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Steppy 3U Manual
Overview
Steppy is a 4-track programmable gate sequencer with eight internal memory slots, external
clocking, various playback options, and a performance-first design aesthetic.
Each track features numerous parameters that govern its playback independently of the other
tracks. Specifically:
● Each track has its own length, which can range from 1-step to 64-steps, allowing for
polyrhythms, fills, or constantly evolving gate interactions between tracks.
● Each track has its own gate length, which ranges from very short to very long, with tied
gates possible at the extreme setting.
● Each track has its own clock divider, allowing patterns to play out over completely
different periods of time.
● Each track has its own swing setting, which offsets the timing of every other step.
● Each track has its own delay setting, which offsets the timing of every step.
● Each track has its own probability control, which sets the likelihood that each
programmed gate will fire when called upon by the pattern.
● Each track can be shifted (or ‘rotated’) forward or backward by a number of steps. So if
you’ve created a pattern that ‘feels’ like it has its downbeat on step 3, you can shift that
pattern two steps backward, so that the downbeat sits on step 1.
Tracks can be selected and modified in real time as the sequence plays. A black SELECT
button allows you to access each track (and each page of 16 steps within that track) directly
through Steppy’s intuitive multifunction buttons array.
Tracks can be individually muted and unmuted, and a special performance mode (called
“Loopy”) enables you to touch any two gate steps and instantly create a performance that loops
between those steps.
In addition, each step within a track can be assigned a different number of ratchets (repeats),
and a special Tap Record mode lets you record patterns in real-time, rather than via a
step-recording grid.
Track patterns can be cleared without clearing their playback parameters, and all track patterns
(along with their individual playback and performance parameters) can be saved as a preset to
one of eight internal memory slots.
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