User Guide

English

The Pattern View example above shows a possible arrangement of Patterns for a 4-pattern

(64-step) sequence. We are using four Osc 1 Patterns (Memories 1 to 4), two Osc 2 Patterns

(Memories 2 and 3) and two Modulation Sequence Patterns (Memories 1 and 2).

When you press Play, each track will loop round its own chain of Patterns. The longest chain

is Osc 1 – this denes the overall length of the sequence, in this case, 64 steps. Thus the

sequence will be based on Osc 1 Patterns 1 to 4, which will play in that order and then loop

back to Pattern 1 and start again. At the same time, Osc 2 will play Patterns 2 and 3 through

twice, while the synth will respond to the control data in the Modulation Sequence Patterns 1

and 2 twice. What you hear is illustrated in the timeline below:

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282420

128 52 56 60

640

Modulation Sequence

Oscillator 2

Oscillator 1

Pattern 1 Pattern 2

Pattern 1

Pattern 3Pattern 2Pattern 3

Pattern 1

Pattern 2

Pattern 3

Pattern 2Pattern 2

Pattern 4

LOOPS BACK AFTER 64 STEPS

Every time you press Play, the Pattern restarts from the beginning of the rst Pattern in

the chain. You can restart the Pattern from the point at which the sequencer was stopped by

pressing Shift and Play together.

The above example illustrates the basic points involved in chaining Patterns together to make a

longer sequence. It assumes that all the Patterns are 16 Steps in length, though of course they

need not be; in fact sequences can become very interesting when Patterns of different length

are chained, and/or Tracks with Patterns of different length are used together. Creating longer,

more complex and more interesting sequences is merely an extension of these principles.

Circuit Mono Station allows sequences of up to 256 steps.

Pattern Octave

You can shift the pitch of an entire Pattern up or down one or more octaves by holding down

Shift

and then pressing Oct J or Oct K

. You can do this either while the Pattern is

playing, or in Stop Mode. Note that you cannot change Pattern Octave while in Pattern View or

Patches View. Only the pitch of the currently selected oscillator is adjusted, that of the other will

remain unaffected.

If the Pattern contains notes which are already in the highest octave that Circuit Mono Station

can generate, they will remain unaffected by an upward Pattern Octave shift; the same applies

to the lowest notes and a downward octave shift. If this is the case, the Oct button will light red

to indicate that the command cannot be fully complied with.