User's Manual

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F. Automation

With the SL MkIII’s Sequencer recording, you can automate the movement of the following Template controls:

• Rotary Knobs

• Faders

• Soft Buttons

• Pads (press/release & pressure)

• Pitch & Modulation Wheels

• Pedals

Once a control moves the corresponding LED or screen will light red, and the control will begin overwriting any of

its existing control data as the Transport advances. Movements are recorded and played back at a resolution of 24

PPQN regardless of the current pattern sync rate (equivalent to 6 data points for each Step at the default 1/16 sync

rate). Automation will record or overwrite until either recording or playback stops; we, therefore, recommend disabling

record as soon as possible to ensure you do not overwrite automation when the Sequencer loops back around.

You can automate up to 8 controls for each Track in a Session. The screen will notify you when you have used anoth-

er automation lane or if there are no more available lanes for the selected track.

Keep in mind that you cannot record automation for relative rotaries and controls that are assigned to song position.

Also, pads and buttons that output note messages are recorded into the note sequence rather than as automation.

Holding the Clear button will highlight all the controls that have automation data in the current Pattern and hide those

that do not. For example, if the Pitch Wheel is automated its LED will illuminate as you hold Clear. While still holding

Clear, any movement of a control will clear its automation in the current pattern.

You can also manually assign values to a Step, which is very useful when more accuracy is required. While stopped,

press the Transport’s Record button (Transport). Then, select a Step (by pressing a pad) to enter Step Edit mode. This

action will audition the Step. Move a control to the desired value to assign this value to the Step, and deactivate re-

cord. In the case of the Pitch Wheel, move it to the desired position, then disable record before letting go of the wheel.

Note that only the most recent control value is assigned to a Step. This means that while in Step Edit mode, pressing

and releasing a button or pad with a momentary function will only record the release message. To record the press

message of a button or pad, turn off record or select a new Step to record the release before releasing the pad.

G. Mute/Solo Parts

To Mute or Solo tracks of the sequencer press the Sequencer button and then the Up arrow to the right of the 8x2

buttons and you’ll see Mute and Solo appear on the far right screen.

Mute a Part by pressing a Mute button (top row of orange soft buttons) corresponding to that Part. When muted the

Sequencer will not output MIDI for that Part, but the user can still play keys or audition pads for that Part.

Solo a Part by pressing the Solo button (bottom row of teal soft buttons) corresponding to that Part. When you solo a

Part, any other Part that is not also soloed will be silent (if it was not already muted). The Mute button for a silenced

Part/s will pulse yellow to indicate that it is silent.

2. Templates

Each Part operates according to a Template. In other words, each Part uses a Template to determine which MIDI

messages should send for each control. Templates live in the Templates View, which you access by pressing the Shift

+ Sessions buttons. A Template determines the type of MIDI message sent from each control. The Template contains

mapping data for:

Tempo INCONTROLGlobalShift

Zones

Sequencer

LatchArp

Scales

Sessions

Patterns

Steps

Save

Duplicate

Clear

Grid

Options

Pitch Modulation

Octave

Transpose

Track

Templates

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