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MIDIbox SEQ V4 Beginner's Guide
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playing quarter notes on the track and you effect a live pattern on any drum instrument, the “normal”
track will keep playing in the backgroud normally (it won't get muted, overwritten etc.), and the live
pattern is played in addition to it, fill-style.
There are 16 live patterns per session, and each pattern is always 16 steps long.
You could select one live pattern for several drum instruments, set 'Ptn.' to 'on' for each of
them, and then use the MIDI controller keys to effect the selected patterns for the selected
drum instruments simultaneously.
The live patterns can be edited live while you're on the Live Patterns page. Press & hold SELECT to
enter the edit mode (“EDIT” will appear in the right upper corner of the right LCD). While SELECT is
pressed & held, you can use the GP buttons to turn each of the 16 steps of the current live pattern
'on' and 'off'. Accent can be effected for each step by pressing a GP button for turned-on step another
time, in which case that live pattern step will be played at maximum velocity, regardless of aftertouch
value. A “♦” denotes normal velocity (controlled by aftertouch), and a “ʘ” denotes accent velocity
(no aftertouch sensitivity).
While on the Live Patterns page, you can copy the current live pattern either with GPB15 ('Cpy') or
with the dedicated COPY button on the frontpanel. Likewise, while on the Live Patterns page, you can
paste the copied live pattern with GPB16 ('Paste') or with the dedicated PASTE button on the
frontpanel. This means that the COPY and PASTE buttons won't copy or paste the track contents as
they normally do. Also the CLEAR button on the frontpanel has a specialised function while you're on
the Live Patterns page: it clears the current live pattern instead of the track.
The Length setting (for note length) has no effect on a Drum type track.
4.1.5.2. Live Patterns for other tracks types
If the track is a Note, Chord or CC type track, the basic operation principles are the same as with a
Drum type track. Compared among themselves, Note, Chord and CC type tracks work almost
identically, though Note tracks are probably the most useful of the three. Only Note tracks will be
dealt with here.
Compared to Drum type tracks, there are two differences. First, Length (GPK14) adjusts the note
length of each step (up to 98%).
Second, the Mode option (GPK9) changes from drum instrument selection to Mono/Poly selection. This
is a recording setting, the same as on the Jam page's Step and Live recording pages. Mono allows you
to record single notes, and Poly allows you to record multiple notes. Like normally with recording, you
cannot record multiple notes unless you have enough note layers.
If Rec is 'on' while the Ptn. is 'on' (GPB10), recording on the track will take place only for those steps
where the current live pattern is triggered. If you just want to use the live patterns when you press a
key, but don't want to record anything on the track, make sure Rec is 'off'.