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SPECTRALIS 2
3.9.5 Recording your own motifs
If you are not satisfied with the preset-motifs of the spectralis, there is only one
way to achieve happiness: You will have to create some motifs of your own!!
There are different ways to record or input new motifs into the spectralis
sequencer. It doesn't matter, whether you want to record in realtime or step by
step - the recording of an motif always starts by pushing the [record]-button in
the transport field. Currently, recording motifs can only be started, if the
sequencer has been stopped before - however, very soon a new firmware will
allow to start the recording on the fly.
3.9.6 Realtime recording
This is how you should proceed when recording a new motif:
I. Selection of the desired part:
In the "Part"-section in the upper left, push the -> [Select]-button.
II. Select your desired part in the numeric button row below. Num-button
13 for example arms the DSP synth part 1.
III. Select the Pattern-mode with the [Pattern]-button in the num-button
assignment section.
IV. Access "Record"-menu by pushing the [Rec]-button.
The following record-mode selection dialog will appear:
Motif Record Menu
[ChordRec][StepRec][Realtime]<Overdub>
For realtime recording please press the encoder button [Realtime] now.
1/2:Record Arm Part Dsyn1
Len: 8/8 NumBar:1 Cycle:On Quant:16
The individual display entries have the following functions:
Len: 8/8 - Bar Length
Here is where you can set the bar-length for your recording.
NumBar:1 - Number of bars for this motif
Allows you to set the number of bars between 1 and 16 which you’d
like your motif to have.
Cycle: – Cycle Recording Mode On/Off
When the cycle mode is active ("On"), the Spectralis will record a
new version in each cycle.
button assignment or part button closes the drum-groove selection dialog.
After selecting another motif or drumgroove you should save the new
pattern. Otherwise the next pattern selection will result in loosing these
changes.
Recording your own motifs