User Manual

STEP RECORD
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6 Click OK to confirm your choices.
Now you can control the duration with your mod
wheel. As you move the wheel, notice that the
duration value changes in the Step Record window.
Controlling the offset with a MIDI controller
You can set up Step Recording such that a mod
wheel or other continuous controller controls the
offset of the notes being inserted.
To assign a pitch bend wheel, mod wheel, or data
slider to the offset:
1 Choose Note Offset from the Step Record
window mini-menu.
Figure 29-10: The Offset feature lets you adjust on the fly the place-
ment of the notes you are step-recording with an external MIDI
controller, such as the pitch bend wheel on your controller keyboard.
2 For the offset range, enter the earliest and latest
value over which you would like to set the offset.
Type a negative tick value in the first text box for
the earliest value; type a positive tick value in the
second box for the latest value.
3 For the MIDI Remote Control, enter the
controller type, and enter a range of controller
values that will be mapped to the offset range you
specified above.
For example, if you specify an offset range of -15 to
15, and you specify a controller range of 0 to 100,
when you move the mod wheel (pitch bend wheel,
or data slider) to 100, the offset will be set to 15.
Likewise, if you move the controller to 0, the offset
value will be set to -15. You can enter any of the
above values by highlighting the text box with the
Tab key and moving the controller wheel or slider.
The minimum is -240 ticks and the maximum is
240 ticks (at 480 ppq).
4 If you would like the note’s duration to be
maintained, check the “Subtract offset from
durations” option.
5 To enable MIDI Remote Control, click the “Use
MIDI Remote Control” check box.
6 If you wish notes to be assigned a random offset
within the range you’ve chosen, click the
“Randomize offset within range” check box.
7 Click OK to confirm your choices.
Using the numeric keypad
In addition, the step record commands are mapped
to the numeric keypad as shown below. The Step
Record window must be the front-most (active)
window to use these key assignments. On
Windows, make sure the Num Lock key is engaged
when using these keypad shortcuts. Pressing the
key performs the same actions as pushing the
buttons in the Step Record window, with one
exception: duration buttons are “sticky”. This
means that a duration remains selected until you
press it again; pressing a different duration does
not deselect currently selected durations. This
allows you to easily specify a composite duration
(such as an eighth and a quarter). To clear all
durations, use the Clear key on the keypad.