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3.8 Step sequencer advanced II
You already have learned how to manage tonal sequencerlines and some of the
features we are describing in this section have been discussed already in the first
advanced step-sequencer chapter. However, while tonal sequencerlines offer gate-
length, probability, velocity and pitch, in parameter control lines you have to deal
with step envelopes and value offsets.
3.8.1 Parameter control lines
Push the sequence-edit->
[Function]
-button, to enter the step-sequencer edit menu.
The sequencer menu contains 7 edit pages. Most of them can be reached by press
and hold
[Function]
and selecting the desired page with the numeric buttons
[1]
-
[5]
corresponding to the labelling under the numeric-buttons. By hitting
[Page-Up]
and
[Page-Down]
, you can reach all available edit pages one after another.
Menu page 1
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Seq:L03 ´`Typ:Decay´`Len:4th ´`Depth:63
This menu works in the way that you are adjusting parameters for one or multiple
sequence steps and hit the numeric buttons of the steps you want to activate with
the settings afterwards. If you hit a stepnumber, that already is activated with a diffe-
rent parametersetting, the step gets updated with the new values. If you hit an already
activated step with a similar parameter setting again, the step gets deactivated again.
Seq - Sequence line selection
Choose the sequencer line for editing with the first display encoder.
Typ - Step envelope type selection (attack, decay, puls, hard and soft)
The envelope type can be selected independently for each step you want to enter.
Len - Step envelope length
You can define the length of a step envelope in multiples or fractions of steps. 4
means, the envelope has a duration of 4 complete steps and 1/4 means, the
length is only a quarter step.
Depth - The step envelope depth
Depending on the depth, the envelope will control a parameter value more or
less. Negative values are decreasing the value and positive values will increase
them.
Additionally to the step envelopes you can define an offset value per step. Encoders
1-16 are controlling the offsets of the corresponding steps directly.
The encoder buttons
[1]
-
[16]
call up an additional single step editing menu we are
describing in a dedicated chapter below.
You may already have noticed the upward arrows left to the parameter names. They
Step sequencer advanced II - Parameter control lines
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