User Guide

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If you record in real time – i.e., while the sequencer is running and recording – the velocity
value is set internally to 7-bit accuracy: a value between 0 and 127. However, Velocity View can
only display the Velocity value to a resolution of 16 increments of 8 value steps each (because
there are only 16 pads available). This means that you are likely to see the “last” pad in the
display lit at a lower brightness. For example, if the Velocity value is 100, you will see Pads 1
to 12 fully lit and Pad 13 dimly lit, because the value of 100 lies midway between two multiples
of eight. The table below shows the relationship between actual Velocity values and the pad
display:
No. of lit pads Velocity value No. of lit pads Velocity value
1 8 9 72
2 16 10 80
3 24 11 88
4 32 12 96
5 40 13 104
6 48 14 112
7 56 15 120
8 64 16 127
You can change Velocity value by pressing the pad in the Velocity value display rows that
corresponds to the Velocity value. If you wanted the note(s) at Step 12 in the example above
to have a Velocity value of 48 instead of 88, you would press pad 6; Pads 1 to 6 now illuminate
white. If you want to increase a Velocity value, press the pad corresponding to the required
value.
You can also use Velocity View to change Velocity values while a pattern is playing. In this case,
you need to press and hold the pad for the step to have its Velocity value changed; you can do
this at any point in the pattern. The held step pad will illuminate red, and the two upper rows will
“freeze” to display the Velocity value of the selected step. Press the Velocity pad corresponding
to the new value required. The pattern continues to play, so you can experiment with different
Velocity values in real time and hear the differences.