to the nearest note value

+/-

+/- multiplier : the +/- sequencer apply an addition or a subtraction to the note value, from -4 to +4. This parameter multiplies this number from 0 to 12.

Chord

Chord multiplier : unlike the +/- sequencer, the chord sequencer triggers a second note, spaced from -12 to 12 semitones to the original note. This can be multiplied from 0 to 12.

💡 TIPS

A Scale device right after Pas à Pas is a very good idea !

With 64 steps and fast speed, the mod sequencer can work like an LFO. And you can morph through the shapes you made with the preset morph 😀

There is quite a lot of time and adjustments behind this device, so if you enjoy it I would be very happy if you buy me a coffee. Or a sandwich. Or a synth !