User Manual

Ratcheting 
Steppy’s ratcheting function is accessed in Step Edit Mode by pressing the flashing CLK ÷ button .
In normal (non-ratcheting) operation, each step in a sequence fires off a single gate. Ratcheting
occurs when one or more of those steps fires off multiple gates before the next step. Each step in a
pattern can be programmed to trigger as many as 12 gates in a single step, and each step can
have a different number of ratchets (repeats).
The following example illustrates a 4-step pattern. The top line shows how the pattern plays without
ratcheting. In the second line, step 1 has been set to ratchet four times. In the bottom line, step 1
has been set to ratchet eight times, and step 3 to ratchet two times.
To Create and Edit Ratchets:
1. From the default PLAY mode, select the Track and Page you wish to edit (using techniques
previously discussed), then long-press ( > 1 sec) the EDIT button to enter Step Edit mode.
The EDIT LED will light, and four of the Edit Mode buttons will flash red .
2. Press the flashing CLK ÷ button.
It will flash yellow and any steps already containing ratchets will light up red . The current
position is displayed by a green LED (which advances through the pattern if Steppy is running).
3. Press whichever of the 16 multifunction buttons corresponds to the step you wish to ratchet.
This puts you into the step’s Ratchet Assignment mode.
If you pressed buttons 1-8, you will then use the bottom row of buttons to set the number of
ratchets. If you pressed buttons 9-16, you’ll use the top row of buttons to set the number of
ratchets.
In this example, we pressed the bottom-left button, which corresponds to step 9, so the top row
of buttons will be used to assign the number of ratchets.
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