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It probably has been asked several times in this forum but i have problems grasping the Timing/Measure concept in Gstomper apps . I include a practical example here . The interaction between Time signature/Steps per bar/ Lenght in bars is not clear to me. Thanks for any help .

n GStomper i import a musical motif of ONE 5/4 BAR that i created in Notion Mobile ; why is it that GStomper writes 5 BARS in lenght with each bar being one 5th of the original 5/4 i wrote ? i.e. once imported in Gstomper each of the 5 quarter notes of the original is counted as a whole bar!!

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Michel Camire wrote:It probably has been asked several times in this forum but i have problems grasping the Timing/Measure concept in Gstomper apps . I include a practical example here . The interaction between Time signature/Steps per bar/ Lenght in bars is not clear to me. Thanks for any help .

n GStomper i import a musical motif of ONE 5/4 BAR that i created in Notion Mobile ; why is it that GStomper writes 5 BARS in lenght with each bar being one 5th of the original 5/4 i wrote ? i.e. once imported in Gstomper each of the 5 quarter notes of the original is counted as a whole bar!!

G-Stomper apps emulate hardware xox step sequencers.
The step sequencer setup has a fixed and max size of 16 steps per sequencer bar.

With the step timing (default is 16 = 16th note) you specify the length of a single step (e.g. 16 = 1/16 note ==> results in 4 steps per beat).
Detailed explanation at https://www.planet-h.com/gstomper/docs/ ... part13.htm

With the steps per bar (default is 16) you specify the number of steps per bar (e.g. 16 = 16 steps, which is a full note in case of step timing = 16).
Detailed explanation at https://www.planet-h.com/gstomper/docs/ ... part17.htm

With the length in bars you specify the number of sequencer bars per pattern. This can, but must not mandatorily match with the desired musical measure.
Detailed explanation at https://www.planet-h.com/gstomper/docs/ ... part18.htm

You can set the steps per bar to any value between 1 and 16.
The number of bars can be between 1 and 8.
If you set a step timing = 16, steps per bar = 16, and Length in bars = 1, then you have is a classic 4/4 beat.

Regarding your 5/4 beat:
This example requires a step timing = 16 in combination with a length of 20 steps.
As you cannot go over 16 steps per bar, the only way to size your beat to 20 steps is having 5 bars of 4 steps.
(of course also 4 bars of 5 steps would work in a way, but that wouldn't make much sense).

You'll find a detailed explanation of the behavior in the docs at
https://www.planet-h.com/gstomper/docs/ ... part19.htm

The time signature display shows you the "calculated" signature.
https://www.planet-h.com/gstomper/docs/ ... part20.htm

Play around with the time signature wizard to get a better understanding on how time signatures are build in the G-Stomper step sequencer setup.
https://www.planet-h.com/gstomper/docs/ ... part23.htm

Hope that clarifies it.
If you have further questions, always feel free to reach out. We're here to answer.

Thanks to you !