Reference Guide

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Step Recording

Recording

To Add Two Step Sizes Together

1. Choose your first step size. If desired, use any combination of tuplet and dotted values.

2. Press the + key on the Num Pad.

A plus sign appears after the value in the Step Size “n” Ticks field.

3. Choose your second step size. If desired, use any combination of tuplet and dotted values.

The total step size appears in the Step Size “n” Ticks field.

4. Press the note on your MIDI keyboard that you want to enter.

The new note appears in your track, and the Now Time moves the distance of the two combined

steps that you entered. To toggle the plus sign on or off in the Step Size “n” Ticks field, press the +

key on the Num Pad. To clear a large value from the Step Size “n” Ticks field, click a smaller value,

or use a keyboard shortcut for a smaller value.

To Use Other Commands While Step Recording

• Use the mouse to click the command you want to use.

• Click the Activate Step Recording button in the Step Record dialog so that the button is not

red. This disables step recording, allowing you to use both the mouse, and any keyboard

shortcuts that the Step Record dialog uses, for other commands.

By default, opening the Step Record window will automatically enable step recording. SHIFT+R is

the default shortcut to open the Step Record dialog. Once the Step Record window is open, you

can enable/disable step recording at will without closing the Step Record window: just click the

Activate Step Recording button in the Step Record dialog, or press SHIFT+R.