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Note: Drag horizontally across the buttons to quickly enable or disable trigger events.
Using the Ultrabeat Trigger Shortcut Menu Commands
Control-click (or right-click) any of the trigger buttons to open the Trigger shortcut menu,
which offers the following commands:
Copy, Paste, and Clear Commands
• Copy: Copies all activated triggers (steps) to the Clipboard.
• Paste: Pastes all triggers from the Clipboard.
• Clear: Turns off all activated triggers.
Create Beat Commands
• Add Every Downbeat: Adds triggers on every downbeat in the sequence. The exact
determination of which steps are downbeats depends on the grid resolution. For
example, if the resolution is set to 1/16, Add Every Downbeat would create triggers on
every 4th step. Starting with the initial downbeat at step 1, this would create trigger
events on step 5, step 9, step 13, and so on. This command does not erase existing
trigger events; it only adds trigger events.
• Add Every Upbeat: Adds triggers on every upbeat in the sequence. The exact
determination of which steps are upbeats depends on the grid resolution. For example,
if the resolution is set to 1/16, Add Every Upbeat would create triggers on every 4th
step. Starting with the initial upbeat at step 3, this would create trigger events on step
7, step 11, step 15, and so on. This command doesn’t erase existing trigger events; it
only adds trigger events.
Alter, Reverse, and Shift Commands
• Alter Existing Randomly: Randomly reorders steps while retaining the number of activated
triggers.
• Reverse Existing: Reverses the order of existing steps.
• Shift Left by 1 Step: Shifts all steps in the sequence one step to the left.
• Shift Left by 1 Beat: Shifts all steps in the sequence one beat to the left. The precise
number of steps that equals a beat depends on the current grid resolution. For example,
at a resolution of 1/16, a beat equals four steps; at a resolution of 1/8, a beat equals
two steps, and so on.
• Shift Left by 1/2 Beat: Shifts all steps in the sequence one-half beat to the left. The precise
number of steps that equals one half of a beat depends on the current grid resolution.
For example, at a resolution of 1/16, a beat equals four steps, so half of one beat is two
steps; at a resolution of 1/8, a beat equals two steps, so half of one beat equals one
step, and so on.
• Shift Right by 1 Step: Shifts all steps in the sequence one step to the right.
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