Beats

The Beats sub-mode edits the rhythm of the selected track: which steps play, how long the cycle is, how many beats the Euclidean generator places, how steps are accented, repeated and conditioned, and the drum map.

Open it with EDIT (96): tap EDIT, then tap UP or DOWN with nothing held until the sub-mode reads Beats, or hold EDIT and tap pad 22 in the picker.

Hold EDIT (1), then tap a page on the value row (2). Page 1 is Steps.

Pages

Page Picker pad What it sets
Steps 41 Steps on and off, chance, locks
Length 42 Cycle length, from 1 to 32 steps
Beat count 43 Beats placed by the generator, evenness and the second generator
Accent 44 How many steps are accented, how strongly and what the accent does
Repeat 45 Repeat hits (ratchets) inside a step
Conditions 46 Trig conditions: fill, first cycle, neighbour track
Drum map 47 Rhythm generated from a two-fader map

With nothing held, LEFT and RIGHT step through the pages in this order.

Generated steps

Length and beat count regenerate the generated steps. Locked steps are always kept. Steps you edit by hand are locked automatically while Global > Settings, option 7 (‘Edits survive regen’, step pad 75) is on, which is the default. With the option off, every unlocked step is rewritten.

Working in Beats

  1. Pick the page with the arrows or the picker.
  2. To set chance on Steps, and on Repeat and Conditions, select a step first by pressing and holding it. Length works from the step area alone; Beat count uses the step area for the count and the value row for evenness.
  3. Use the value row to set the chosen value.
  4. Use UNDO (SHIFT + CLEAR) if the change was wrong. See Held pads and undo.

See also

  • Track for the speed, direction and feel of the same track.
  • Keys for the notes played on the steps.

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