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36 ARTURIA – DrumBrute – USER’S MANUAL
5.2.2 Accent Mode
Accent mode is a quick way to increase the velocity of a particular step inside an
instrument track. A Step button that is lit red indicates that an Accent event occurs at
that step.
Use the Step buttons to enter Accent events. Events that you toggle from Off to On
within Accent mode will always be red. Events that are blue indicate that an event
already exists in the pattern at that step but it has not yet been accented.
The MIDI Control Center allows you to define what the MIDI velocity of accented steps
will be. See section 10.9.2.6 for information about this MIDI Control Center feature.
5.2.3 Red state, Blue state
Step buttons will display one of three states whether you are in Step mode or Accent
mode. They can be dark (no event), lit blue (event present), or lit red (accented event).
The behavior in each mode may be confusing at first. Here’s a chart that should help
explain what is happening:
Step mode
Button press 1
Button press 2
Button press 3
Off
Blue
(new event)
Off
Blue
Blue
Off
Blue
Off
Red
Blue
Off
Blue
Accent mode
Off
Red
(new event)
Off
Red
Blue
Red
Off
Red
Red
Off
Red
Off
5.2.4 Selecting a Drum…
5.2.4.1 …while paused
To select an instrument track for individual editing, simply tap a pad. When the pad is lit
solid that means the instrument has been selected.
5.2.4.2 …while recording
It can be useful to both hear and see what various instruments are contributing to a
pattern. But if you touch a pad while the pattern is recording it will enter a note.
To select an instrument without entering a note while recording, hold the Shift button
and tap the desired pad. Its track data will now be displayed by the Step buttons.
5.2.5 Step Repeat
This feature lets you use the Roller/Looper strip to enter quick, glitchy events into your
patterns without having to switch to a different time division and tempo. It works by
adding triggers between existing steps.