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1. Introduction
SQ16
Creating a rhythm
The rhythm of a pattern depends on which step within each track are active or muted. Creating a rhythm with the SQ16
is fast and simple:
• Selecting a track
The LED's above each Step button 1-16 show the status of each single step (Step is active or muted)
• Editing a track
Each Step has its own button that toggles between the states of the Step.
Playing a pattern
When a pattern is playing all Steps are played back sequentially; e.g. Step 1, Step 2, Step 3... After the final step is rea-
ched the pattern starts again from the beginning. All tracks that have an active Step on the current Step Play Position
output a MIDI note. Consequently, the number of simultaneous MIDI notes can vary between 0 and 16.
Because all steps are played back sequentially you can easily display the rhythmical structure of a pattern by putting
one track above the other.
Display of current Step Play Position:
If a track is being edited and the pattern is played back each played step blinks. This sort of display is handy when
editing a track.
Editing note tracks
Since a note track can contain different notes different procedures are used to create a note track:
• Editing a note track (Insert/Delete/Transpose notes)
• Recording from an external keyboard
• Songs and Chains:
Playing back different patterns sequentially can create longer rhythmical structures. This is done with either so-called
Chains (pattern chains in fixed order) or Songs in which patterns can be grouped freely.
• MIDI Sets:
A MIDI set is used to assign a note number and a MIDI channel to each instrument track or a MIDI send channel and a
MIDI receive channel to each note track. Those data are not stored with a pattern! Each pattern can use one of 16 MIDI
Sets. All tracks are assigned to the various MIDI channels as defined by the MIDI Set.
• Step Sets:
The steps of each track don't have an own velocity setting. With a drum sequence it is often sufficient to use two diffe-
rent velocities to vary the volume of an instrument. For this purpose each track has its own accent track in which you
can activate an accent for each single step. However the velocity values used here are determined by the Step Set (indi-
vidually for each track). By assigning a Step Set to a pattern the velocity settings of this Step Set are used for each track
of the pattern.
• Rotate:
This function generates rhythmical variations by changing the Step Play Position; the original rhythm of the pattern
(instrument tracks and note tracks) however remains unchanged. The SQ16 contains 16 Rotate settings. Each Rotate
setting in turn contains different settings for each track.
Summary of Contents for SQ16
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