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THE PHASEMISTRESS CONTROL PANEL - RHYTHM MODE TWEAK MENU
PhaseMistress — Version 5
For example, in Figure 12 we currently have the editor window set up
for 1 bar, 4 beats per bar, and the grid sectioned by 1/8ths. By default,
the basic rhythm pattern is one bar long and is shown in the rhythm
display, though multiple bars can be created and edited. For each
selected event in the rhythm pattern, one entire cycle of the LFO Shape
will be triggered and played. So, if we click on the first division it will
remove that first 1/8th beat long curve. Now, if we select 1/16 under the
“Grid” menu and click again in that section (now blank), we can add in
new 1/16th modulations, and can fit two of them in the available 1/8th
space. However, if we instead switch the “Grid” menu to 1/4, you will
see that we cannot add it unless we also remove the 2nd divider in the
editor window. This is because we need that adequate length of “blank”
pattern space to add modulation.
The Rhythm Editor is extremely helpful in generating dynamic rhythmic
patterns that can move along with your songs. Your phasing patterns
are no longer static but can vary in complexity and modulate in very
musical and rhythmic fashions.
There are four modifier menus that are located directly beneath the
editor window. The first two (Num Bars and Beats/Bar) can be thought
of as setting up your rhythm to match the song as we are determining
the number of bars the pattern should entail as well as how many beats
per bar.
The next menu, Bar, is used to select one bar at a time (for patterns that
THE RHYTHM EDITOR (continued)
are longer than one bar) to edit in the editor window.
Finally, the Grid menu determines the spacing of added LFO shapes to
the pattern. When you click in an empty space in the editor window, the
length of the LFO added will be determined by what appears in the Grid
menu display and not by the length of the avaiable space in the editor.
The Rhythm Preset menu allows for pattern presets (factory as well as
user-defined) to be loaded into the Rhythm Editor and also allows for
new patterns to be saved by clicking on the retro floppy disk “Save”
icon. This will open up an operating system Save Menu and prompt for a
name with which to save your preset under.
RHYTHM PRESET
Figure 12: Saving a pattern