Operation Manual

THE REGROOVE MIXER
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Working with grooves
Applying grooves to your music
Follow this example to learn basic ReGroove mixing techniques and hear the effect
that various groove parameters have on your music.
1. If it's not already visible in either the Sequencer or Rack, open the ReGroove
Mixer by clicking the corresponding button on the Transport Panel.
2. Decide which note lane you are going to apply the groove to.
For the most obvious effect the track should contain a drumbeat based on straight
(as opposed to shuffled) sixteenth notes. A hi-hat lane, for example, might be a
good source for experimentation.
3. Use the Groove Select pop-up on the chosen note lane to route those notes
to a specific ReGroove mixer channel.
D The “Enabled” item at the top of the pop-up menu allows you to turn Re-
Groove off for individual note lanes.
This is useful for comparing with the original, ungrooved beat. If you want to do
this for several note lanes set to a particular ReGroove channel, use the “On” but-
ton for the channel in the ReGroove mixer instead (see page 99).
D To turn ReGroove off for a note lane, select “No Channel”.
4. In the ReGroove Mixer, make sure the channel you are using is activated -
the On button should be lit.
5. To hear some of the different possibilities, start by turning up the channel's
Shuffle knob while you play the sequence.
The music on that note lane (and any other note lane assigned to the same Re-
Groove channel) will start playing with a shuffle feel.
6. Turn down Shuffle to its middle position (50%), and turn up the channel's
Slide knob to hear its effect.
D Note that, because slide shifts all notes by the same amount, you won't hear
the results unless you play the track in conjunction with another track whose
notes are not being slid (or with the metronome click activated).
Groove Select pop-up