User Manual

The Ideas View
The Ideas view allows you to experiment with your musical ideas without being tied to a time-
line or any kind of arrangement. Here you can create Patterns for each Group and combine
them into a Scene.
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The Ideas view for creating and experimenting with musical ideas free from the Timeline.
(1) Scenes: This area displays all the current Scenes in your Project. After creating a Scene by
clicking the + symbol, you can build the Scene by selecting a Pattern from each Group. By
clicking each Scene name (Scene slot) you can switch between Scenes to see how your musi-
cal ideas work together.
Using your mouse you can right-click ([Ctrl] + click on macOS) on the Scene slot and select to
Append to Arrangement from the menu and then arrange your song in the Arranger view. You
can also use the right-click menu to Clear, Duplicate, or Delete Scenes, as well as organize
your Scenes by selecting the Rename or Color options.
(2) Pattern area: All Patterns in your Song are represented here. You can double-click a blank
slot to create and new Pattern or click an existing Pattern to assign it to the selected Scene.
Once assigned, a Pattern will become highlighted, click it again to remove it from the selected
Scene. Using your mouse you can right-click ([Ctrl] + click on macOS) on the name of a Pat-
tern and select to Clear, Duplicate, or Delete a Pattern. You can also organize your Patterns by
selecting the Rename or Color options.
(3) Groups: The Group slots can hold one Group each. Select the desired slot to load a Group
into it and display the Group’s content (Sounds, Patterns…) in the Pattern Editor (see Pattern
Editor) and the Group’s Channel properties and Plug-in parameters in the Control area (see
Working with the Arranger
Arranger Basics
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