Operation Manual

THE SEQUENCER
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D For extensive editing, you may want to detach the sequencer area from
the rack and use it in a separate window.
This is done either by clicking the Detach Sequencer button in the rack or by se-
lecting “Detach Sequencer Window” from the Windows menu.
To reattach the sequencer, either click the Attach Sequencer button (in the rack or in
the detached sequencer window) or select “Attach Sequencer Window” from the
Windows menu.
D Alternatively, you can also maximize the sequencer area so that it fills
the rack.
This is done by clicking the Maximize Sequencer button or by holding down [Com-
mand] (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 find the ruler. Just like the ruler in the Arrange View, this
shows meter positions (bars and beats), helping you find the right positions in the
song.
D 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 per-
forming 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 indica-
tor changes color. This is because the color of a Group depends on its
contents, as described on page 15.
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 Synth 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.
D 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 Detach Sequencer button.
The Maximize Sequencer button.
Groups