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Avalon - Quick Start Manual
For example, to make steps 1-4 one long note (this would be a quarter-note at the default 1x scale) you
would press
STEP BUTTON 1 + STEP BUTTON 4
. Steps that are tied are easily seen as the indicators will
be
half-brightness.
Steps that don't have a note or tie programmed are RESTS and are indicated by unlit
STEP BUTTON LED's
.
4.7.2.3 ACTIVE STEPS
Steps in a pattern can be skipped by pressing
[
TIME
]
+
[
ACTIVE
]
+ STEP BUTTON
.
While holding down
[
TIME
]
+
[
ACTIVE
]
you can easily see which steps are inactive in a pattern section, as steps that are not
active are not lit. De-activating steps will inherently change the pattern length
.
For example, to set step 16 as an active step hold
[
TIME
]
+
[
ACTIVE
]
and press
STEP BUTTON 16
until it is
lit.
4.7.3 PITCH ATTRIBUTES
There are several pitch-related parameters for each pattern step. These include the following:
1)
Pitch
2)
Accent & Slide
3)
Transpose
4)
Modulation Envelope Triggers
5)
Slide Time
*
6)
Filter CV Offset
*
7)
Gate Length
*
These attributes can all be set while the sequencer is running. Assuming you are starting with a cleared
pattern, you can start entering pitch attributes as described in the following subsections.
*
These pitch attributes won't be covered in this quick start manual, see the reference manual for details.
4.7.3.1 PITCH
To enter a pitch, press and hold a step button and select a key on the chromatic keyboard. For example, to
enter a "C#" on step 1 press
STEP BUTTON 1 + [BUTTON KEY C#]
. The C# indicator will remain lit while
the step button is held to indicate C# has been programmed.
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