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Using Nektar Panorama P-Series with Bitwig Studio www.nektartech.com
Setting Velocity values:
1. Move Fader 2 down to a value of 64. By default the Velocity value is set to 100
2. Press the LED button below Fader 2
3. Observe that a new note is created with the same note value as the first step but with
Velocity set to 64 rather than 100
Sequence length and Step size:
1. Click play on the Note clip in Bitwig Studio (you can also trigger the clip using Panorama’s clip
launcher, in Mixer Mode)
2. Observe that the LED buttons below the faders light up one by one to indicate which step
is being played. If you created a 1 bar clip, there should be 16 steps in the sequence (as the
step sequencer defaults to a step size of 1/16 notes, more about this later) but you can only
access 8 steps at a time. To access the other steps you can either press the buttons below the
display (labeled 1-8, 9-16, 17-24, and 25-32). You can also quickly access steps 9-16 by holding
the Toggle/Mute button.
3. The length of a sequence is always determined by the length of the clip but the maximum
length of any sequence is 32 steps.
4. Press the display button labeled ‘Step Size’ to set the length of notes.
Observe that the labels for the display buttons change, you can now select a step length of 1/4,
1/8, 1/16 or 1/32.
If you select 1/32, all 32 steps will fit in a 1 bar clip. If you select 1/16, you will need a 2 bar clip to
fit all 32 steps. 1/8 will require a 4 bar clip. 1/4 will require an 8 bar clip.
Selecting Clips to sequence:
To select a clip for step sequencing, simply click on a Note Clip in the Clip Launcher or the
Arranger.
You can also select clips by tapping the pads when Panorama’s Clip page is active in Mixer Mode.
Step Sequencer (continued)
