Interface Overview

The Clip Page interface displays essential information, including the selected track name, the active clip name for that track, and a preview of the clip contents, shown through a piano roll in the center of the display.

On the Grid Pads, clips for each track are arranged horizontally. Each row corresponds to a track, while the columns within that row represent the clips stored for that track.

Selecting a track is done by pressing the respective Track Button  , and selecting a clip is achieved by pressing the appropriate Clip Button . The selected clip’s details will then be displayed in the piano roll preview.

Empty clips will appear unlit, while clips with content are illuminated in orange. The active clip for each track will be highlighted in white.

By default, the Grid Pads display the first 16 clips for each track. To navigate through additional clip pages, use the SHIFT Button  in conjunction with the Arrow Buttons  . Pressing SHIFT + Arrow will move to the next set of clips (clips 16-32). The current clip page and clip number are displayed in the bottom-right corner of the screen.

Clip Infoview

The Clip Infoview is an on-screen overview of the currently selected clip. It is visible across the Sequencer, Clip, LFO, and Envelope pages, so the clip’s state stays in view while you edit modulation, perform, or navigate sheets.

The Infoview is arranged as three rows in the lower-right of the screen:

• Top row — the routings and modulators tied to this clip:

  • MATRIX CLIP — the active matrix sequencer clip.

  • LFO — the active LFO slot on the track.

  • ENVELOPE — the active Envelope slot on the track.

  • SONG — the current song block, shown while Song Mode is playing.

• Center row — the clip name, with a play / stop / record / cue icon on its left and the current SHEET position on the right (for example, 2 / 4).

• Bottom row — the four follow-up parameters for this clip: FOLLOW UP, JUMP TO, LOOPS, and PROBABILITY.

The icon to the left of the clip name reflects what the clip is doing — playing, stopped, recording, or queued. When a clip is queued to start or stop, the icon alternates between its current and pending shapes until the change fires. When the change fires is set by the SYNC parameter of the outgoing clip — the clip currently playing (see Clip Sync). A clip left in Instant is never queued, so no pending icon appears for it.

When you move between the LFO and Envelope pages, the Infoview highlights the cell of the modulation you are editing. While a clip-level Parameter Lock is active, the bottom row is highlighted so the follow-up parameters stand out from the rest of the panel.

Creating Clips

Clips are created in the Sequencer Page (refer to the Sequencer chapter for more details).

Clips are automatically saved as soon as they are created and updated in real-time as changes are made. Use the Arrow Buttons  to navigate between clips within the selected track.

Deleting Clips

To delete a clip, press and hold the UNDO  button and press and hold the Grid Pad of the Clip you want to delete. This will delete the content of that Clip.

Real-Time Control and Sequencing

Clips can be triggered in real-time via the Clip Page, sequenced using follow-up actions, or arranged in a linear format using the Song Page (refer to the Song chapter for more information). By default, clips loop, though this behavior can be altered through Follow Up actions to break or modify the loop.

To trigger a Clip in real-time, simply press the Grid Pad corresponding to the desired Clip.

Trigger a clip and the change is queued: it fires at the point set by the SYNC setting of the outgoing clip — the clip currently playing on that track. With the default setting — SYNC Internal, SHEET 1 — it fires at the End Of Sheet (EOS) of the playing clip, so timing remains consistent regardless of when the clip is activated. The other SYNC modes fire elsewhere; see Clip Sync. While the sequencer is stopped, a clip change is applied immediately, whatever the SYNC setting.

To trigger all clips in a specific column across tracks, hold the SHIFT Button  and press the Page Button  above the target column.

Clip Settings

Each Clip contains its own dedicated settings.

To open the Clip Settings panel, press the first encoder  located above the Clip Settings icon while the desired clip is selected or held (Parameter Lock).

The following settings are available:

Clip Color

Assigns a color to the currently addressed clip. The selected color is reflected on the corresponding Grid Pad.

The clip affected depends on the current interaction state:

• In normal playback mode, the color applies to the currently playing clip.

• In edit mode, the color applies to the selected clip.

• When holding a clip in Parameter Lock, the color applies to the held clip.

This allows visual grouping and quick identification of clips during performance or arrangement.

The clip color is also reflected in the Clip Infoview, the piano roll, the pads in Sequencer Page and Keys Page for easy identification. NEW

Program Change

When enabled, the clip sends a MIDI Program Change message when triggered.

