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2.8
PAGE 8: STEP MODE RECORDING (STEP MODE)
The display shows
STEP MODE?
This is your "gateway" to step editing, which
provides detailed Pattern editing and recording. To enter the step editor, press PLAY.
The display now shows the beat and sub-beat. If a drum event exists on this beat/sub-
beat, the display will also show the drum pad that played the event and the event
volume. If more than one drum event occurs on the same sub-beat, the PAGE
UP/DOWN buttons step forward or backward respectively through each drum one at a
time.
If no drum event exists on this
beat/sub-beat, the display will
show no pad number, and
EMPTY
in place of volume data.
To navigate through the steps at
the current quantization rate, use
the PAGE UP button to move
forward or PAGE DOWN to
move backward. If a drum exists
between those beats that fall on
the current quantization value,
the drum will sound as you go
past it, but the display will not
stop on that drum.
If swing is on, step mode will step in "swinged" increments (see section 2.2).
Background
Step mode provides detailed Pattern editing. (Note that "step" does not
refer to Song steps, but to the steps in a Pattern that hold drum events.) You can
move through a Pattern one step at a time, stop at each event as desired, and delete
the event, add an event, or change an event's volume. While occasionally somewhat
tedious, Step Edit mode allows editing drum parts to your exact specifications.
Each step (also called a sub-beat) is 1/96th of a beat in duration, so at maximum
resolution it takes 96 steps to "move through" a quarter note. To save time, you can
step through the Pattern at various note values, as set by the quantization value
(which is why it's preferable to select the quantization rate at which the Pattern was
recorded).
Example:
A 16th note consists of 24 sub-beats, so setting the quantization
value to 1/16 lets you step through the Pattern 24 sub-beats at a time. The following
chart relates the number of sub-beats to note/quantization values.
NOTE VALUE
1/4
1/6
1/8
1/12
1/16
1/24
1/32
1/48
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NOTE NAME
QUARTER NOTE
QUARTER NOTE TRIPLET
EIGHTH NOTE
EIGHTH NOTE TRIPLET
16th NOTE
16th NOTE TRIPLET
32nd NOTE
32nd NOTE TRIPLET
SUB-BEATS
96
64
48
32
24
16
12
8
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3
3
3
3
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VOL 8
DRUM
STEP
EDIT
QUANTIZE
SWING OFF
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