yorolpal
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Step Sequencer Greyed Out...
After watching the Drum tutorials with Seth I thought I might just try and learn Step Sequencer as it looked like it might come in handy in track production. I've never used it before. But when I went to try and pull it up (in SPE8.5.3) I see it's greyed out and can't be selected. I even tried inserting it into the tool bar but it's still not selectable. Is this something that I might not have loaded when I installed Sonar? Do you get an option to install it? And if so, how do I go about just installing Step Sequencer? Thanks in advance fellers.
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yorolpal
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Re:Step Sequencer Greyed Out...
2010/09/14 23:41:32
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Well, I went back into Sonar after posting...and it was back. Still can't figure why it was greyed out before and wouldn't let me insert it into the tool bar.
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Re:Step Sequencer Greyed Out...
2010/09/15 02:23:24
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I also occasionally find it greyed out and haven't worked out any pattern. Maybe we're both missing something?
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Re:Step Sequencer Greyed Out...
2010/09/15 04:56:44
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I've found that if a clip is already selected then SS is greyed. Unselect & it's back on.
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Re:Step Sequencer Greyed Out...
2010/09/15 05:03:14
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from my experience it can't be used on "simple instrument tracks". i.e. when you insert a soft synth and the little window pops up with the "insert soft synth options". Don't use the "simple instrument track" option but rather make a midi source track and an audio output track (and you can tuck them into a track folder).
If I remember correctly, that would be the tick boxes 2,3 and 4 from the top (I'm writing this from memory)
Hope this helps,
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Re:Step Sequencer Greyed Out...
2010/09/15 05:28:47
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I've started using the step sequencer after watching a couple of tutorials. It really is a great way of laying down drums. I've tried all sorts, prv, keyboard pads, playing a midi kit and find the step sequencer one of the better ways, especially if I'm looking for that "j'ne sais quoi" - you can loop it over bass lines and it's like jamming with a bass player, just keep playing around until you hit something you like.
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Re:Step Sequencer Greyed Out...
2010/09/15 06:45:59
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And don't forget you can convert midi clips to step sequencer clips.
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Re:Step Sequencer Greyed Out...
2010/09/15 11:04:54
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☄ Helpfulby Siessi_TOL 2017/06/26 03:00:31
The Step Sequencer is only enabled if you a) have a MIDI track selected, AND b) do not have a normal MIDI clip selected. It needs the former to know where to write data to, and cannot be used with the latter.
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Re:Step Sequencer Greyed Out...
2010/09/15 12:18:29
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I realise it wasn't my question originally, but thanks to you all.
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Re:Step Sequencer Greyed Out...
2010/09/15 12:19:41
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I also seem to recall that Seth was able to insert flams and ghost rolls with SS ( I'll go back and check the video) but when I tried fiddling with the flam controlls, etc... I got no change at all to my snare.
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