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Record Mode – Programming Patterns
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Record Mode – Programming Patterns
Step Record Mode
1. Enabling Step Record mode / select track / select track length
To enable Step Record mode and select the desired track (resp. the
instrument) at the same time, please
• hold the
Rec
key + press a
Track
key.
When releasing the keys, the right LED above the Rec key will light up.
If the selected track contains any steps, their LEDs will light up as well.
You may now (or after any other programming step) determine the length
resp. the step number of the selected track using the shift-function „Last
Step“ (page 16).
Please note: In Record mode, each track may have an individual number
of steps while in Play mode, „Last Step“ is a global parameter. „Scale“ is
always applied globally.
2. Setting Steps
• Press
Step
key(s). Their LED(s) will be flashing.
When pressing a step key once, its associated LED will be flashing, telling you that the
step is „set“ and puts out a trigger. At the same time, the step is „selected“, waiting for
further editing, e.g. sound, accent, and flam settings.
Pressing the step one more time will erase the step from the sequence (LED off).
The tracks OH and HH cannot have identical steps. Setting e.g. step 1 on
track OH erases a previously setted step 1 from track HH and vice versa.
3. Editing sounds per step
• Turn
sound
controls (and perhaps the
Data
control) of the selected
track/instrument.
All steps previously set / selected will now feature the new sound setting you have just
dialled in. Any further step(s) you are entering right now will also be flashing and feature
this sound setting.
If one (or more) step is to feature individual sound settings – the actual
purpose of the Step Record mode –, the steps previously selected first have
to be „locked“ before other steps can be set and/or selected for further sound
editing. The process of „selecting“ and „locking“ sequencer steps is descri-
bed in the section Programming steps
7 and 8 on pages 24/25. This way,
you can set steps and provide them with individual sound settings without
having to stop the sequencer.
You may also proceed with further editing of the steps set previously. The following func-
tions are available:
4. Programming Accents
You can assign one out of four different accent levels to each selected step. This is done
using the shift function.
Let‘s pretend a track has been selected and the Record mode enabled (see programming
step
1
). The selected track features some steps (see programming step
2
), which – if ne-
cessary – have to be selected to be edited (Hold
Select
+ press
step(s)
– their LEDs will
start flashing). Please now proceed as follows:
• Hold
Shift
+ press
Step key 12 – 15 („Accent 1 – 4“).
This will determine the
accent level of the selected step(s). The Step key in question will light up.
All steps selected previously (flashing) will now receive the current accent setting. Every
further steps you set will also receive this setting. To change these settings again, first
„lock“ (see programming step
7
) and re-select (see step programming
8
) the desired steps
before you enter new values.
5. Programming Flams
Flams are double or multiple drumhits. Drummers use these to make their performance
sound more sophisticated, and to attract girl-friends. Tanzbär Lite provides the option of
assigning sixteen different flam patterns to each sequencer step. This is also done by using
the shift function.
Again, let‘s pretend a track has been selected and the Record mode enabled (see pro-
gramming step
1
). The selected track features some steps (see programming
step
2
), which – if necessary – have to be selected in order to be edited (Hold
Select
+
press
step(s)
– their LEDs will start flashing). Please now proceed as follows:
• Hold
Shift
+ press
Step key 10 („Flam“)
. Shift and all sixteen step keys will be
flashing, telling you that a shift function has been enabled (flam, in this case) and
sixteen different parameter values are up for selection using the step keys.
• Press a
Step key 1 - 16
to select a flam pattern.
You may press several step keys consecutively to try out different settings. The
step key selected last will light up permanently.
• Press
Shift
to exit the shift function. The shift LED will go dark again.
All steps previously selected (flashing) will now receive the current flam setting. All further
steps you set will also receive this setting. To change these settings again, first „lock“ (see
programming step
7
) and re-select (see programming step
8
) the desired steps before you
enter new values.
6. Programming additional sound parameter
Rimshot, clap, tom/conga and cymbal feature an additional sound parameter that can be
accessed via the shift function.
+ Track
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