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Now let‘s take a look to the right part of the parameters. Here you can edit the settings for the
Alternative Steps.
Why Alternative Steps? We will explain this feature with the following example:
Imagine you had a live bass player in front of you. Tell him to play a simple but dynamic and very
fast bass line, but only with ONE finger... Impossible! As soon as the bass line is too fast for a
one finger performance, the bass player has to play with a permanent switch between two fingers.
As soon as he plays like this, also the sound of the bass will slightly change. Exactly this slight
change of the character of the sound (caused by the switch between two fingers) is simulated in
Independence by „Alternative Steps“.
String performances, for example, work the same way. With Alternative Steps you can easily
simulate when to play the instrument with down-bow or up-bow. One of the strengths of
Independence is that you only have to make your setup once. The Alternate Mode automatically
takes control on the process of your Alternative Steps, so you can focus on your music!
With the following parameters you can set up why, when and how an Alternative Step gets played
back.
A.S. Start (Alternative Step Start)
Defines the minimum period that has to elapse between two samples until Alternative Steps are
used. Valid range of values: 0 - 300 milliseconds.
A.S. End (Alternative Step End)
This is the upper time limit that defines the maximum period that is allowed to elapse between two
samples to use Alternative Steps.
This value has always to be higher than the A.S. Start value. Together with the A.S. End parameter
these values set up the range in which Alternative Steps are used.
Valid range of values: 0 - 300 milliseconds.
All further parameters are identical to the „Basic Steps“ parameters. Please refer to the explanations
on the left page.
IMPORTANT: Of course you can use the same Section in the same Alternate multiple times.
If you want to use the same Section also in different Alternates, you first have to
switch to the „Mapping Page“ and duplicate the desired Section. You can then
use this copy for any other Alternate.
SHORTCUTS: You can also bypass single Steps. Therefore press the ALT Key (MAC OS X
& Windows XP) and click on the Step you want to bypass. Now the color of the
Step changes and shows its bypass status this way. All other Steps still get
played, only the bypassed Step gets skipped. To undo the bypass activation just
repeat the action.