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Using MIDI to Control Ultrabeat’s Sequencer
Pattern performance can be influenced by incoming MIDI notes. This allows you to
spontaneously interact with the step sequencer, making Ultrabeat an excellent live
performance instrument. The way Ultrabeat reacts to MIDI control is determined by the
chosen pattern, playback, and voice mute mode options.
Pattern Mode button Voice Mute Mode buttonPlayback Mode menu
Pattern Mode (On/Off) button: When enabled, allows you to choose and start patterns
with MIDI note messages. The Transport button turns blue to indicate that Ultrabeat
is ready to receive incoming control commands.
MIDI notes C-1 to B0 switch between patterns: C-1 selects pattern 1, C#-1 selects
pattern 2, and so on up to pattern 24, selected when MIDI note B0 is received.
Playback Mode menu: Determines pattern playback behavior when an incoming MIDI
note is received. You can choose one of the following options:
One-Shot Trig(ger): The reception of a MIDI note starts the pattern, which plays once
through its cycle, then stops. If the next note is received before the pattern has
reached its final step, the new note stops playback of the first pattern and the next
pattern begins playing immediately—this can be a different pattern or the same
pattern, depending on the MIDI note received. Note-off events are ignored.
Sustain: The reception of a MIDI note starts the pattern and it continues playing in
an infinite loop until the corresponding MIDI note is released (a note-off event is
received).
Toggle: The reception of a MIDI note starts the pattern and it continues playing in
an infinite loop until the next note is received. If it is the same note, the pattern stops
immediately. If it is a different note, the sequencer immediately switches to the new
pattern.
Note: Toggle mode allows you to switch between patterns in the middle of a bar—the
sequencer stays in time and automatically jumps to the corresponding beat of the new
pattern. This isn’t the case in One-Shot Trig mode, which starts the new pattern from
the beginning as soon as you play a MIDI note.
Toggle on Step 1: The behavior is the same as Toggle mode except that the pattern
change or stop occurs the next time beat 1 is reached—at the beginning of the next
pattern cycle.
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