Accents

A tri-state phase-addressed sequencer with separate outputs for normal and accented steps.

What it does #

The current editorial summary is: A tri-state phase-addressed sequencer with separate outputs for normal and accented steps.

Each Accents step can be Off, Normal, or Accented. The current phase selects one step, and the module sends its event to either the Normal output or the Accents output, making the two event strengths available as separate patch signals.

Controls and ports #

Control	Label	Official description
out_normal	Out Normal	Signal out for normal notes (filled rectangles), based on the current phase position
out_accents	Out Accents	Signal out for accented notes (framed rectangles), based on the current phase position
steps	Steps [off, normal, or accented]	Each available step can either be off (empty rectangle), a normal note (filled rectangle), or accented (framed rectangle). Click on a step to toggle between off & normal on. [ALT]-click on a step to toggle its accent state. If you drag, the same type of step originally created will be painted. Or right-click in this area for Cut, Paste, and Clear Pattern options.

Practical uses #

• Trigger ordinary drum hits from Normal and route Accents through a louder or brighter signal path.
• Use the Accents output to increase velocity, filter cutoff, decay, or another expression only on emphasized steps.
• Create two interlocking event patterns from one compact step editor.

Things to know #

• Normal and accented states are exclusive: an accented step is sent to the Accents output rather than both outputs.
• The strongest Nitro candidate exposes Gate, Pulse, and Trigger timing modes, plus Mute When Stopped.
• Its candidate also confirms the standard Data-module phase pre-cord: with Use Device Phase enabled, the internal device phase is added to the patched Phase input.
• Pulse mode limits the active portion to the first half of the selected step in the candidate implementation.

Technical details #

A high-confidence Nitro implementation candidate supports the technical summary, but the visible-module mapping remains inferred.

The strongest Nitro candidate stores up to 64 tri-state values and wraps phase + device_phase when the phase pre-cord is active. It selects index = min(floor(fract(phase) * steps), steps - 1). A stored value of 0.5 activates Normal, a value above 0.5 activates Accent, and lower values are off. Separate state tracks previous steps and events for timing modes; transport mute forces both outputs to zero.

Nitro port	Type
phase	InputAudioPortType
steps	InputValuePortType
data	InputValuePortType
mode	InputValuePortType
useDevicePhase	InputValuePortType
devicePhase	InputAudioPortType
muteWhenStopped	InputValuePortType
transportPlaying	InputValuePortType
stepOut	OutputAudioPortType
out_normals	OutputAudioPortType
out_accents	OutputAudioPortType

Open questions #

• Confirm the exact one-sample and held behavior of Gate, Pulse, and Trigger modes in a rendered timing test.
• Promote the accent_stepper Nitro candidate only after a curated wrapper-to-port comparison.

Version and sources #

Checked against Bitwig Studio 6.0.6. This page combines Bitwig's module metadata, the existing Grid course and guides, and Nitro analysis where the mapping is strong enough to support a technical statement.

Related material #

• Lookup Data Tables - Bitwig Grid Module Guide

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