Version OS 1.0
11.1.3 Chaining of Patterns
Make sure the EDIT/TRIG LED is off, then press the CHAIN button so that the CHAIN
LED is on. Now you can chain multiple patterns just by pressing and holding the current
Step button and pressing another one at the same time.
All step LEDs between the both steps light up and the selected patterns are played in a
chain from left to right, beginning with the leftmost and cycling back after having
played the last one. The currently played pattern blinks orange. The chain information is
stored along with the first pattern of the chain. Don't forget to store the pattern with
Pattern Quick Store
(Knob 15 click)
or Store Pattern
(Shift 3)
.
If you unselect Chain mode, the actual pattern is played solo but, after reactivating
Chain mode, the row plays in a chain loop. You can define different chain loops even for
neighboured patterns, as the chain information is only stored in the first pattern.
11.2 Programming of Patterns
Basically, patterns can be programmed in two different ways. The first choice is to use
the step sequencer where each 16
th
is assigned to a step button. When the sequencer is
running, a green LED spot shows the currently played position. The second choice is to
record it live (see Realtime Write).
This section describes the first option. First you should define the scale and length of
the track (Last Step) as this defines the resulting measure. If you have initialized the
pattern before (see Clear Pattern), you have always Scale = A and Last Step = 32 for all
tracks which equals a 4/4 measure and an A/B bar scheme.
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