3.5

608MainStage Instruments
MIDI control parameters
• Pattern Mode button: Allows you to choose and start patterns with MIDI note messages.
The Transport button turns blue to indicate that Ultrabeat is ready to receive incoming
control commands.
MIDI notes C-1 to B0 switch between patterns:C-1 selects pattern 1, C#-1 selects
pattern 2, and so on up to pattern 24 (selected when MIDI note B0 is received).
• Playback Mode pop-up menu: Determine pattern playback behavior when an incoming
MIDI note is received. You can choose one of the following options:
• One-Shot Trig(ger): The reception of a MIDI note starts the pattern, which plays
once through its cycle, then stops. If the next note is received before the pattern
has reached its final step, the new note stops playback of the first pattern and the
next pattern begins playing immediately—this can be a different pattern or the same
pattern, depending on the MIDI note received. Note-off events are ignored.
• Sustain: The reception of a MIDI note starts the pattern and it continues playing in
an infinite loop until the corresponding MIDI note is released (a note-off event is
received).
• Toggle: The reception of a MIDI note starts the pattern and it continues playing in an
infinite loop until the next note is received. If it is the same note, the pattern stops
immediately. If it is a different note, the sequencer immediately switches to the new
pattern.
Toggle mode allows you to switch between patterns in the middle of a bar—the
sequencer stays in time and automatically jumps to the corresponding beat of the
new pattern. This isn’t the case in One-Shot Trig mode, which starts the new pattern
from the beginning as soon as you play a MIDI note.
• Toggle on Step 1: The behavior is the same as Toggle mode except that the pattern
change or stop occurs the next time beat 1 is reached—at the beginning of the next
pattern cycle.
• Voice Mute Mode button: Playing MIDI note C1 and above mutes the corresponding
sound in the Ultrabeat mixer. A subsequent MIDI note of the same pitch unmutes it.
This is ideal for spontaneous rearranging of patterns and/or muting single elements of a
pattern without deleting them. This is especially useful in a live performance or remixing
situation.