The Pattern Length Grid on the hardware.
Choose the Pattern Length Grid using the pads in a range from 1/1 (one full note) to 1/64T
(1/64 th note triplet); you can also turn it off by pressing pad
16
.
Try a short quantization like ¼ note and change the Pattern Length setting in Pattern mode
using Button 1 to create variations of a Pattern. If you select an even higher value like
1/64th, you can create stuttering breaks and rolls.
Quantization after Recording
You can quantize your notes, no matter how you recorded them. They will be quantized accord-
ing to the Step Grid selected in your Pattern. If you turn the Step Grid off, no quantization will
be applied. There are two strengths of quantization: full quantization and half quantization
(
QUANTIZE 50%
). To apply full quantization, press
SHIFT
+ pad
5
(
QUANTIZE
). All selected
notes will now be shifted in time to the next position defined by the selected Step Grid. If you
want to apply only a bit of quantization to keep the groove you created by playing your notes
live, press
SHIFT
+ pad
6
(
QUANTIZE 50%
). The result will be that the notes get shifted half
way to the selected Step Grid.
You can repeatedly apply
QUANTIZE 50%
until you are happy; you could for example apply
it until the notes are close enough to sound tight, but loose enough to maintain their basic
“feel.” If it is too quantized for you, just press
SHIFT
+ pad
1
to Undo the last change.
Quantization while Recording and Playing
You can also choose to have notes automatically quantized. Enter Pad mode by pressing
PAD
MODE
. Using Knob 1 you can now choose when quantization should be performed:
Record
(only when recording),
Rec/Play
(when recording and when playing) or
None
, meaning no quan-
tization will be performed. When Input Quantization is set to
Record
, the selected quantization
value will automatically be applied to the Pattern on its next cycle. When it is set to
Rec/Play
,
your playing is quantized in real time.
Working with Patterns (Hardware)
Creating Patterns
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