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iii. Pattern

The last item in the Options menu is ‘Pattern’, which itself contains four suboptions: ‘Start Position’, ‘End Position’, ‘Di-

rection’ and ‘Sync Rate’. Editing these settings alters playback of Patterns in interesting ways (we recommend playing

around here to achieve ‘happy accidents’). Keep in mind that Pattern changes will take effect when playback reaches

the end of the Pattern. The adjustable settings are as follows:

• Start Position - The rotary knob above ‘Start Position’ moves the start Step of the Pattern, effectively changing

Pattern length. The pad representing this Step will be lit yellow, allowing you to see where the start position is

moving.

• End Position - The knob above moves the end step of Pattern playback, effectively changing the Pattern

length. End Position can come before the start position. If End Positions changes so that Steps containing

notes are no longer heard these pads will light red.

• Direction - This changes the course of Pattern playback. The following directions are available:

• Forward - As the default, ‘Forward’ indicates a typical playback Pattern, which begins at the start Step

(start position) and step progresses to the end Step.

• Backwards - Conversely, ‘Backwards’ means playback begins at the end position and step progresses to the

start Step. You could think of this as ‘reverse’.

• Ping-Pong - During the rst phase, playback begins at the start position and progresses to the end position.

During the second phase, playback starts at the end Step and proceeds backwards to the start position. End

Steps are repeated.

• Random - The most experimental of the Direction options, this playback option continually selects Steps

between the start and end position in a random order, resulting in repeated notes and general chaos.

• Sync Rate - This changes the rate at which steps occur relative to the BPM (either internal or external).

Choose among the following musical time values:

• 1/32 Triplet, 1/32, 1/16. Triplet, 1/16 (default), 1/8 Triplet, 1/8, 1/4 Triplet, 1/4 note values

C. Patterns View

Pressing the ‘Patterns’ button (between the Steps and Sessions buttons) opens Patterns View, where you can se-

lect MIDI patterns within the current Session. The 8 available Patterns for each track are laid out horizontally in rows

across the 8x2 pad area. Pads represent each Pattern and take the colour of its Part. Use the up and down buttons

(left of the 8x2 pad area) to navigate through the four pages of Patterns.

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