mvdirty very clearly (IMO) explained what is happening and I thus just reread the manual (v1.24.1). There it says exactly what he wrote. I'll try to repeat it in other words so that hopefully the remaining misunderstandings will go away.
1) Auto Fill-In Trigger (on/off)
This is essentially an editor setting/editing help function. You could also view it as a kind of macro function. It (physically) enters a trigger whenever you enter a note. That's it. No more/other functionality or effect.
2) Auto Gate on Note (on/off)
This is a playback setting. Assuming it is on: When during playback you (well, the NerdSEQ) encounter a note and there is nothing set for trigger (gate), then the NerdSEQ will generate a gate for you. When the gate is already high (e.g. from a previous GATE ON) then it will be lowered for a few millisec and then raised again.
To sum it up:
"Auto trigger" is an editing convenience function while "auto gate" is a playback function.
Hope that gets rid of the remaining misunderstandings.
Kind regards,
Michael
PS: From an UX point of view I think they are properly named. IMO "Auto Fill-In Trigger" is very much different from "Auto Trigger". Same for "Auto Gate on Note" which does not "fill-in" anything.
1) Auto Fill-In Trigger (on/off)
This is essentially an editor setting/editing help function. You could also view it as a kind of macro function. It (physically) enters a trigger whenever you enter a note. That's it. No more/other functionality or effect.
2) Auto Gate on Note (on/off)
This is a playback setting. Assuming it is on: When during playback you (well, the NerdSEQ) encounter a note and there is nothing set for trigger (gate), then the NerdSEQ will generate a gate for you. When the gate is already high (e.g. from a previous GATE ON) then it will be lowered for a few millisec and then raised again.
To sum it up:
"Auto trigger" is an editing convenience function while "auto gate" is a playback function.
Hope that gets rid of the remaining misunderstandings.
Kind regards,
Michael
PS: From an UX point of view I think they are properly named. IMO "Auto Fill-In Trigger" is very much different from "Auto Trigger". Same for "Auto Gate on Note" which does not "fill-in" anything.