User Manual

WORKING WITH PLAYERS
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3. Click in any of the matrix boxes to edit the pattern:
Editing the pattern.
• Each step can have a note that can be 1/3, 2/3 or 1/1 of the step’s total length, depending on where in the box
you click.
This way you could draw in “staccato” notes for desired steps, if you like. If you click the full 1/1 of a step (click in
the right area of the box), and then click another consecutive box on the same row, the notes will be tied together
(played in legato).
If you hold down the keys C4, E4, G4 and B4, the pattern above now plays back C4 and B4 in step 1, E4 and B4
in step 2, G4 in step 3 and B4 in step 4. Then the pattern starts over again:
D Click anywhere on a filled box to delete the note.
D To fill several consecutive boxes on the same row with identical note lengths, click and hold on the desired po-
sition in the initial box and then drag to the right:
Adding consecutive notes by click-holding and dragging.
Here are some general rules regarding Pattern Mode:
• A pattern can be up to 16 steps long (if Steps is activated, see “Steps”).
• The notes you play are then mapped to the four note positions for each step.
If you play a four note chord, some steps may play only the lowest note, others may play a higher note or a combi-
nation of notes or all four.
• If you hold down more than four notes, note 5 and up are ignored completely in the pattern.
Note that if the Steps function is not active (see “Steps”), note 5 and up will add additional silent steps in the pat-
tern, making the pattern longer.
Held notes: Played back notes:
Step 1 Step 2 Step 3 Step 4
C4
Step 5