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Volca Sequence Notation Template

One issue I've run into while messing about with Volcas is that of memory and retrieval of compositions I've come up with. While you can save sequence to a memory slot, eventually you run out of slots in the bank. Soon you're sweating which sequences to delete and which sequences to save. What if you are chaining sequences for a song, but want to hold on to old sequences for a future performance? Another issue I've had, with the Volca Sample in particular, is keeping track of the suite of samples I may be using for a particular composition. Since the patch assigned to each pad is completely variable, it becomes difficult to remember which patches I used on a particular composition.  To try and overcome these issues, I drew up a sequence notation template. With this template, I can document the patches and the programmed sequence on paper for later use. I can take notes about the feel and style of a song, or whatever other information I want to include about the composit