Progress
The Progress module is a chord sequencer.
It is derived from the SEQ3 sequencer, so many of the basic functions work identically to SEQ3. If you are not familiar with the way that SEQ3 works (unlikely), now it the time to find out, because I am not going to explain that her, rather focus on the new function of Progress.
It has two basic modes of operation: Chord Mode and Mode Mode. If there is nothing plugged into the Root and Mode inputs, it work is Chord mode, and the three rows of dials select the root node of the chord for each step, the chord itself and the inversion of the chord (1st and 2nd inversions are supported). The chord set for each step can be seen on the display to the right of the module. If the inversion is selected, it is indicated in parentheses.
The next row down are the standard step controls of SEQ3, but in Progress, these are initialised to 'On' by default.
Below that are the individual gate outputs and the master gate output, which has been moved from the upper part of the module. In Progress, the gates default to 'CONTINUOUS' mode, but this can be altered through the context menu.
The chords themselves are sent out through the outputs in the top right; there are six outputs, which is conveniently the same number of inputs to the Arpeggiator module... For chords with less than six notes, the empty 'slots' are filled with repeats of the chord, starting at the lowest note (which might or might not be the tonic note, depending on the inversion).
In Mode Mode, the module gets the root note from the ROOT input. Rather than selecting root notes, you select scale degrees (I-VII) and Progress uses the MODE input to determine whether the chord quality is major, minor or diminished and to determine the available chords. As you sweep through the modes or root notes, you'll probably see the chord set change, which is due to the chord quality for that scale degree changing depending on the root note or mode.
In Mode Mode, the root note and mode is display on the right hand side, at the scale degree (I-VII, major, minor or diminished) selected for each row displayed in square brackets.
Progress supports a fair number of chord; here is the full list in the order in which they can be found. Note that in Mode Mode, the quality is already determined, so the chords available are limited to the Major (1 - 70), Minor (71 - 90) or Diminished (91 - 98) chord sets.
- M
- M#5
- M#5add9
- M13
- M6
- M6#11
- M6/9
- M6/9#11
- M7#11
- M7#5
- M7#5sus4
- M7#9#11
- M7add13
- M7b5
- M7b6
- M7b9
- M7sus4
- M9
- M9#11
- M9#5
- M9#5sus4
- M9b5
- M9sus4
- Madd9
- Maj7
- Mb5
- Mb6
- Msus2
- Msus4
- Maddb9
- 7
- 9
- 11
- 13
- 11b9
- 13#9
- 13b5
- 13b9
- 13no5
- 13sus4
- 69#11
- 7#11
- 7#11b13
- 7#5
- 7#5#9
- 7#5b9
- 7#5b9#11
- 7#5sus4
- 7#9
- 7#9#11
- 7#9b13
- 7add6
- 7b13
- 7b5
- 7b6
- 7b9
- 7b9#11
- 7b9#9
- 7b9b13
- 7no5
- 7sus4
- 7sus4b9
- 7sus4b9b13
- 9#11
- 9#5
- 9#5#11
- 9b13
- 9b5
- 9no5
- 9sus4
- m
- m#5
- m11
- m11A5
- m11b5
- m6
- m69
- m7
- m7#5
- m7add11
- m7b5
- m9
- #5
- m9b5
- mMaj7
- mMaj7b6
- mM9
- mM9b6
- mb6M7
- mb6b9
- dim
- dim7
- dim7M7
- dimM7
- sus24
- augadd#9
- madd4
- madd9