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Pattern Sequencer

The Pattern Sequencer crafts a song's overall progress by defining the order in which the various patterns are played. A song begins with the pattern at very top of the sequence. When this pattern has finished, the next in the sequence is started. This carries on until the final pattern has played and the end of the song is reached. At this point, a song can either loop back to the beginning again or just stop.

The sequencer refers to patterns via their number. Patterns with different numbers hold different content within them, while patterns that share a number contain identical content. When you begin creating a new song there will be only a single empty pattern present: "0".

The pattern which you're currently editing in the Pattern Editor is shown in the Pattern Sequencer with a shaded border around it. On the far left of the interface is the sequence number, which also doubles as a pattern trigger button. At the immediate left and right of the pattern number are two arrows which change its value. You can also double-click on the number and type in a new value with the keyboard.

To the right of the pattern number are a set of buttons. The plus and minus buttons insert and delete patterns. Beneath this is the Clone Pattern button, which inserts a copy of the current pattern into the pattern sequence. At the top is the Section Header button, used to enter text into the sequence to provide descriptions and keep things organised.

To aid with this, you can also name each pattern. Click and drag the right edge of the Pattern Sequencer over to the right. This will expand it and reveal the name slots. Click on a slot and enter a name with the keyboard, finishing with "Enter".

Creating/Cloning/Adding/Removing Patterns

	Create a new pattern Left-clicking the circled plus button creates a new empty pattern below the current pattern. Right-clicking repeats the current pattern.
	Delete the current pattern Clicking the minus button will delete the current pattern and all of its contained information.
	Clone the current pattern Clicking the Clone Pattern button creates a new pattern with duplicates all of the note, effects and automation data from the current pattern. Cloning is the same as copying & pasting everything from an old pattern to a new one.

Decoupled Playback

You can detach the playback position from the current edit position, letting you edit a pattern while other patterns are playing. To do this turn off the "Pattern Follow" option in the Transport Panel. This way you never have to stop the song while editing a separate section.

Triggering Patterns

Patterns can be scheduled for playback via the number/play buttons to the left of the numbers in the Pattern Sequencer. Without stopping playback, you can trigger new sequences in the song in real-time. This lets you freely change the order of playback to sketch out and improvise new ideas.

While the song is playing, left-clicking on a specific number/play button will move the sequence on to that position as soon as the current pattern reaches the end.
While the song is playing, clicking with the right mouse button will immediately jump to and play that pattern without starting from the top.
Double-left-clicking will immediately jump to and play that pattern from the top.
Holding "Left Shift" while left-clicking on a number/play button allows you to specify more than one pattern for playback, so you can set up a "playlist" of patterns (the next pattern to be played is highlighted, as shown in the image above).

Looping Patterns

Using the column to the immediate left of the pattern numbers, you can cause a pattern or sequence of patterns to loop. Left-click and drag in this column to indicate the patterns you want to loop. To remove a loop just click on a single slot twice. Clicking here next to a section header will automatically select all of the patterns in that section.

Working With Selections

Clicking on the number slot itself allows you to select it. Likewise, clicking and dragging will select a sequence of patterns. You can also click once and then Shift-click on another pattern to select a range in just two clicks. Clicking the blank slot next to a Section Header will automatically select all of the patterns contained within that section. To remove a selection, just click on any of the empty space in the Pattern Sequencer, such as above/below the buttons or numbers.

Once patterns have been selected, they can then be copied, pasted, moved or cloned (make sure you have released the mouse button after selecting).

Drag and Drop without any modifier to move the selected patterns to a new position.
Holding down "Left Control/Command" will insert copies of the selected patterns.
Holding down "Left Alt" will insert repeats (aliases) of the selected patterns.

Right-clicking on any pattern number will bring up a menu with available shortcuts and yet more operations that can be applied to a selection:

Auto-Sorting Patterns

By default, Renoise will automatically organise the sequence so that unique patterns are numbered ascendingly (from 0 upwards). If you'd prefer to disable this, click with the right mouse-button somewhere in the sequencer and untick the "Keep Sequence Sorted" option in the context menu. This option is memorized per song. The menu also offers other sorting options in the "Organize" sub menu.

