Quickstart Tutorial 3: Groups and Presets Plus Copy, Paste, Clear, and Save
So far, we’ve made a pretty simple rhythmic pattern, seen it in different views in the CR, and had the
opportunity to edit in those views. Now, we’re going dive into groups and presets which will pave the
way for more complex pattern programming.
Let’s select the Vertical view we still have the basic house/techno beat running, let’s clear it and
start something different. To clear, a Channel (or Groups and Presets as we’ll see shortly), press the
Clear button in Vertical view. Nothing happens until you press the Channel you want to clear. In this
case, press the Channel 1 button. Now your kick drum should be cleared. To clear the other sounds,
press Clear and then the Channel you wish to clear.
Now, we’ll create a pattern and a variation to demonstrate. Keep your same outputs plugged into the
CR with BD on Channel 1, HiHat on 2, and Snare on 3. A Preset is a set of 8 Channels and a set of
Steps for each Channel.
For this pattern, let’s pick something slower. Dial your BPM down to 90 and Set up the following
pattern:
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Slowed down pattern. 8x8 view.
