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Groove Control
The secret behind “groove” beats lies in delay. That is, individual beats are either
anticipated or delayed according to patterns. For example house beats use the
“shuffle” whereby straight 1/16s are delayed at certain times.
In the Robota there are groove velocity and groove swing presets. Groove velocity
presets contain for each step of a beat a certain offset to increase or reduce the
original beat velocity. Groove swing presets contain for each step a time alignment
that is either anticipated or delayed. The result is a livelier-sounding sequence. The
strength of the effect can be adjusted with the % regulator.
Setups, drum kits, presets, and patterns
A single instrument sound is saved as a
preset.
Presets containing all four instruments
are saved as drum kits.
All note information plus the snapshots
are saved as a pattern.
Together (drum kit + pattern) they are
know as a setup.
Load/Save
Presets, drum kits, patterns and setups can be selected with the continuous rotary
regulators next to the display area. For storing, click on the
“Save” button. Then
specify a new name in the input field. To store, press “Enter”.
Note: A drum kit stores only the names of the presets, not the actual parameters. If
you want to store your own drum sounds that were created by changing existing
presets, you must first store them as new presets and then as a new drum kit! The
same applies to the setups, which contain only the pattern and drum kit names.
If necessary, always store in this order: preset -> drum kit -> pattern -> setup. This
applies only when creating your own “templates”. If you store your arrangement
normally, the complete current status (synthesizer + sequencer) of the Robota is
always stored and correctly loaded later with the arrangement.