User Manual

SPECTRALIS 2

3.8 Step sequencer advanced II

You already have learned how to manage tonal sequencerlines and some of the

features we are describing in this section have been discussed already in the

first advanced step-sequencer chapter. However, while tonal sequencerlines

offer gate-length, probability, velocity and pitch, in parameter control lines

you have to deal with step envelopes and value offsets.

3.8.1 Parameter control lines

Push the sequence-edit->[Function]-button, to enter the step-sequencer edit menu.

The sequencer menu contains 7 edit pages. Most of them can be reached by press

and hold [Function] and selecting the desired page with the numeric buttons [1]-[5]

corresponding to the labelling under the numeric-buttons. By hitting [Page-Up] and

[Page-Down], you can reach all available edit pages one after another.

Menu page 1

1/8:Fnc TrigMod->FBV 390Hz Stp:01-16

Seq:L03 ´`Typ:Decay´`Len:4th ´`Depth:63

This menu works in the way that you are adjusting parameters for one or multiple

sequence steps and hit the numeric buttons of the steps you want to activate with

the settings afterwards. If you hit a stepnumber, that already is activated with a diffe-

rent parametersetting, the step gets updated with the new values. If you hit an already

activated step with a similar parameter setting again, the step gets deactivated again.

Seq - Sequence line selection

Choose the sequencer line for editing with the first display encoder.

Typ - Step envelope type selection (attack, decay, puls, hard and soft)

The envelope type can be selected independently for each step you want

to enter.

Len - Step envelope length

You can define the length of a step envelope in multiples or fractions of

steps. 4 means, the envelope has a duration of 4 complete steps and 1/4

means, the length is only a quarter step.

Depth - The step envelope depth

Depending on the depth, the envelope will control a parameter value

more or less. Negative values are decreasing the value and positive values

will increase them.

Additionally to the step envelopes you can define an offset value per step.

Encoders 1-16 are controlling the offsets of the corresponding steps directly.

The encoder buttons [1]-[16] call up an additional single step editing menu we

are describing in a dedicated chapter below.

Step sequencer advanced II - Parameter control lines