This allows external instruments or devices to switch presets automatically upon clip activation.

Parameters:

• MIDI Channel: Defines the MIDI channel used to send the Program Change message.

• Program: Selects the Program Change value (OFF - 1–128).

• BANK: Selects the Bank value (MSB) (OFF - 0–127).

• SUB-BANK: Selects the Sub-Bank value (LSB) (0–127).

The Program Change message is transmitted when:

• The clip is selected and the sequencer is stopped.

• The clip is triggered during playback (program change is sent only once at the start of the first repetition of the clip).

Sequencing Clips via Follow-Up Actions

Each Clip can be assigned a Follow Up action, which decides what the clip does when it hands the track over to the next clip. When the hand-over happens is set by the clip’s SYNC mode (see Clip Sync); with the default Internal mode it happens at the end of the clip’s own playback. The available follow-up actions include:

• None: The clip loops without any follow-up action.

• Prev: The previous clip in sequence is triggered.

• Next: The next clip in sequence is triggered.

• Any: A random clip is triggered.

• Other: A random clip is triggered, except the current one.

• First: The first clip in sequence is triggered.

• Last: The last clip in sequence is triggered.

• Jump: The clip jumps to a specified clip.

Additional parameters are available for follow-up actions:

• Loops: Defines how many times the clip will loop before the follow-up action is executed. In Track mode the loop count is not used — the follow-up is timed by the followed track (see Clip Sync).

• Probability: Specifies the likelihood of the follow-up action occurring at the end of the clip. In Track mode the likelihood is evaluated each time the followed track completes a pass.

For the Jump Follow Up action, the parameter Jump To specifies the target clip for the jump.

To set a Follow Up action for a Clip, hold the desired clip, enabling Parameter Lock. The follow-up parameters will then appear in the upper-right corner of the display.

Use the encoder  above the parameter label to adjust settings. For a quick follow-up action setup, press and hold the current Clip ( Parameter Lock ) , then press the Clip to which it should jump. The follow-up parameters will be automatically set to Jump-to the selected clip.

To create a chain of clips with automatic progression, hold the Track Button  of the desired track, then press the clip at the beginning of the chain, followed by the clip at the end of the chain. Reliq will automatically set all clips in between to Follow Up - Next, with the final clip set to the first one of the chain, creating a seamless playback chain.

Clip Sync NEW

Every Clip carries a SYNC setting that decides when a change away from it takes effect. It times both a manual trigger — pressing the Grid Pad of another clip — and the clip’s Follow Up action.

By default a clip changes on its own grid, so a four-sheet clip and a seven-sheet clip each turn over at their own length and neither waits for the other. That independence is what SYNC adjusts. Leave a clip on Internal and it keeps it, which is what lets polymetric parts and odd-length phrases run free of the bar. Set it to Global and it gives that freedom up: the change is pinned to the song’s bar, so clips of any length switch together and a scene change lands as one. Track is the ground between them — a clip takes its timing from another track, so several parts can wait for one chosen track to come round before any of them move. Instant abandons the grid altogether and drops the change the moment the pad is pressed, which is how stutters, re-triggers and fills get played by hand.

RESET then decides what the incoming clip does when that moment arrives: restart from the beginning of its pattern, or pick up where the outgoing clip left off. It is the difference between cutting to a new phrase and letting one run on through the change.

SYNC and Follow Up work together to help and shape musical structures. Chain the clips and set them all to Global: every part hands over on the same bar, like a written arrangement. Leave the same chains on Internal, with clips of different lengths: each part turns over at its own rate, and the music never repeats the same way. Track sits in between — one part decides when the others move.

The SYNC that times a manual trigger belongs to the outgoing clip — the clip currently playing on that track — not to the incoming clip that the pad press launches. Press a pad: Reliq reads the SYNC of the outgoing clip and times the change with it. Setting a clip to Instant does not make pressing that clip instant — it makes leaving it instant. A Follow Up is timed the same way, by the SYNC of the clip that is playing, which is the clip the follow-up belongs to.

Setting Sync

Hold a clip’s Grid Pad to open the Parameter Lock view. The sync parameters sit on the two encoders immediately to the left of FOLLOW UP:

• The left encoder  of the pair sets the SYNC mode: Internal, Global, Track or Instant.

