On a per-STAGE, per-TRACK level:
button, you can assign a note value that deviates from the slider’s current
position for each stage on each track.
button, you can assign whether a stage’s pitch transposes cumulatively (either
with each pass through the stage; each pulse within a stage; or each ratchet).
The way in which a slider’s position can be interpreted, inverted, transposed and overridden by the
various tracks and stages allows Metropolix to create harmonic intervals and counterpoint that
change and evolve with a single move of a slider.
Each pitch slider has an LED that lights to indicate which stage is playing — glowing brightest when
the stage’s gate is high and dimmer with the stage’s gate is low.
When you move a pitch slider, the value will be shown briefly on the screen, enabling you to set
pitch values quickly and precisely.
The keyboard ‘greys out’ any notes not contained within the root/scale assignment you make with
the
button. That is, in-scale white keys are white; in-scale black keys are black; out-of scale
keys (black or white) are ‘grey.’ The note you select with the pitch slider is indicated by a dot (and
named beneath the keyboard, on the right). The Stage Number is shown beneath the keyboard on
the left. Note that setting a
Transpose
enables you to assign notes that are
out of scale.
NOTE: Metropolix offers the option of loading stored pitch values with a Preset in its
If you choose to load this data, then the pitch you hear may not match the sliders. Similarly if a
Stage is programmed to
, or it’s being modulated by an
function is operating, it too will override the slider. You can always see exactly which pitch
is playing by pressing the EXIT button (to view the HOME screens), then rotating the encoder to
display
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