Operation Manual

THE SEQUENCER
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Creating velocity ramps and curves
You can also edit the velocity of several notes at once, in two ways:
D By dragging the Line tool across the bars, at the desired height.
Drawing a velocity ramp with the Line tool.
D By dragging the pencil across the bars, at the desired height.
The Line tool is probably the preferred method for creating regular, smooth ramps, or
for giving all the notes the same velocity (by drawing a straight line), while the Pencil
tool can be used for creating more irregular curves.
! If you hold down [Shift] when you edit velocity values, only the selected
notes will be affected!
This can be very useful, especially in “crowded” sections with lots of notes.
Consider for example if you have a busy drum beat, and want to adjust the velocity of
the hi-hat notes only. Simply dragging with the line- or pencil tool would change the
velocity of all other drum notes in the area too, but if you first select the hi-hat notes in
the Drum lane and press [Shift] as you draw, you can edit their velocity without affect-
ing any other notes!
Editing Controllers
Controllers are shown and edited in the Controller lane. This lane in turn is divided
into several “subtracks”, one for each automatable parameter for the corresponding
device.
The Controller lane for a Subtractor track, with three controllers shown.
Showing and Hiding Controllers
For each track, you can select which controllers should be shown. This can be done
in several ways:
D Hold down [Option] (Mac) or [Alt] (Windows) and click on a parameter on
a device panel in the rack.
This sets focus to the first sequencer track connected to the device, opens Edit
View, brings the Controller lane and shows the automation subtrack for the speci-
fied parameter, all in one go.
D You can do the same thing by selecting “Edit Automation” on the context
menu for the parameter.
You bring up the parameter context menu by [Ctrl]-clicking (Mac) or right-clicking
(Windows) on the parameter on the device panel.
✪ If you use a Mac with a two-button mouse, it’s a good idea to assign
[Ctrl]-click to the right mouse button, allowing you to bring up context
menus by right clicking.