Sequencer Shortcuts in the Pattern Editor

While editing patterns in the Pattern Editor, you can also quickly navigate and modify the sequence using keyboard shortcuts:

Left Control/Command + Arrow Up/Down: Select the next/previous pattern in the sequence.
Left Control/Command + Arrow Left/Right: Change the current pattern's number.
Left Control/Command + Insert Key: Insert a new pattern into the sequence.
Left Control/Command + Delete Key: Delete the current pattern from the sequence.
Left Control/Command + Spacebar: Schedules the pattern currently being edited for playback. This only works with decoupled playback enabled.
Left Control/Command + Left Shift + Spacebar: Immediately plays the pattern currently being edited. This only works with decoupled playback enabled.

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 = Pattern Sequencer =
-The Pattern Sequencer chains patterns that got created in the [[Pattern Editor]]; It defines a play order of patterns to build a song.
+The Pattern Sequencer crafts a song's overall progress by defining the order in which the various patterns are played. A song begins with the pattern at very top of the sequence. When this pattern has finished, the next in the sequence is started. This carries on until the final pattern has played and the end of the song is reached. At this point, a song can either loop back to the beginning again or just stop.
+The sequencer refers to patterns via their number. Patterns with different numbers hold different content within them, while patterns that share a number contain identical content. When you begin creating a new song there will be only a single empty pattern present: ''"0"''.
-== Overview ==
+[[Image:3.2_sequencer.png]]
-The sequencer refers to patterns via its number, nothing else. So if you start up Renoise you will see exactly one sequence slot in with a “0” in it. This means only pattern “0” is played back in your song. If you want to play the same pattern again, you simply add another sequence with pattern number “0”. This will repeat the same pattern.
+The pattern which you're currently editing in the [[Pattern Editor]] is shown in the Pattern Sequencer with a shaded border around it. On the far left of the interface is the sequence number, which also doubles as a [[#Triggering Patterns|pattern trigger]] button. At the immediate left and right of the pattern number are two arrows which change its value. You can also double-click on the number and type in a new value with the keyboard.
-[[Image:vvoois_renoise_first_look_sequencer_editor.png]]
+To the right of the pattern number are a set of buttons. The plus and minus buttons insert and delete patterns. Beneath this is the Clone Pattern button, which inserts a copy of the current pattern into the pattern sequence. At the top is the Section Header button, used to enter text into the sequence to provide descriptions and keep things organised.
-The rectangle around the pattern means that this is the one that you're currently editing in the [[Pattern Editor]]. Left to it is a small play button which allows you to start playing from a specific position in the sequence. With the arrows right to it, you can change the pattern number, define which pattern is played at this position. You can also double click into the slot and type in the patterns number.
+[[Image:3.2_sequencer-sectionheaders.png]]
-On the right are some often used options. From top to bottom: Insert a new empty pattern, clone and insert the current pattern, remove a slot from the sequence and add one (which simply repeats the current pattern).
+To aid with this, you can also name each pattern. Click and drag the right edge of the Pattern Sequencer over to the right. This will expand it and reveal the name slots. Click on a slot and enter a name with the keyboard, finishing with ''"Enter"''.
-Patterns can also be named, to get a better overview. This is done by dragging the right most divider line in the sequencer:
+[[Image:3.2_sequencer-names.png]]
-[[Image:vvoois_renoise_first_look_sequence_expanded.png]]
 == Creating/Cloning/Adding/Removing Patterns ==
-{| class="prettytable"
+{|
-| [[Image:Sato_lesson-create_new_pattern.png]]
+|style="padding-bottom: 10px; width: 159px;" | [[Image:3.2_sequencer-create.png]]
-| '''Create a new empty pattern'''
+|style="padding-left: 10px;" | '''Create a new pattern''' <br /> Left-clicking the circled plus button creates a new empty pattern below the current pattern. Right-clicking repeats the current pattern.
