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The Pattern View example above shows a possible arrangement of Patterns for a 4-pattern
(64-step) sequence. We are using four Osc 1 Patterns (Memories 1 to 4), two Osc 2 Patterns
(Memories 2 and 3) and two Modulation Sequence Patterns (Memories 1 and 2).
When you press Play, each track will loop round its own chain of Patterns. The longest chain
is Osc 1 – this defines the overall length of the sequence, in this case, 64 steps. Thus the
sequence will be based on Osc 1 Patterns 1 to 4, which will play in that order and then loop
back to Pattern 1 and start again. At the same time, Osc 2 will play Patterns 2 and 3 through
twice, while the synth will respond to the control data in the Modulation Sequence Patterns 1
and 2 twice. What you hear is illustrated in the timeline below:
4
48
44
40
36
32
28
24
20
16
12
8
52
56
60
64
0
Modulation Sequence
Oscillator 2
Oscillator 1
Pattern 1
Pattern 2
Pattern 1
Pattern 3
Pattern 2
Pattern 3
Pattern 1
Pattern 2
Pattern 3
Pattern 2
Pattern 2
Pattern 4
LOOPS BACK AFTER 64 STEPS
LOOPS BACK AFTER 64 STEPS
LOOPS BACK AFTER 64 STEPS
Every time you press
Play
, the Pattern restarts from the beginning of the first Pattern in
the chain. You can restart the Pattern from the point at which the sequencer was stopped by
pressing
Shift
and
Play
together.
The above example illustrates the basic points involved in chaining Patterns together to make a
longer sequence. It assumes that all the Patterns are 16 Steps in length, though of course they
need not be; in fact sequences can become very interesting when Patterns of different length
are chained, and/or Tracks with Patterns of different length are used together. Creating longer,
more complex and more interesting sequences is merely an extension of these principles.
Circuit Mono Station allows sequences of up to 256 steps.
Pattern Octave
You can shift the pitch of an entire Pattern up or down one or more octaves by holding down
Shift
15
and then pressing
Oct
J
or
Oct
K
12
. You can do this either while the Pattern is
playing, or in Stop Mode. Note that you cannot change Pattern Octave while in
Pattern View
or
Patches View
. Only the pitch of the currently selected oscillator is adjusted, that of the other will
remain unaffected.
If the Pattern contains notes which are already in the highest octave that Circuit Mono Station
can generate, they will remain unaffected by an upward Pattern Octave shift; the same applies
to the lowest notes and a downward octave shift. If this is the case, the
Oct
button will light red
to indicate that the command cannot be fully complied with.
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