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4. Pattern
SQ16
• On/Off Track
Each of the Instrument Tracks I1...I13 has its own On/Off track which turns steps on and off. A Step can have "On" sta-
tus (in this case it gets played) or it can have "Off" status (in this case a rest is played).
• Accent Track
Additionally each Instrument Track "owns" an accent track that controls the velocity of the activated steps. The SQ16
does not offer individual velocities for each single step since this would have made editing much more complicated and
time consuming. For drums sequences it is often sufficient to use just two different velocities - one for "normal" hits and
one for "accented" hits. To allow a simple access to those two different velocities we have created the accent track: You
can make two different settings (ACC-High and ACC-Low) for each instrument track. The Accent track turns the Accent
for each active step simply on and off. All Steps without activated accent use the ACC-Low value as velocity; all steps
with activated accent use the ACC-High value instead. Turning accents on and off is easy: After selecting "Inst/Step -
Accent" the 16 LED's above the step buttons show for which step accent is active or not. You can then turn on/off an
accent simply by pressing the appropriate step button.
Editing the velocity settings for "Accent On" and "Accent Off" (ACC-High and ACC-Low)
The assignment of different Low and High values is done via Step Sets. A Step Set contains the Low and High velocity values
for the instrument tracks; all editing of those settings also takes place there. A pattern contains just a pointer to a Step Set.
The instrument tracks of a pattern then use the Low and High velocity settings found in the assigned Step Set.
Example:
Each Step Set contains an ACC Mode setting for each instrument track. The setting "HL" means that all steps use either the
ACC-Low value (accent not active) or the ACC-High value (accent active). There exist other ACC modes that are used to trig-
ger echoes (delays). A detailed description of the ACC modes can be found ins section 6.3.1. This section also describes the
various possibilities of the Step Sets.
Note Length Of Instrument Steps:
All sent Note On/Off commands have the same note number and the same MIDI channel. At the beginning of the current play
step (On/Off = On) is always sent a Note On command; at the end of the Step a Note Off command. If several subsequent
steps are active first a Note Off command is sent and immediately after it a Note On Command (see Step 3 -> Step 4 in the
above example).
4.2.2. Editing the instrument tracks of a pattern
1. Activate "Inst/Step" and either
• On/Off to edit the On/Off track for an instrument track or
• Accent to edit the Accent track for an instrument track
Summary of Contents for SQ16
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