Specifications

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 se-
lected 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 veloc-
ity 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 affecting any other notes!
Editing Controllers
Controllers are shown and edited in the Controller lane. This lane in turn is di-
vided into several “subtracks”, one for each automatable parameter for the cor-
responding 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 param-
eter 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 specified 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 con-
text menus by right clicking.