• The right encoder  sets the sync point. In Global and Track mode, press it  to swap the tile to RESET, and press again to swap back. In Instant mode there is no sync point, so the tile stays on RESET. In Internal mode the tile shows the sync point only.

Both act on the clip you are holding, not on the clip that is playing.

Clip Import

The Clip Import browser allows you to import clips from external sources directly into the current clip slot. Two types of sources are supported: MIDI files and Reliq project clips. This provides a fast way to reuse musical material across projects or bring in externally created MIDI sequences.

The browser presents both sources in a unified three-level hierarchy, navigated using the encoders:

• Level 1 — Parent-folder (Project or MIDI folder)

• Level 2 — Sub-folder (Track)

• Level 3 — File to load (Clip or MIDI file)

Opening the Clip Import Browser

To access the Clip Import browser, open the Clip Settings panel pressing the first encoder  located above the Clip Settings icon.

Select the target Clip slot where you want to import. Use the encoders to navigate through the three levels of the hierarchy. Press the Level 3 encoder to load the desired clip/file for import. To exit or cancel the import process, press one of the Level 1 or Level 2 encoder.

Importing from MIDI Files

MIDI files stored in the MIDI_clips folder on the internal memory can be imported directly into a clip slot. The browser displays MIDI files organized by parent-folder (Level 1), sub-folder (Level 2), and MIDI file (Level 3). The folder structure need to follow the format MIDI_clips/Parent Folder/Sub-Folder/my_MIDI_file.mid, MIDI files stored in a different structure will not be recognized. For example, a MIDI file located at MIDI_clips/Big Session/Track 1/Clip A.mid would appear in the browser as following:

When a MIDI file is selected and confirmed, its note and CC data are converted into the native Reliq sequencer format and loaded into the target clip slot. The clip name is derived from the MIDI filename.

The following limitations apply to MIDI file import:

• Only the first track of the MIDI file is imported. Multitrack MIDI files (format 1) will import the first content track only.

• If the imported sequence exceeds the maximum available clip length, it will be truncated to fit.

• Up to 8 CC lanes are imported per clip. If the MIDI file contains more than 8 unique CC numbers, only the first 8 encountered are imported.

• Tempo and BPM meta-events are ignored.

• Pitch bend, aftertouch, program change, and SysEx messages are not imported.

Importing from Reliq Projects

Sequencer clips saved within other Reliq projects can also be imported. The browser scans all projects stored in the internal memory and presents their sequencer track clips in the same three-level hierarchy: Project (Level 1), Track (Level 2), Clip (Level 3).

Project clip import loads the native clip data directly, preserving all step settings, note data, and clip parameters. Clips from any previously saved project version are supported — Reliq automatically handles version differences during import.

Note

Clips from the currently loaded project are also available in the browser, allowing you to copy clips between tracks within the same project via the import mechanism.

Clip Export

Reliq can export sequencer clips as Standard MIDI Files (.mid), allowing you to use your sequences in any DAW or external application. Both single clip and full project export are supported.

Exporting a Single Clip

To export the currently selected clip as a MIDI file, access the export function from the Clip Page. The exported file is saved to the internal memory following the structure:

MIDI_clips/<Project Name>/<Track Name>/<Clip Name>.mid

If a file with the same name already exists at the destination, Reliq will prompt for confirmation before overwriting.

Exporting All Clips

Reliq can also export all non-empty clips across all tracks in the current project at once. Each clip is saved as an individual MIDI file, organized in the same folder structure: MIDI_clips/<Project Name>/<Track Name>/<Clip Name>.mid.

If the export directory already exists, Reliq will prompt for overwrite confirmation before proceeding.

Clip Functions

The following functions are available on the Clip Page:

•   : Trigger all clips in a specific column.

• : Navigate to the next or previous clips on the selected track.

•   : Navigate to the next or previous clip page for the selected track.

•  : Undo/Redo the last action across both the Sequencer and Clip Pages.

•   Clip: Copy a specific clip to the clipboard.

•   Clip: Paste a clip from the clipboard to the selected clip position. Overwriting a pre-existing clip (orange) will replace its content.

• Hold UNDO   Hold Clip : Delete the selected Clip.

•    : Holding UNDO and pressing a track button will DELETE the contents of the current clip on this track

Select on the Clip Page NEW

Use Select Mode to act on several clips at once. The mechanics that are the same on every page are described in Select Mode. This section covers what is specific to the Clip Page.

Technical Specifications