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Step Sequencer – Sequencer Panel Controls
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3. Turn the controls as you like. The changes are relative to all selected steps when you turn
a control whose step is selected. If you turn a control whose step isn't selected, the control
only changes this particular step.
Changing Modulation Signal Values for All Steps At Once
It is also possible to change the modulation signal values for all steps at once. This is very handy
when you i.e. want to reset Cutoff or to set all Velocities to 127. The changes are relative meaning
that if you decrease the value of one step by 10, the values of all other steps are also decreased by 10.
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To change the modulation signal values of all steps at once:
1. Press the
Control Select
button until the parameter that you want to change is shown.
2. Hold
Shift
and turn any control. The changes are relative to all steps.
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If you want to quickly change all parameters to the same value, just turn a control fully up and
down to make sure all steps have the same values. Afterwards you can adjust the parameter to
the desired value.
Sequencer Panel Controls
Grab Control
Used to switch the number buttons and envelope controls to control the step sequencer. This is the
first button you have to press to edit a sequence pattern. The panel controls described in the following
paragraphs only work when Grab Control is active.
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The only Step Sequencer controls that you can use without activating
Grab Control
are the
Tempo control, the Start/Stop button and the Edit button. This is handy for a live
performance.
Start/Stop
Starts or stops the sequencer.
• Press Start/Stop to start the pattern from the first step or to stop the sequencer.
• Press
Shift+Start/Stop
to start the pattern from the last step that was played before you
stopped the sequencer.
If the sequencer is running, the current playback position of the sequence pattern is shown by the LED
of the step sequencer section as follows:
• If no step is selected, the LED showing the playback position are fully lit.
• If one or more steps are selected, the playback position is shown with dimmed LED.
Tempo
see Sound Tempo
Controls the tempo of the step sequencer.
Bank Select Button (Pattern/Sound/Multi Button)
The Bank Select Button is used to select step banks or to deselect all steps.