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• 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.
• 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: In Toggle mode, you can confidently switch between patterns in the middle of a
bar—the sequencer will stay in time and will automatically jump to the corresponding
beat of the new pattern. This isn’t the case in One Shot Trigger mode, however, because
the moment you switch in this mode, the new pattern is started from the beginning.
• Toggle On 1—The behavior is as per Toggled mode except that the pattern change or
stop occurs the next time beat 1 is reached—at the beginning of the next pattern
cycle.
Voice Mute Mode
• Off—This is the default setting. It means nothing more than the fact that Ultrabeat’s
sounds can be triggered by MIDI notes. The sounds can be played from a MIDI
keyboard, starting with note number C1, upwards.
• On—Playing a MIDI note starting at C1 and upwards mutes the corresponding sound
in Ultrabeat’s mixer. A subsequent MIDI note of the same pitch un-mutes it.
This setting is ideal for spontaneous arranging of pre-programmed patterns, and
muting single elements of a pattern without deleting them. This is especially useful in a
live performance—but not only there. Triggering the step sequencer via MIDI notes
opens up a number of remixing possibilities. Ultimately, all of the creative pattern
switching options discussed in this section is achieved through the use of MIDI note
messages and can therefore be simply recorded, edited, arranged, and automated in
Logic.