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By default, trigger layer selection button A selects the gate layer, B selects accent, and C brings up a
page where you can select one of the eight trigger layers with a GP button. (Drum tracks have only
1–2 trigger layers, for these see section 3.3.)
With parameter layer selection buttons, button A selects the first parameter layer and B selects the
second parameter layer. If your track has only four parameter layers, button C alternates between
parameter layers C and D. If you have more than four parameter layers, button C brings up a page
where you can use a GP button to choose one of the available parameter layers. (Drum tracks have
only 1–2 parameter layers, for these see section 3.3.)
Trigger and parameter layers hold most of the data that makes up your music, such as gates, notes,
note lengths, CC values etc. In order to understand what recording a note actually does, it is
necessary to first say something about these two kinds of layers.
One trigger layer and one parameter layer are always selected, and thus active, ready to be edited
with the GP buttons (for triggers) and GP knobs (for parameters) below each step. The active layers
are named on the EDIT page (left LCD, top row). “Px: Name” gives the active parameter layer, where
x is the layer (A-P) and “Name” the name of the layer, such as Vel. (velocity), Len. (length), etc. “Tx:
Name” gives the active trigger layer (A-H) and the name of the layer, such as Gate, Roll, etc.
3.1. Trigger layers
Note, Chord and CC type tracks always have eight trigger layers. Drum type tracks are a special case,
and have 1 or 2 trigger layers; they are dealt with in a separate section (see section 3.3.).
A trigger layer always has one of two values: 'on' or 'off'. Whether a trigger layer is 'on' or 'off' can be
seen by selecting the layer (with the A, B or C buttons) and checking if the LED under the step is lit or
not. If it's lit, the trigger of the selected layer is 'on' for that step, and if it's not lit, the trigger is 'off'.
The active trigger layer's name is visible on the EDIT page on the left LCD's upper right corner. (E.g.
“TB:Acc.”, for “Trigger layer B: Accent”.)
You can set which trigger layer controls which trigger function on the TRIGGER page (MENU +
TRIGGER). The page displays a list of all available trigger functions (nine) and their assignments into
the trigger layers (max. eight). Turn a GP knob to change the function for each layer. Note that
normally all trigger layers apart from RollG (see section 3.1.9.) are available by default (drum tracks
are an exception). Note also that you can control multiple triggers with a single layer. For example, by
assigning both Gate and Accent trigger to trigger layer A, every time you trigger a note with Gate, it
will also be played at Accent velocity.
