# Playbeat 12 & 24 step sequencer with 3 steps divisions per beat displayed on the grid

**URL:** <https://forum.audiomodern.com/t/playbeat-12-24-step-sequencer-with-3-steps-divisions-per-beat-displayed-on-the-grid/1151>\
**Category:** Help & Support\
**Created:** [March 30, 2023, 10:06am UTC](https://forum.audiomodern.com/t/playbeat-12-24-step-sequencer-with-3-steps-divisions-per-beat-displayed-on-the-grid/1151 "2023-03-30T10:06:12Z")\
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**Author:** ![Funkspace](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex013/user_avatar/forum.audiomodern.com/funkspace/32/483_2.png) [@Funkspace](https://forum.audiomodern.com/u/Funkspace)\
**Post date:** [March 30, 2023, 10:06am UTC](https://forum.audiomodern.com/t/playbeat-12-24-step-sequencer-with-3-steps-divisions-per-beat-displayed-on-the-grid/1151/1 "2023-03-30T10:06:12Z")

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Hi,  
I’m working on a track that would definitely benefit from Playbeat having 3 steps per beat shown on the sequencer grid as I am working on 12 and 24 step sequences with 4 beats per bar.

Is this possible, as it’s really disconcerting having the down beats not lining up with the vertical division lines that are drawn after every 4 steps.

Am I missing something?

Many thanks,  
Funkspace

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**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 30, 2023, 10:42am UTC](https://forum.audiomodern.com/t/playbeat-12-24-step-sequencer-with-3-steps-divisions-per-beat-displayed-on-the-grid/1151/2 "2023-03-30T10:42:10Z")

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Hi Funkspace,

At the moment this is not possible but i can confirm that we will be adding the control to **tie notes** along with the option to **stretch them to fit any grid** on the sequencer with our upcoming V4 update.

[https://europe1.discourse-cdn.com/flex013/uploads/audiomodern/original/1X/1ddae3b39efaca63baf04714d171ccb2b7a793aa.mp4](https://europe1.discourse-cdn.com/flex013/uploads/audiomodern/original/1X/1ddae3b39efaca63baf04714d171ccb2b7a793aa.mp4)

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**Author:** ![Funkspace](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex013/user_avatar/forum.audiomodern.com/funkspace/32/483_2.png) [@Funkspace](https://forum.audiomodern.com/u/Funkspace)\
**Post date:** [April 1, 2023, 9:58am UTC](https://forum.audiomodern.com/t/playbeat-12-24-step-sequencer-with-3-steps-divisions-per-beat-displayed-on-the-grid/1151/3 "2023-04-01T09:58:58Z")

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The new feature looks interesting, but it’s a shame that we can’t have a sequencer grid based on triplet divisions of beats, which is very common with funky breakbeat type material. It’s disconcerting to see the divisions every quarter of a beat per measure when most of the thinking has to run along visualizing triplet divisions. Or 12 divisions in a measure. In reality 24 divisions across two measures would be ideal, as 12/24 options would be the equivalent to the 16/32 choices for the sequencer visuals.

Just to be clear, I can set the sequencer to run a triplet speed and set the length of each drum lane to 12 or 24 in length, but I can’t get the display to draw the vertical grid line between every 3 divisions instead of between every 4, so the visual divisions are not being helpful and are becoming counter intuitive at this point. So you are almost there - it’s just a case of changing where the vertical line divisions appear on sequencer display.

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**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:** [April 1, 2023, 8:24pm UTC](https://forum.audiomodern.com/t/playbeat-12-24-step-sequencer-with-3-steps-divisions-per-beat-displayed-on-the-grid/1151/4 "2023-04-01T20:24:51Z")

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Understood, with our upcoming update you will be able to stretch the notes that you wish to fit the grid which will allow the visual representation that you’re after.
