# Triplets in Playbeat? **URL:** \ **Category:** Help & Support\ **Created:** [September 17, 2022, 11:46am UTC](https://forum.audiomodern.com/t/triplets-in-playbeat/537 "2022-09-17T11:46:22Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![iamdannywyatt](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex013/user_avatar/forum.audiomodern.com/iamdannywyatt/32/160_2.png) [@iamdannywyatt](https://forum.audiomodern.com/u/iamdannywyatt)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2022, 11:46am UTC](https://forum.audiomodern.com/t/triplets-in-playbeat/537/1 "2022-09-17T11:46:22Z")
Am I missing something or Playbeat can’t create triplets…? In Logic’s sequencer, for example, we can split a step into 3 notes similar to what Playbeat’s Density does, but then we have a thing called Tie where we can convert a single step into a longer note so it will spread those 3 notes across multiple steps: ![image](https://europe1.discourse-cdn.com/flex013/uploads/audiomodern/original/1X/4045571f7bd4d0f341c1f94a5315eaa5e8e7ef21.png) 1st note is a normal 1 note step 2nd note it’s a single step divided into 3 notes (what Density does) 3rd note is what I just described: a single note divided into 3, but then spread across a whole beat to create the triplet ---
**Author:** ![katerina](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex013/user_avatar/forum.audiomodern.com/katerina/32/22_2.png) [@katerina](https://forum.audiomodern.com/u/katerina)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2022, 9:04am UTC](https://forum.audiomodern.com/t/triplets-in-playbeat/537/2 "2022-09-19T09:04:47Z")
Hi @iamdannywyatt, With the current version of Playbeat, you can set the steps duration of a selected track to play triplets. ![triplets](https://europe1.discourse-cdn.com/flex013/uploads/audiomodern/original/1X/d46015a5f7e32161fd83c26228204af5e4f0b8e0.jpeg) If you want a single note to play as triplet across a whole beat, an option would be to set the steps duration to 1/1 and the Density for this step to 3. The option to convert a single step into a longer note is not supported, but it would be a welcomed addition for an upcoming update. 🙂 Regards, Katerina ---
**Author:** ![iamdannywyatt](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex013/user_avatar/forum.audiomodern.com/iamdannywyatt/32/160_2.png) [@iamdannywyatt](https://forum.audiomodern.com/u/iamdannywyatt)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2022, 6:41am UTC](https://forum.audiomodern.com/t/triplets-in-playbeat/537/3 "2022-09-21T06:41:45Z")
Yes, the main goal is to keep the pattern as is (let’s say 1/8) and then a single hit would play a triplet. Logic’s approach on this is very clever and maybe you can apply the same principle or something similar, as long as the result is the same. ---
**Author:** ![robin0112358](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex013/user_avatar/forum.audiomodern.com/robin0112358/32/347_2.png) [@robin0112358](https://forum.audiomodern.com/u/robin0112358)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2022, 9:49pm UTC](https://forum.audiomodern.com/t/triplets-in-playbeat/537/4 "2022-11-27T21:49:30Z")
To be clear, changing the bar pulse is very nice to have. But it’s not the same as allowing triplets. For one, there’s no way to include both on the same track! ---
**Author:** ![katerina](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex013/user_avatar/forum.audiomodern.com/katerina/32/22_2.png) [@katerina](https://forum.audiomodern.com/u/katerina)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2022, 9:52am UTC](https://forum.audiomodern.com/t/triplets-in-playbeat/537/5 "2022-12-28T09:52:09Z")
That’s true, We have already started working on v4 and triplets will be added to the upcoming update. ---
**Author:** ![sourcreembeat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/97f17d/32.png) [@sourcreembeat](https://forum.audiomodern.com/u/sourcreembeat)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2023, 8:40am UTC](https://forum.audiomodern.com/t/triplets-in-playbeat/537/6 "2023-01-02T08:40:36Z")
I think he is talking about the density function. ---
**Author:** ![iamdannywyatt](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex013/user_avatar/forum.audiomodern.com/iamdannywyatt/32/160_2.png) [@iamdannywyatt](https://forum.audiomodern.com/u/iamdannywyatt)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2023, 10:08am UTC](https://forum.audiomodern.com/t/triplets-in-playbeat/537/7 "2023-01-04T10:08:38Z")
Will v4 be a paid update or free for users with v3? ---
**Author:** ![iamdannywyatt](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex013/user_avatar/forum.audiomodern.com/iamdannywyatt/32/160_2.png) [@iamdannywyatt](https://forum.audiomodern.com/u/iamdannywyatt)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2023, 10:13am UTC](https://forum.audiomodern.com/t/triplets-in-playbeat/537/8 "2023-01-04T10:13:38Z")
It’s more related to the longer notes thing I mentioned, because Logic doesn’t have triplets for individual steps either. You can add the “Density” (which Logic calls Note Repeat) set to 3 notes and then using the Tie feature, you just tie 4 steps together, becoming a single step inside that beat so if the “Note Repeat” is set to 3 and you have 1 beat, that will create the triplet (or you can have 5, 6, 7 notes up to 16). This way, you don’t have to set the track’s division to 1/1 as @katerina mentioned, because that will limit the playback on that track to only that division. I wanna be able to keep it at 1/16 and then only for that beat (or even just 1/2 a beat), introduce a triplet. This is also good if I want the triplet to start in the middle of a beat and spread to the next beat for example from beat 2.5 to beat 3.5, stuff like that. ---
**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:** [January 7, 2023, 9:28am UTC](https://forum.audiomodern.com/t/triplets-in-playbeat/537/9 "2023-01-07T09:28:38Z")
V4 will come as a free update. ---
**Author:** ![iamdannywyatt](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex013/user_avatar/forum.audiomodern.com/iamdannywyatt/32/160_2.png) [@iamdannywyatt](https://forum.audiomodern.com/u/iamdannywyatt)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2023, 5:44pm UTC](https://forum.audiomodern.com/t/triplets-in-playbeat/537/10 "2023-01-08T17:44:55Z")
Thank you. Any idea when the update is coming? ---
**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:** [January 9, 2023, 9:16am UTC](https://forum.audiomodern.com/t/triplets-in-playbeat/537/11 "2023-01-09T09:16:00Z")
Later on this season