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View Lock
By default, the Pattern Step display on the upper two rows changes with the selected Pattern (and
current Page), so that the play cursor is always visible. If you want to edit one Pattern while continuing
to play another Pattern or complete Pattern Chain, you can make use of View Lock. One use of View
Lock is to “freeze” the Pattern Step display to the current Pattern (and Page) by holding down
Shift
and pressing Patterns
10
. The upper two rows will now be locked to the Pattern that was displayed
when you selected View Lock .
In
Patterns View
, tthe currently viewed Patterns will be lit white. A pulsing white pad indicates that a
Pattern is being both viewed and played, while steady white indicates that a Pattern is being viewed
while another (of the same track) is being played: this pad will be pulsing in the track colour. To
change the viewed Pattern, hold
Shift and press a Pattern pad. You can still change which Patterns
and Pattern Chains are playing in the usual way, described in Patterns View at page 47.
View Lock also lets you freeze the Step display on the current Page of the Pattern when you are
working on a 32-step Pattern. When View Lock is active, the Pattern will continue to play through
both Pages, but only the Page that was in view when View Lock was selected is now displayed. The
alternative Step Page can be displayed by pressing the Step Page button
8
.
While Shift is held, the Patterns button lights green when View Lock is active; when inactive it is red.
You can press Shift at any time: the button colour will confirm whether View Lock is active or not.
View Lock is applied to all tracks, and also applies to all Views that have a Pattern Step display (i.e.,
Velocity View
,
Gate View
, etc., as well as
Note View
). It can be cancelled by pressing Shift + Patterns
again. Note that the state of View Lock is not saved. It will default to ‘inactive’ whenever Circuit
Rhythm is powered on.