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MIDIbox SEQ V4 Beginner's Guide
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somewhere else. However, if you just want to copy something within the same session (such as
patterns), it's irrelevant whether you use exporting or importing to do it; the one end of either is
always the current session, and if you set the other end (source or destination session) to be the
current session as well, they will lead to the same outcome.
In other words, if you want to use import or export to copy a pattern within the same session, you
always select the current session on the left LCD. Use the knobs below the left LCD to scroll through
the saved sessions and the GP buttons to choose the source/destination session. If you don't
remember your current session's name, press EXIT until you reach the main page. The current
session's name is displayed in the right LCD, top row.
In addition to session selection, you need to determine the source pattern in the source session and
destination pattern in the target session, whether the source/target session is the current session or
not. First make sure that the Type to be copied is 'Patterns', then use GPK11 to select the first pattern
to be copied, and GPK12 to select the last one to be copied – this means you can copy several
subsequent patterns in one go. Then turn GPK13–14 to select where you want to copy the selected
patterns to. If you selected several patterns to be copied, the destination setting changes
automatically to cover equal number of pattern slots. Confirm your selection with GPB15 ('IMPORT' or
'EXPORT').
If you have an idea for a song which has a recurring pattern structure and settings, you can copy the
first “seed pattern” with the right settings into several other pattern slots (which otherwise would
have the sequencer's default settings) like this: first, copy x:A1–x:A1 to x:A2–x:A2. Then copy x:A1-
x:A2 to x:A3–x:A4, then x:A1–x:A4 to x:A5–x:A8, and so on.
5.4. Measure
In sheet music, a measure (or bar) is a delimited sequence with a defined length in beats. A common
measure is 4/4, which means its length is four quarter notes (which, timewise, is as long as eight 8th
notes, or sixteen 16th notes). On MBSEQv4 the length of measure is set in the Options menu (UTILITY
Opt., Option #1, 'Steps per Measure'). The length of measure is 16 by default. Measure length is
given in 16th notes, so the default length is sixteen 16th notes (i.e. the same as four quarter notes
etc.), and that is probably what you want most of the time for no-nonsense rhythm music.
Measure is relative to the tempo (BPM), and they are always in sync, no matter what the divider
settings etc. of individual tracks are. The bind between measure length and tempo is reflected in the
pulse of the LED above the datawheel. With measure set to 16, the LED flashes every quarter note,
but if you set measure to 17, the LED will flash every quarter note and every time the measure starts
a new countdown from 1.
The measure setting affects three things:
1. How the metronome sounds. (The Metronome settings can be found in UTILITY → Opt., Option #12.)
The metronome settings allow you to set a distinctive sound for the first beat of each measure as
opposed to the the other beats;
2. The song position displayed on the SONG page (left LCD, top row). However, this is overridden by
the Guide Track function in song mode (see sections 5.4.2. and 5.5.); and, most importantly,
3. The Sync to Measure function, which can be set 'on' or 'off' on each track's DIVIDER page (default:
'off').
