Engine Quicksilver 303, User Manual

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BASICS
For SYNTH type patterns, a step has attributes that determine PITCH, TIME, VELOCITY
(ACCENT), GATE LENGTH (SLIDE), REPEAT and ACTIVE.
For DRUM type patterns, a step has attributes that determine TRIGGER, ACCENT and
REPEAT for eight drum instruments, in addition to ACTIVE.
SNAPSHOTS
Snapshots are useful for storing the current state of Engine across all tracks. This allows
all settings to be recalled with a single button press. This can be used to build a song
structure in realtime for live performance.
A SNAPSHOT stores the settings for selected patterns or pattern chains per track, MIDI
effects, the mute status of tracks, the mute status of individual drum instruments in drum
type patterns and the transpose value of synth type patterns.
There are 4 banks of 16 snapshots for a total of 64 available snapshot locations.
PITCH 1-4 Defines the pitches of the step
VELOCITY The velocity of the note to be played, accent is a
quick way to set the velocity to a preset value
GATE LENGTH Defines the note length, slide is created when a
note overlaps the next note, also known as legato.
This is interpreted by most 303 clones as a “slide”
TYPE The step type can be a step, tie or rest. The total
length of a note is determined by the combination
of a step event along with subsequent tie events
ACTIVE Determines if the step will be played or skipped
REPEAT Activates the note repeat effect for the step
TRIGGER Defines which drum instruments will be played on
this step
ACCENT Tiggers the note to be played at higher velocity
per drum instrument
ACTIVE Determines if the step will be played or skipped
REPEAT Activates the note repeat effect for the step
USER GUIDE 10
SYNTH
STEP
TYPE
VELOCITY
GA
TE
ACTIVE
REPEA
T
PITCH 1 PITCH 2 PITCH 3 PITCH 4
DRUM STEP
EXT
BASSDRUM
SNARE
LOW
TOM
HI
TOM
CYMBAL
OPEN HA
T
CLOSED HA
T
ACC ACC ACC ACC ACC ACC ACC ACC
ACTIVE
RPT RPT RPT RPT RPT RPT RPT RPT