15
Pattern sequencer
MOTAS-6 features a ’pattern sequencer’ which allows nom-
inally 1 bar patterns to be created, edited and played. Each
pattern can contain a series of notes, parameter changes
and controller events. There are 96 time-steps per pat-
tern.
The start-time, pitch, velocity, duration, micro-tune and patch
of each note can be adjusted. In pattern mode a single
pattern plays in a loop. The start and end time of the pat-
tern can be adjusted. In record mode the note data can be
recorded into the active pattern using incoming MIDI data.
In sequence mode a series of patterns can be played, one
after the other in a track. Each pattern can be repeated,
transposed and time-offset adjusted.
There are 15 patterns in memory at any time. Individual
patterns can be named and saved. In sequence mode any
of the patterns in memory can be played. When a sequence
is saved all the patterns, patches in memory and sequence
data is saved together.
The tempo of the playback is synchronised to the current
clock. Each time-step in the pattern corresponds to the
tempo clock tick with a division of 1, 2, 3, or 4 – see section
15.1 Control overview
Press
[BUTTON-EG ATTACK/PLAY]
to play/stop the pattern/se-
quence,
[BUTTON-EG DELAY / REWIND]
to rewind the position
to the start and
[BUTTON-EG DECAY/RECORD]
to enter record
mode.
When in record mode the recording LED indicator flashes
(situated next to the
[BUTTON-PATTERN]
button) and the sym-
bol R flashes on the display. MIDI input to MOTAS-6 as well
as live patch changes (from rotary knobs
1
, [ROTARY EN-
CODER] etc. ) are recorded (and can later be edited).
Press
[BUTTON-PATTERN/SEQUENCE]
to toggle between pattern
mode (shown by P on the top row of the display) and se-
quence mode (shown by S on the top row of the display).
In pattern mode only the current active pattern is played
(in a loop). In sequence mode the patterns in the sequence
are played as determined by the sequence settings.
15.2 Pattern edit mode
To enter pattern edit mode press
[BUTTON-PATTERN]
.
The active pattern can be selected using the
[BUTTON-LFO X
WAVEFORM / INCREASE]
and
[BUTTON-LFO X FREQUENCY / DECREASE]
buttons. There are 15 to choose from A, B …O. Each can
be re-named when they are saved.
Each pattern normally represents 1 bar of events (4 quar-
ter notes with 24 time-steps per quarter note) – see sec-
tion
for an option to increase this length at the ex-
pense of reduced time resolution for each event. There
are 4 pages of event types. The active page is shown by
the highlighted enable/disable icon in the lower right cor-
ner.
To change the active page press one of the following four
buttons:
[BUTTON-NOTES]
note page
[BUTTON-PARAMS]
discrete parameters page
[BUTTON-PARAMS-C]
continuous parameters page
[BUTTON-MODS]
modulation controllers page
Repeated pressing of the same button toggles whether
the data in that page is active or ignored (shown by a cross
or a tick in the bottom right hand side of the display).
The active item is shown flashing. To move to the next
item press
[BUTTON-RIGHT]
, to move the previous item press
[BUTTON-LEFT]
. To delete the current item press
[BUTTON-DOWN]
and to insert a new item press
[BUTTON-UP]
.
To change the value of the active item turn the [ROTARY
ENCODER] .
Note edit page
Press
[BUTTON-NOTES]
to create, edit and delete notes in the
active pattern. Up to 36 notes can be stored in each pat-
tern.
Press
[BUTTON-PITCH]
to change to pitch edit mode. Then
each note can be selected and the pitch changed. Simi-
larly press
[BUTTON-VELOCITY]
to edit each each note’s veloc-
ity,
[BUTTON-TIME]
to edit the position in time of the note,
[BUTTON-DURATION]
to edit the note’s duration and
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