# Chain variations **URL:** \ **Category:** Feature Requests\ **Tags:** play-plus\ **Created:** [September 11, 2025, 9:30am UTC](https://backstage.polyend.com/t/chain-variations/23520 "2025-09-11T09:30:05Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![easyfunmusic](https://backstage.polyend.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/e/7ea924/32.png) [@easyfunmusic](https://backstage.polyend.com/u/easyfunmusic)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2025, 9:30am UTC](https://backstage.polyend.com/t/chain-variations/23520/1 "2025-09-11T09:30:05Z")
### What is the problem? Variations cannot be chained together like patterns at this time ### What should this feature achieve? The ability select a (chain variations) as an option to how the chain pattern plays now // ### Are there any workarounds? Non found but I suggest we be able to// . Chain variations - to play as an extended pattern // we could chain up to 15 variations // Example = We could enter variations // then press select track // ( hold shift and pad 16 ) and poke the variation pads in the order you want them to play back // ### Any links to related discussions? I searched the word “chain” and it came back none found// ### Any references to other products? Similar to chaining patterns – it would be an extension to the pattern length of 64 steps that we have now – It would give us 15 times more pattern length in how a pattern plays back which expands each block of the pattern chain by 15 times // toggle it on or off so we could use variations as we do now testing ideas // but with the ability to expand a pattern to play more than 64 steps if we want to // giving us The ability to have have multiple songs loaded - for a live situation // ✌❤ ---
**Author:** ![dsp](https://backstage.polyend.com/user_avatar/backstage.polyend.com/dsp/32/5574_2.png) [@dsp](https://backstage.polyend.com/u/dsp)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2025, 10:29am UTC](https://backstage.polyend.com/t/chain-variations/23520/2 "2025-09-11T10:29:15Z")
I think there was a request to do this some time ago, but dunno what happend to it. ---
**Author:** ![Sandroid](https://backstage.polyend.com/user_avatar/backstage.polyend.com/sandroid/32/172_2.png) [@Sandroid](https://backstage.polyend.com/u/Sandroid)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2025, 4:10pm UTC](https://backstage.polyend.com/t/chain-variations/23520/3 "2025-09-11T16:10:15Z")
I think you might be thinking of this request @dsp 😊 > [@Chained variations](https://backstage.polyend.com/t/chained-variations/738): > > What is the problem? When live recording an external instrument in MIDI mode, a single loop can be limiting. 64 steps doesn’t easily allow for creating a progression. What do you want to achieve? Take advantage of the available variations to keep recording MIDI notes beyond the first loop of a track. Record MIDI sequences into multiple variations slots, automatically switching to the next one, when the previous one is full/recorded. This way, chained variations could allow up to 1024 (64 x 16) … Which is not exactly the same.. already checked as well 😊 ---
**Author:** ![dsp](https://backstage.polyend.com/user_avatar/backstage.polyend.com/dsp/32/5574_2.png) [@dsp](https://backstage.polyend.com/u/dsp)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2025, 7:12am UTC](https://backstage.polyend.com/t/chain-variations/23520/4 "2025-09-12T07:12:35Z")
exactly 🙂