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SPECTRALIS 2

in the lower display line during the edit process have an immediate effect on

the sequence. You may select other (alternate) notes at any time using control

buttons 1-16. You can also scroll the steps into the display successively via the

[Page-Up] function. Especially when multiple tonal sequences are active

simultaneously, you will welcome an option that enables you to scroll through

all lines directly using the key combinations [Shift]+[Page-Up] or

[Shirt]+[Page-down]. This menu also contains a copy-function. It is possible

to copy the settings of a selected step directly into other steps. To do so use the

[Shift] + the control button of the step you want to apply the new settings to.

With the help of this function you can save a set note to random positions very

quickly.

3.5.5 MIDI learn function for pitch

When the single-step editor is opened the Spectralis has a MIDI-learn function. If

you want to assign a new pitch to a step via MIDI, simply push the control button 1-

16 of the according step, hold it down and play the desired note on your connected

MIDI keyboard.

3.5.6 Line rotation

In chapter 4.13.3 we already have explained many basic functions, such as change

of direction, skip, resolution and others. When you use these functions extensively

you may end up with a sequence which sounds terrific – but somehow doesn’t match

up well with the current drum-groove. Often you won’t even notice until the sequencer

is stopped and restarted. It suddenly becomes obvious that the sequence isn’t starting

together with beat 1 but possibly beat 5. This can cause real problems, especially

when changing from one pattern to another. To deal with this issue the Spectralis has

a function which allows you to rotate the sequencer line step by step. If you move the

line rotation by one step to the right, the 16

step-position will skip to 1 and the

remaining events will also move to the right by one step. The line rotation function

can serve as a nice source of inspiration when you have created a number of tonal

lines and start shifting them relative to each other. This can generate completely new

and unexpected rhythmic structures which you might like even better than the originally

planned one. You can access the menu for rotating lines by using the [Iterati-

on]-button in the sequence-edit section.

Rotate Line->TGrp1 Stp:01-16

Seq:L11 [<ROT] [0] [ROT>]

The menu is largely self explanatory. The menu can be operated via the button-

fuction of the rotary encoders under the display.

[<ROT]

Enables the rotation of a sequencer line to the left by one step. The numeric

buttons will indicate the amount of the shift of the trigger points.

[ROT>]

Enables moving the whole sequencer line to the right by one step. Again

the numeric buttons will indicate the amount of the shift.

Step-sequencer advanced - Line Rotation