-In the left image, clicking the circled button creates an empty pattern, labeled #1. This new empty pattern is created below pattern #0.
 |-
-| [[Image:Sato_lesson-clone_pattern.png]]
+|style="padding-bottom: 10px;" | [[Image:3.2_sequencer-delete.png]]
-| '''Clone the current pattern'''
+|style="padding-left: 10px;" |  '''Delete the current pattern''' <br /> Clicking the minus button will delete the current pattern and all of its contained information.
-Clicking the Clone Pattern button will create a new pattern labeled #1 which duplicates the same data from pattern #0.
-Cloning is the same as copying & pasting all contents from pattern #0 to a new pattern #1. This button is a great time saver.
 |-
-| [[Image:Sato_lesson-insert_pattern.png]]
+| [[Image:3.2_sequencer-clone.png]]
-| '''Insert a new instance of the selected pattern'''
+|style="padding-left: 10px;" |  '''Clone the current pattern''' <br /> Clicking the Clone Pattern button creates a new pattern with duplicates all of the note, effects and automation data from the current pattern. Cloning is the same as copying & pasting everything from an old pattern to a new one.
-Clicking the circled '''<nowiki>[+]</nowiki>''' button will insert a new instance of pattern #0.
-Additionally, the '''<nowiki>[-]</nowiki>''' button '''Removes the current pattern'''.
-If you edit pattern #0, all instances of pattern #0 will be changed.
 |}
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 == Decoupled Playback ==
-You can detach the current playback position from the edit position. This lets you edit a pattern while other patterns are playing:
+You can detach the playback position from the current edit position, letting you edit a pattern while other patterns are playing. To do this turn off the ''"Pattern Follow"'' [[Image:3.2_transportpanel-patternfollow.png|text-bottom]] option in the [[Transport Panel]]. This way you never have to stop the song while editing a separate section.
-[[Image:Sato_lesson-pattern-follow.png]]
-To decouple the sequencer, simply turn OFF the “Pattern Follow” option (located in the [[Transport Panel]]), which will then decouple the pattern editor & sequencer. This way you never have to stop the song and can, while its playing edit different parts of it.
 == Triggering Patterns ==
-Patterns can be “scheduled” for playback via the leftmost column in the Pattern Sequencer.
+Patterns can be scheduled for playback via the number/play buttons to the left of the numbers in the Pattern Sequencer. Without stopping playback, you can trigger new sequences in the song in real-time. This lets you freely change the order of playback to sketch out and improvise new ideas.
-[[Image:Sato_lesson-pattern-seq2.png]]
-Without stopping playback you can trigger new sequences in the song “in real time.” This lets you freely change the order of playback to sketch and improvise new ideas. Look for this button:
+[[Image:3.2_sequencer-triggering.png]]
-[[Image:Sato_lesson-pattern-seq3.png]]
+* While the song is playing, left-clicking on a specific number/play button will move the sequence on to that position as soon as the current pattern reaches the end.
+* While the song is playing, clicking with the right mouse button will immediately jump to and play that pattern without starting from the top.
+* Double-left-clicking will immediately jump to and play that pattern from the top.
+* Holding ''"Left Shift"'' while left-clicking on a number/play button allows you to specify more than one pattern for playback, so you can set up a "playlist" of patterns (the next pattern to be played is highlighted, as shown in the image above).
-* when the song is playing a click with the left mouse button will move on to the clicked position as soon as the currently playing pattern finished
-* clicking a play button with the right mouse button will immediately jump to and play the pattern without restarting it
-* double-clicking a play button will immediately jump to and play the pattern, but will restart it, play it from the beginning
-* holding down SHIFT while clicking on a play button allows you to specify more than one pattern for playback, so you can setup a bunch or patterns at once for playback (indicated as ''Next On Playlist'' in the image above)
 == Looping Patterns ==
-If you want a pattern, or a sequence of patterns, to loop in song-play mode, click and drag the mouse across the left-most sequence tags (see animation below). To remove a loop, click on a single loop slot twice.
