Operation Manual

THE SEQUENCER
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Recording automation of a device parameter
1. Make sure there is a sequencer track for the device.
For the instrument devices and the Matrix, sequencer tracks are automatically
added when you create the device. For a mixer or effect device, you need to add
tracks manually, by selecting “Create Sequencer Track for...” from the device con-
text menu. You can also select “Sequencer Track” from the Create menu and con-
nect the created track manually to the desired device (in the Out column in the
track list).
2. Click in the In column for the track in the track list, so that the MIDI keyboard
symbol is highlighted.
The record enable symbol (to the right of the MIDI keyboard icon) is also automat-
ically highlighted. The track will now receive MIDI and is ready for recording.
3. Start recording from the desired position.
4. During recording, adjust the desired parameter(s), from the device panel or
from a MIDI remote control surface.
You can record automation for several parameters in the same recording pass.
✪ You can also record automation for several devices at a time (not just the
device whose track has MIDI input). See page 8.
5. Stop recording.
On the device panel, each automated parameter will have a green frame.
The parameters Feedback and Pan are automated.
In the Arrange view, recorded controllers are indicated in blue (the pale blue “strip” indicates that
the track contains any kind of controller automation).
If you play back the recorded section again, the parameters will change automatically.
Outside the recorded section, the parameters will have their original settings (the val-
ues they had before you started recording).
Recording more for the same controller
If you need to redo a section of recorded automation, or add some automation of the
same controller elsewhere in the song, proceed as follows:
! The Overdub/Replace switch does not affect controller recording. How-
ever, you should make sure this is set to “Overdub”, to avoid accidentally
deleting any notes on the track.
1. Set up and start recording in the same way as described above.
As long as you don’t touch the parameter, its automation data will be played back
normally.
2. At the desired position, adjust the parameter.
As soon as you start changing the parameter value, the Punched In indicator will
light up on the transport panel.
From this point on, the previously recorded automation will be replaced!
3. Stop recording when you are done.
You have now replaced the section from where you Punched In up to where you
stopped recording.
D Any time after Punching In, you can click the Reset button below the
Punched In indicator.
This turns off the Punched In indicator and “resets” the controller recording (mak-
ing the previously recorded automation active again, from that position). You are
still in record mode, and as soon as you adjust the parameter again, the Punched
In indicator will be lit.
Basically, clicking the Reset button is the same as stopping recording and starting
recording again.
Moving Automated Controllers during Playback - “Live Mode”
Even if you have automated a parameter, you can still “grab it” and adjust it during
playback, overriding the automation:
1. During playback, click and drag an automated parameter.
The Punched In indicator lights up on the transport panel. From this point on, the
recorded automation for the parameter is disabled.
2. To activate the automation again, click the Reset button.
This returns control of the parameter to the sequencer.
D Automation override is automatically reset when you stop playback.