Reference Guide

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Step Record dialog
Printing
Step Record dialog
The Transport > Step Record command opens the Step Record dialog box. Step recording lets
you specify step size and note duration so you can record difficult passages a step at a time. Step
Record always uses the Sound on Sound (blend) record mode, regardless of the current record
mode.
The Step Record dialog has an extra set of controls called Advanced mode that only appear when
you click the Adv. button. The Step Record dialog has the following fields:
Step Size
• Click a note head to choose a step size for the next note or rest you want to enter.
• Click the dotted or double-dotted buttons to add a dot or double-dot to any step size.
• Click N to create a custom step size.
• Click the Tuplet check box, and enter values in the two adjacent number fields to create a tuplet
step size
Duration
The duration value controls how much of a note’s step size the note actually lasts.
• Click Follow Step Size to keep the duration values the same as the step size.
• If you don’t check Follow Step Size, fill in a value in the % of note value field to set duration.
• If you don’t check Follow Step Size, you can randomize the duration by the value you enter in the
Randomize By field (Advanced mode only).
Destination Track
Choose the track that you want to add the note data to.
Note Properties (Advanced Mode Only)
If you don’t check the Use Input check box for a particular note property, you can specify any or all of
a note’s pitch, velocity, and channel characteristics.
Navigation
• Auto Advance. If this option is checked, the insertion point moves ahead automatically when
you release a note.
• Link to Now Time (Advanced mode only). If this option is checked, the insertion point
duplicates the Now Time.
• Delete on Back Step. If this option is checked, a note or notes are deleted when you click the
Step Backward button.
• Offset (Advanced mode only). You can enter a value in this field to enter notes at a constant