User Manual

SPECTRALIS 2

[Stop]

The [Stop]-button stops the song at the current songstep. If you restart

the song by pressing [Play], the song will automaticly start at the

beginning of the current songstep. If you press [Stop] twice or if you

press [Stop] when the songs was already stopped, the sonstep-number

will be resetted to songstep 1.

[Play]

Always starts the song at the current songstep.

3.10.2 Jumping into pattern-jam mode

As mentioned above - you can leave the current song-chain without stopping the

sequencer. Just press the [Pattern]-button in the num-button assignment section

and start jamming. If you want to jump back into your song-chain, press [Song]

again and press [Page-Up] one time, to play back the rest of the songsteps of your

song-chain.This handlling is very robust. You can for example jump into the pattern-

mode, select another pattern, edit some drum-groove steps on the fly, save the pattern

and still are allowed to jump back into the song-chain, that already will play then

your edited patterns in case they they are in use inside the songchain.

3.10.3 Editing a song chain

Editing a song-chain is very easy and can also be done on the fly without stopping the

sequencer. Select [Song] inside the num-button assignment section to get the following

display message:

S04:Ambient PA09:Filters3 Pa:15 S 6

[Edit] <UNDO> [RENAME] <MIDI>

Please press the [Edit]-encoder button to open the songchain editor page:

1/2 Ambient Step: 8 of 8

Filters8 Ofst:0/4 Repeat: 1Trnc:0/4

The display always shows the information about the current songstep. The songstep

plays in cycle mode while editing.

Selecting the pattern for the current songstep

Select the pattern for the current songstep by pressing a num-button or a

[shift]+num-button combination. All patterns of your songchain should

already be placed inside the songfolder of the selected song.

Setting the Mutings of the current songstep

Press and hold the [Mute]-button and press the num-button of the part,

you want to mute or unmute. The current setting will become visible at

the num-buttons LED's.

Editing a song-chain