User's Manual

8.2.2.1. Scale
On the right side of the Notes sequencer screen, click on the pulldown menu next to Scale to
see your available options:
There are 15 possible scales to choose from. In Chromatic scale, any semitone can be
selected. All the others restrict selections (and playback) of steps to the tones in that scale,
whether major or minor, modal, pentatonic, blues, fifth (only the root and fifths of notes will
play) or to a Custom scale you design yourself. If you're not familiar with a scale, select it to
see the steps of the scale displayed at the bottom of the popup window.

!: If you program steps using one scale, and then switch the Scale to another, any notes that are
not "legal" in the new scale will play back as the nearest allowable note, instead of the semitone that
you originally programmed. But scale choices are not destructive; if you program a sequence, then try
different scales that alter your sequence, going back to your original scale (or to Chromatic) will recover
the original sequence.
8.2.2.2. Trigger
Directly below each step's note value number is a red, pink, or black block in the Trigger row.
Click on this block to determine the trigger behavior of the step:
• Red trigger blocks denote a step that will trigger both ENV-1 and ENV-2, typically
opening the VCF and VCA.
• Pink blocks denote a step that does NOT trigger the envelopes; it will change the
pitch (if the value is different) but the envelope will keep going through its existing
cycle. If you think of each step as a sixteenth note, a red step followed by 3 pink
steps will sound as a quarter note.
• To insert a rest, right-click or CNTL-click to turn the block black. No sound will emit
from that step if the release time of ENV-2 is set to zero.

♪: The effect of all triggers depends upon the envelope curves and the VCF CUT settings. To hear the
effect of a red (triggered) vs. a pink (non-triggered) step, adjust VCF CUT down or up while the sequence
is playing.
The Sequencer step values will select from the Natural Minor scale. At the
bottom outlined in red are the notes that would be available from the C
minor scale, just for clarification: any note on the keyboard will play its
own particular Major key
57 Arturia - User Manual Jup-8 V4 - Advanced Panel