Operation Manual

NOTE AND AUTOMATION EDITING
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! If you resize a pattern automation clip by clicking and dragging the left resize handle, and thus change the
start position, the clip will be masked (just like a note clip). This means the pattern won’t necessarily begin on
beat 1. A selected pattern automation clip that has a masked start position will indicate this in the Pattern Off-
set display in the Inspector.
A pattern automation clip drawn between bar 1 and 5
Now, if we resize the clip by dragging the left resize handle two beats to the right, the Pattern Offset will change
but the pattern will play back as expected:
The same pattern automation clip “resized” to begin at beat 2
• You can also move or duplicate pattern automation clips using the Cut, Copy and Paste commands on the Edit
menu or context menu.
Again, the same rules apply as for note and parameter automation clips.
Deleting pattern automation clips
D Deleting pattern automation clips is done in the same way as deleting note clips. I.e. you can select or draw se-
lection rectangles and then press [Backspace] or use the Eraser tool etc.
D To clear all automation in a clip, simply delete the clip (or remove the whole lane to clear all pattern change au-
tomation on the track).
The “Convert Pattern Automation to Notes” function
If you have recorded or drawn pattern automation on a Redrum or Matrix track, you can automatically convert the
whole pattern automation lane into note events on an additional note lane. Proceed as follows:
1. Select the track with the pattern automation.
2. Select “Convert Pattern Automation to Notes” from the Edit menu or the track’s context menu.
For each pattern automation clip, the corresponding device pattern is converted to note clips on an additional note
lane on the track. The generated note lane will play back just the same as when you played the pattern device with
the pattern changes.
• The pattern automation lane is automatically disabled (turned off) after this operation.
You can later go back to pattern automation if you wish, by turning on the pattern lane again.