User Manual

11. THE SEQUENCER

11.3.2 GRID RECORDING MODE

GRID RECORDING is a method of composing where you use the [TRIG] keys to add trigs.

Enter GRID RECORDING mode by pressing the [RECORD] key. A lit red [RECORD] key indicates GRID

RECORDING mode is active. Select the track to which you want to add trigs, the active track, by press-

ing the [TRK] key + one of the [PADS]. Place note trigs on the sequencer by pressing the [TRIG] keys

1–16 in the sequence desired. When CHROMATIC mode is active, the pitch value of the note trig will be

recorded according to which [PADS] key is pressed. To add a lock trig, press [FUNC] and [TRIG]. Add

micro timing (shifting it forward or backward on the time grid) to a note trig by pressing and holding the

[TRIG] key while pressing [ARROW] keys [LEFT] or [RIGHT]. A micro timing pop-up menu appears,

showing the time oset.

Set the retrig speed by pressing and holding the [TRIG] key while pressing [ARROW] keys [UP] or

[DOWN]. Similarly, a pop-up menu will appear on the screen, where various retrig settings can be made.

For more information, please see “11.4 RETRIG MENU” on page 39.

If the pattern contains more than 16 steps, select the pattern page you want to edit by pressing the

[PAGE] key. The active pattern page is shown with a fully lit <PATTERN PAGE> LED.

Press [PLAY] to listen to the sequence.

All trigs of a track can be shifted forwards or backward on the sequencer. While in GRID

RECORDING mode, hold down [FUNC] while pressing the [LEFT] or [RIGHT] arrow keys

to perform the trig shift.

11.3.3 LIVE RECORDING MODE

LIVE RECORDING mode is the second method of adding trigs to the tracks. In this recording mode, the

[PADS] are played in real time to input trigs to the tracks. It is also possible to enter parameter locks in

real time. Trigs input in LIVE RECORDING mode will be placed on the sequencer in a micro-timed fash-

ion, which means trigs will be placed to more accurately reﬂect the input timing of the trigs. This makes

LIVE RECORDING mode record note inputs in a more real time and non-quantized way. However if you

wish, micro timed trigs can be quantized, which is done in the QUANTIZE menu accessed by pressing

[FUNC] + [TRIG]. For more information, please see “11.7.1 QUANTIZATION” on page 42.

Hold [RECORD] and press [PLAY] to enter LIVE RECORDING mode. The sequencer will start to play,

and the [RECORD] key will start to ﬂash. You can now enter trigs to the active track in real time by play-

ing the [PADS]. Key presses on the [PADS] will be recorded as note trigs, and the velocity and duration

of the key presses will aect the values of the note trigs. Also, the pitch value of the note trig, if CHRO-

MATIC mode is active, will be recorded. Any changes to the PARAMETER page settings, using the DATA

ENTRY knobs, will be recorded on the sequencer as parameter locks.

To activate or deactivate quantization of the LIVE RECORDING, press [RECORD], then double-press

[PLAY]. Repeat the command to deactivate. Quantization of live recording can also be set in the SE-

QUENCER CONFIGURATION menu found in the GLOBAL SETTINGS menu.

Press [NO] + one (or several) of the [PADS] to erase a sequence of recorded trigs on a track (or on

several tracks) in time with the sequencer, i.e. all steps reached on the pattern playing will be erased, until

the keys are released.

To stop both the recording and the playback of the sequencer, press [STOP]. To exit LIVE RECORDING

mode while keeping the sequencer playing, press [PLAY]. If LIVE RECORDING mode is active and [RE-

CORD] is pressed, GRID RECORDING mode will be activated.

11.4 RETRIG MENU

When the [RTRG] key is pressed and held, the retrig menu for the active track will appear on the left side

of the screen. In this menu, a host of retrig actions can be set. Each of the twelve drum tracks can have its

own set of retrig settings. The retrig settings are stored to the active kit.