patterns not sequence or track specific ??

so i was wanting to make an arpeggiator sound with my MPC equiped with JJOS2XL, piece of cake except that it doesn't have an UP mode that goes 3 octaves, but this OS offers so many possibilities, so i started messing with patterns to find a work around.

I could make a pattern that's just like an ARP going 3 octaves, it syncs with my tempo, so it's all great, it was my first time with pattern, and now i realize if you make let's say Pad 09 to play a pattern (in the main screen) then all your tracks and sequences will have that pad do the same... is that normal behaviour ? i thought a pad assigned to a pattern would have been track or sequence specific... it makes going to my other sequences (songs) difficult unless i reserve a few pads just for that and never use them again on any sequence...

Francis.

If you read the manual you will see that you set a track for target.
Each pattern to pad set up is saved in the program. So in your case I bet the best way is you use one program for whole set. Then choose tracks that you want to target. Works for midi to btw so you can trigger patterns to different instruments from same set of pattern to pad in your program.