ALM ALM035, Operation Manual

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4 OPERATION
4.1 Panel Layout
ASQ-1
Octave/Patt Length
Clock
Reset
Hold/Len Rest/Div Play Store
MODE
Active mode
selection
Gate CV Trig 2 Trig 1 Gate Out
In
Quantiser Triggers Sequencer
Trig 3 Trig 4 CV
Note sequencer
CV / Gate outputs
Quantiser CV
in and out
Pattern sequencer
trigger outputs
Note keys
Clock and
reset inputs
Octave / pattern
length buttons
Play / Store
buttons
Hold / Length
button
Rest / Divide
button
4.2 Usage Overview
ASQ-1 offers 2x step time (aka ’SH-101’) style sequencers, a quantiser and 4 drum machine
style trigger pattern sequencers.
Pressing the Mode button cycles through each of the Sequencer ’modes’ with the associated
LED indicating which mode is currently active. When active, a mode can be interacted with -
i.e sequence event editing, saving, loading, etc.
Pressing the Play button toggles playback of all the sequence modes.
4.3 Clocking
ASQ-1 features an internal clock which will be used if no external clock is patched. You can
change the speed of the internal clock whilst holding Play and clicking the octave up & down
buttons to change the playback tempo by +/- BPM. Pressing Play will reset all sequences back
to the beginning.
It is however STRONGLY recommended an external clock is used. This will give finer control
and the ability to ’pause’ the clock. NOTE: With an external clock patched, the clock needs to
be running for ’Play’ to advance steps.
If you’re using Pamela’s NEW Workout, Patch a channel’s clock output into clock and the ’trig-
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