+Using the column to the immediate left of the pattern numbers, you can cause a pattern or sequence of patterns to loop. Left-click and drag in this column to indicate the patterns you want to loop. To remove a loop just click on a single slot twice. Clicking here next to a section header will automatically select all of the patterns in that section.
-[[Image:renoise_vvoois_pattern_sequencer_loop_selection.gif]]
+<!-- RENOISE_NO_PDF_START -->
+[[Image:3.2_sequencer-loop.gif]]
+<!-- RENOISE_NO_PDF_STOP -->
 == Working With Selections ==
-Clicking on the sequence slots itself allows you to select them. This way you can also select more than one pattern in the sequence. You can also use the SHIFT modifier like in other places in Renoise to create a selection over multiple patterns with two clicks.
+Clicking on the number slot itself allows you to select it. Likewise, clicking and dragging will select a sequence of patterns. You can also click once and then Shift-click on another pattern to select a range in just two clicks. Clicking the blank slot next to a Section Header will automatically select all of the patterns contained within that section. To remove a selection, just click on any of the empty space in the Pattern Sequencer, such as above/below the buttons or numbers.
+Once patterns have been selected, they can then be copied, pasted, moved or cloned ''(make sure you have released the mouse button after selecting)''.
+* Drag and Drop without any modifier to move the selected patterns to a new position.
+* Holding down ''"Left Control/Command"'' will insert copies of the selected patterns.
+* Holding down ''"Left Alt"'' will insert repeats (aliases) of the selected patterns.
-=== Drag and Drop ===
+Right-clicking on any pattern number will bring up a menu with available shortcuts and yet more operations that can be applied to a selection:
-Selections can then be copied, pasted, moved or cloned. And you can also drag and drop them to quickly reorder, copy or clone multiple patterns:
+[[Image:3.0_sequencer-contextmenu.png]]
-* Drag and Drop without any modifier will move selected patterns to a new position
-* Holding down CONTROL/COMMAND will create a copy of the selected patterns
-* Holding down CONTROL/COMMAND + SHIFT will insert clones of the selected patterns
-Right clicking anywhere in the sequence slots will also give you an overview of available shortcuts and more operations that can be applied to selections:
+== Auto-Sorting Patterns ==
-[[Image:vvoois_renoise_pattern_sequencer_popup.png]]
+By default, Renoise will automatically organise the sequence so that unique patterns are numbered ascendingly (from 0 upwards). If you'd prefer to disable this, click with the right mouse-button somewhere in the sequencer and untick the ''"Keep Sequence Sorted"'' option in the context menu. This option is memorized per song. The menu also offers other sorting options in the ''"Organize"'' sub menu.
 == Sequencer Shortcuts in the Pattern Editor ==
-While editing patterns in the [[Pattern Editor]], you can also quickly navigate and modify the sequence, so you don't have to touch the mouse at all while editing:
+While editing patterns in the [[Pattern Editor]], you can also quickly navigate and modify the sequence using keyboard shortcuts:
-Here are some useful sequence related shortcuts that can be used in the Pattern Editor:
+* '''Left Control/Command + Arrow Up/Down:''' Select the next/previous pattern in the sequence.
-* '''CONTROL/COMMAND + Arrow Up/Down:''' select the next/previous pattern in the sequencer.
+* '''Left Control/Command + Arrow Left/Right:''' Change the current pattern's number.
-* '''CONTROL/COMMAND + Arrow Left/Right:''' change pattern that is currently edited in the sequencer.
+* '''Left Control/Command + Insert Key:''' Insert a new pattern into the sequence.
-* '''CONTROL/COMMAND + Insert Key:''' inserts a new pattern into the sequence.
+* '''Left Control/Command + Delete Key:''' Delete the current pattern from the sequence.
-* '''CONTROL/COMMAND + Delete Key:''' deletes the current pattern from the sequence.
+* '''Left Control/Command + Spacebar:''' Schedules the pattern currently being edited for playback. This only works with decoupled playback enabled.
-* '''CONTROL/COMMAND + Space:''' schedules the currently edited pattern for playback. This only works with decoupled playback enabled.
+* '''Left Control/Command + Left Shift + Spacebar:''' Immediately plays the pattern currently being edited. This only works with decoupled playback enabled.
-* '''CONTROL/COMMAND + SHIFT + Space:''' immediately plays the currently edited pattern. This also only works with decoupled playback enabled.

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