# Highlight currently playing pattern note **URL:** \ **Category:** Feature Requests\ **Tags:** playbeat\ **Created:** [March 12, 2025, 11:47am UTC](https://forum.audiomodern.com/t/highlight-currently-playing-pattern-note/2496 "2025-03-12T11:47:03Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![dnbhead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/7ab992/32.png) [@dnbhead](https://forum.audiomodern.com/u/dnbhead)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2025, 11:47am UTC](https://forum.audiomodern.com/t/highlight-currently-playing-pattern-note/2496/1 "2025-03-12T11:47:04Z")
There needs to be an indication as to which pattern is currently playing. The key should be highlighted when it is playing. It is all to easy to forget which one you’re on, making it very easy to remove or edit the wrong one. pretty basic and necessary. Edit. Ok, I am seeing a lit note now. weird. I changed octaves on the remix keys… Edit again: ah yea, the highlight turn off when there is no trigger. Needs to latch. ---
**Author:** ![Audiomodern](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex013/user_avatar/forum.audiomodern.com/audiomodern/32/3_2.png) [@Audiomodern](https://forum.audiomodern.com/u/Audiomodern)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2025, 12:06pm UTC](https://forum.audiomodern.com/t/highlight-currently-playing-pattern-note/2496/2 "2025-03-12T12:06:45Z")
Do you mean the Remix keys? It’s on the way. ---
**Author:** ![Ch1mpact](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/76d3ee/32.png) [@Ch1mpact](https://forum.audiomodern.com/u/Ch1mpact)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2025, 10:05pm UTC](https://forum.audiomodern.com/t/highlight-currently-playing-pattern-note/2496/3 "2025-03-17T22:05:18Z")
Press HOLD will show the key, no? ---
**Author:** ![dnbhead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/7ab992/32.png) [@dnbhead](https://forum.audiomodern.com/u/dnbhead)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2025, 10:05am UTC](https://forum.audiomodern.com/t/highlight-currently-playing-pattern-note/2496/4 "2025-03-18T10:05:24Z")
You’re right, it does. ---
**Author:** ![Ch1mpact](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/76d3ee/32.png) [@Ch1mpact](https://forum.audiomodern.com/u/Ch1mpact)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2025, 12:12pm UTC](https://forum.audiomodern.com/t/highlight-currently-playing-pattern-note/2496/5 "2025-03-18T12:12:57Z")
So checking the manual, HOLD, does this : Enable Hold to continue playing any of the Sounds after a key is released. The device does this anyway without HOLD on in the Remixes section so I’m not sure what it is holding. In the Sounds section C1-G1, HOLD, plays the full sample. In the Sequencer section C2-G2#, HOLD, will continue a single key in solo or all keys. So I get what HOLD is doing in those sections but not in Remixes. \*Ediiiitttt - Also, in the Remixes section there is a small tab at the end related to ‘Performance Quantization’. So I got this wrong initially but I now know it is Quantization and not Optimization, Doh! What does this do? I could presume it’s a global setting for resetting off-set sounds??? I’m thinking all sorts now.. ha! Thank you ---
**Author:** ![Ch1mpact](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/76d3ee/32.png) [@Ch1mpact](https://forum.audiomodern.com/u/Ch1mpact)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2025, 6:41am UTC](https://forum.audiomodern.com/t/highlight-currently-playing-pattern-note/2496/6 "2025-03-19T06:41:49Z")
Ok, so using HOLD in Remixes keeps key we are on or playing while pressing another key. Without HOLD we will move to the next key that is pressed. Seems fundamentally good to me.. For some reason it took me a few minutes to workout what was going on. I’m still not sure on Performance Quantization and what it does?? ---
**Author:** ![Audiomodern](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex013/user_avatar/forum.audiomodern.com/audiomodern/32/3_2.png) [@Audiomodern](https://forum.audiomodern.com/u/Audiomodern)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2025, 6:29pm UTC](https://forum.audiomodern.com/t/highlight-currently-playing-pattern-note/2496/7 "2025-03-20T18:29:21Z")
Q / Quantization ensures that the triggered remix key plays on the next 16th note, allowing you to trigger it slightly earlier while keeping it on 1st beat. Could be useful for live situations. As for highlighting the active remix, it’s coming in the next update, along with the discussed option to edit remix keys on the spot from another thread.