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XBASE 999 Operating Manual
encoder.
Now that you know how to select patterns, let’s take a look at the
different modes of the XBASE 999. After powering up, you are
always in Perform Mode. That means, all steps of an instrument track
address the same sound buffer and play the same sound throughout
the whole track. By editing the encoders you can change the sound
of any instrument whilst the sequencer is running.
Next to each encoder there is a multi-color LED which lights up green
when the corresponding parameter is existing in the selected
instrument. If you want to edit a different instrument, press the
(Write)
button – now you are in Perform Write Mode. Now select the
desired instrument with the light grey instrument keys, and
immediatly the LEDs show up the editable parameters of the selected
instrument. The red LED next to the instrument key also lights up
indicating the currently selected instrument.
If you don’t want to edit an instrument with running sequencer,
press again
(Write)
button to leave the Perform Write Mode and
trigger the instrument with the instrument key.
Now let’s go to the Master Mode. Press the
(Master)
button. In this
mode the encoders are adressed to the individual instrument
volumes and being displayed as bars in the LCD display. By pressing
on one of the 9 first encoders you can mute or unmute the
corresponding instrument. In case it is muted, the LED lights up red.
This function is also available in the other modes regardless if it is
Perform, Pattern or Edit or Master mode and regardless of any
submenu. I.E. pressing encoder 1 always mutes or unmutes the kick
drum.
Let’s program the first own created drum pattern. Switch to bank 2
by pressing the
(Bank)
button. By pressing
(Step 1)
button choose
the first empty pattern. Now go to Perform Write Mode by pressing
(Write)
and select an instrument track by pressing the
corresponding instrument key i.e. the bass drum track.
