Located at the far-right side of the SL MkIII is a row of buttons known as the ‘transport’.
The following points explain how to start, stop or continue the Sequencer in all modes (excluding InControl mode). These messages will only send if MIDI Clock Tx is on:
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Press the Play button to start Sequencer playback and send a MIDI Start message.
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Press the Stop button to stop Sequencer playback and send a MIDI Stop message.
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Hold Shift + Play to start Sequencer playback from the current position and send a MIDI Continue message.
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Press Play while the Sequencer is running to send a MIDI Stop message followed by a MIDI Start message. Pressing Play will restart the sequencer from the beginning of the Session.
You can control The SL MkIII’s Transport externally. If the SL MkIII receives any of the following external messages the Sequencer will respond accordingly:
The above messages are known as system Real-time messages and the SL MkIII receives them at the DIN MIDI In or USB MIDI In ports.
The SL MkIII’s internal song position can also move according to an external source. Providing you have stopped the Sequencer, if either the MIDI In or USB MIDI In ports receive a Song Position Pointer (SPP) the internal song position will update, and the message will retransmit.
If the sequencer is running, however, the SL MkIII ignores song position messages.