EUCLIDEAN SEQUENCING
The second pattern type is called
EUCLIDEAN
, which is programmed by setting 3
main parameters:
EUCLIDEAN CIRCLE LENGTH, EUCLIDEAN FILL AMOUNT
and
PATTERN OFFSET ROTATION
.
To access this mode you first have to enter the
TRACK MODE
by flipping the
TRACK
switch (8) to either
TRACK 1
or
TRACK 2
and hold pressing the
STEP /
REST
button for
TRACK 1
or
2
respectively for a few seconds until the main LED on
the top lights up in fuchsia color.
By default, the
EUCLIDEAN CIRCLE LENGTH
is set to 16 steps, but this can be
overwritten by either pressing the
STEP
button to increment the pattern length by
+
1 step
or by pressing the
REST
button, which will increment the pattern length by
+
16 steps
. This way it is easy to create longer patterns, yet still having 1 step
precision where you need it.
To set the
EUCLIDEAN FILL AMOUNT
(the number of equally spaced active steps
within the Euclidean circle), switch back to the
LIVE MODE
and now
REPEATS 1
will
set the
FILL AMOUNT
for
TRACK 1
. If
TRACK 2
is also set to Euclidean mode, then
REPEATS 2
will control the
FILL AMOUNT
for
TRACK 2
.
If the Repeats knob (4) is fully CCW, then the fill amount will be 0, meaning that you
will not hear any active steps.
EUCLIDEAN PATTERN MODIFIERS
Now that you understand the basics of this mode let’s dive deeper into the internal
pattern modifiers available inside the
TRACK MODE
for each of the tracks. Similar
as with the 101style pattern mode there are 2 internal pattern modifiers.
This time the primary parameter controlled by
REPEATS 1
knob for
TRACK 1
is the
PATTERN ROTATION OR PATTERN OFFSET
. This lets you shift your pattern to
make it fit rhythmically with the other patterns. For example if you have the following
Euclidean pattern
X000X000
, a pattern rotation by 1 step will make it look like
this:
0X000X00
.
The second pattern modifier is
PROBABILITY
, but this time it is applied to all the
steps of the pattern. For
TRACK 1
the pattern probability is set by
REPEATS 2
knob
while you are in
TRACK EDIT
mode. Fully CCW means none of the steps will output
a trigger and fully CW means the probability of each trigger is 100%.
For
TRACK 2
the pattern modifiers are reversed:
REPEATS 1
controls the pattern
probability and
REPEATS 2
controls pattern rotation.
PATTERNS
Each track has 8 patterns selected by pressing both the
STEP
and the
REST
buttons and rotating the
REPEATS 1 OR 2
knob at the same time. Patterns can be
combined as they are selected separately for
TRACK 1
and
2
.
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