Operation Manual

THE SEQUENCER
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➜ For extensive editing, you may want to maximize the sequencer
area so that it fills the window.
This is done by clicking the Maximize Sequencer button or by holding
down [Command] (Mac) or [Ctrl] (Windows) and pressing [2] on the left
part of the computer keyboard.
About the Ruler and the Group strip
At the top of the Edit View you will find the ruler. Just like the ruler in the Ar-
range View, this shows meter positions (bars and beats), helping you find the
right positions in the song.
➜ You can adjust the horizontal zoom individually for the Edit View
and the Arrange View.
This makes sense, as you will probably work with a larger magnification
when performing fine editing.
Just below the ruler is a narrow empty strip. This shows the Groups (if any)
as colored bars, providing additional means of orientation in the Edit view.
✪ When you edit events within a Group, you will note that the Group
indicator changes color. This is because the color of a Group de-
pends on its contents, as described on page 16.
Drawing and Editing Notes
Notes are drawn and edited in one of three lanes: the Key lane, the Drum
lane and the REX lane:
The Key lane. The piano keyboard to the left indicates the pitch of the notes, covering
the whole MIDI note range (C-2 to G8). Note that the black and white keys are reflected
in the background colors of the grid, making it easier to find the right pitch when drawing
and moving notes!
This is the lane to use when editing Subtractor or Sampler tracks.
The Drum lane. This is divided vertically into ten pitches, corresponding to the ten drum
sound channels on a Redrum device (and named accordingly, if the track is connected
to a Redrum device). Use this for editing drum tracks.
The REX lane. This is divided vertically into pitches (from C3 and up), corresponding to
the slices in a Dr.Rex loop player device. Use this for editing Dr.Rex tracks.
➜ In all three lanes, the actual notes are shown as “boxes”, with the
note length indicated by the width of the box and the velocity values
indicated by the color of the box (the darker the color, the higher the
velocity).
The basic note editing procedures are the same for all three lanes.
The Maximize Sequencer button.
Groups