User Manual

14 ARTURIA – DrumBrute – USER’S MANUAL
One main use for the sixteen Step buttons is to select patterns in Pattern mode. But they
serve many other purposes as well. For example, in Step mode they are used to
enable/disable events in a pattern.
In this manual you will learn how to use the Step buttons to select a song (see 4.2),
select a bank or pattern (see 3.1), to edit a pattern (see 5.2), to set the pattern length
(see 5.2.9), and much more.
2.2.7 Copy/Erase
These two buttons are used in every mode to copy or erase large amounts of pattern
data at the same time. For example, you can copy a pattern to a new location or erase it
completely.
You can also copy sequence data from one instrument to another within the same
pattern, or erase all of the data for one instrument within a pattern.
The Copy/Erase functions are covered in greater detail in chapter 6.
2.2.8 Pattern length/Last step
DrumBrute patterns can be up to 64 steps long, consisting of up to four 16-step
subdivisions that play one after the other. Those are called the Step Groups.
The four LEDs above the double arrow buttons (<< >>) are used to indicate the pattern
length and which Step Group is currently playing.
The Last Step button is used with the Step buttons and the << >> buttons to change
the length of the current pattern.
For a complete description of these features, see section 5.2.9.
2.2.9 Save button
The Save button is used in conjunction with the Song, Bank and Pattern Mode buttons to
preserve the patterns you have created. When your patterns have been saved to the