ARTURIA – Jup-8 V – USER MANUAL
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The step sequencer
The interface of the sequencer consists of three main parts:
4.2.1
The transport
The transport is on the left side of the sequencer. It consists of the necessary
parameters to play and stop the sequence, MIDI synchronization,
quantification and trigger (“trigg”) parameters:
START / STOP: Selection screen to control the sequencer’s playing mode:
o
Note On/ Note OFF: Start / Stop with a note ON / OFF message.
o
MIDI Start / Stop : Start / Stop the sequencer with a MIDI sequencer
(or a drum machine for instance)
o
Free running: Start / Stop the sequencer with the Start/Stop buttons
of the step sequencer.
START / STOP buttons: Start / Stop the sequencer, in “free running” mode
only
RATE: Set the speed of the sequencer, in “free running” mode only
SYNC ON/OFF: Synchronization to an external MIDI clock
Q: Subdivision of MIDI tempo to adjust the speed of the sequencer in
“MIDI Sync” mode: 1/2 ;1/4 ;1/4T ;1/8 ;1/8T ;1/16 ;1/16T ;1/32 ;1/32T ;1/64
;1/128
Mode: Playingmodes of the sequencer:
o
FORWARD: Playing the sequence forward
o
BACKWARD: Playing the sequence backward
o
FORWD/ BACKWD: Playing the sequence forward and backward
o
RANDOM: Playing the sequence randomly
SMOOTH: Amount of interpolation between values of each step in a
sequence.
SWING: Automatically bring a ternary quantification to the sequence.
This parameter will be very useful to add “groove” to a sequence for hip
hop music, for example.
ACCENT: Bring an additional modulation to the selected step thanks to
an “Attack” / “Decay” envelope applied to the cutoff frequency of the
VCF low pass filter. This unit is comparable to the one that is located on
the very famous TB303. The possibility to edit the attack time was added
to the original unit to allow more flexibility.