Operation Manual

MENU AND DIALOG REFERENCE
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Group
This puts a selection of events in the Arrange view into a Group:
1. Select the events that you want to Group.
It doesn’t matter which lanes you select - all notes, pattern changes and control-
lers within the area will be included in the Group.
D If you select events on several tracks, one Group for each track will be
created.
Each Group can only contain events on one track.
2. If you want the Group to have a specific length, activate Snap and select an
appropriate Snap value.
Often it is practical to create Groups that are one or several whole bars of length.
3. Select Group from the Edit menu.
Ungroup
This menu item is used to dissolve a Group:
1. Select the Group.
2. Select Ungroup from the Edit menu.
Find Identical Groups
This command helps you locate all Groups with the same contents:
1. Select a Group.
2. Select “Find Identical Groups” from the Edit menu.
All Groups with the same contents are selected in the Arrange View.
Insert Bars Between Locators
This function inserts an empty area between the locators in the main sequencer. All
events after the left locator are moved to the right to “make room” for the inserted
area.
Remove Bars Between Locators
This function removes all material between the locators in the main sequencer. All
events after the right locator are moved to the left to “fill out” the gap after the re-
moved section.
Convert Pattern Track to Notes
If you have recorded or drawn pattern changes on a Redrum or Matrix track, you can
have the whole track converted to notes, in the following way:
1. Select the track with the pattern changes.
2. Select “Convert Pattern Track to Notes” from the Edit menu or the context
menu for the track.
For each bar, the corresponding pattern is converted to notes on the track (follow-
ing the same rules as for the “Copy Pattern to Track” function). The track will play
back just the same as when you played the pattern device with the pattern
changes (including the Pattern Enabled/Mute switch).
D After the operation, all pattern changes are automatically removed from
the track.
Redrum notes
• The “Enable Pattern Section” switch is automatically turned off when you use this
function.
Matrix notes
• After performing “Convert Pattern Track to Notes”, you need to move the contents
to another track, or re-route the track to another device.
Having the track connected to the Matrix itself is pointless, since the Matrix cannot
produce any sound.
• You may want to disconnect or even remove the Matrix after performing this func-
tion.
This is because you probably don’t want both the Matrix and the sequencer notes
to play back at the same time.
Get User Groove
You can create your own groove and apply this using Groove Quantize:
1. Create or record a rhythmic note “pattern” of some kind.
You may for example record a drum pattern, or use the notes playing the slices in
a REX loop.
2. Select the notes you want to include in the user groove.
The groove can be of any length, but it’s usually most practical to make it one or
two bars long.
3. Select “Get User Groove” from the Edt menu or sequencer context menu.
Your pattern is stored as the User groove.
4. Select any notes you want to quantize, make sure “User” is selected as
Quantize value, and quantize as usual.
The rhythmic feel of your groove is applied to the notes.
! The User Groove is only stored temporarily - it isn’t included when you
save your Song.