Keys

The Keys sub-mode decides what each step plays: which notes, how hard, how long, what kind of note (single note, arpeggio, chord or strum), where the notes come from, and how they are harmonised and voiced.

Pages

Page Picker pad Use it to
Notes 41 Choose the notes of a step on a keyboard
Velocity 42 Set how hard a step plays
Gate 43 Set how long each note lasts
Type 44 Choose single note, arpeggio, chord or strum
Voicing 45 Choose the pattern for that type
Source 46 Generate notes: Phrase, Random loop, Markov or Stochastic
Harmony 47 Follow the global key and chord lane, add harmonizer voices
Voice 48 Inversion, spread, voice leading and arpeggio settings

The pages are in this order. With nothing held, LEFT and RIGHT move one page along the list, and UP and DOWN change sub-mode.

Open Keys

  1. Hold EDIT (96). The picker opens.
  2. Tap 23 (Keys) on the options row.
  3. Tap a page pad on the top value row (41 to 48), then release EDIT.
Hold EDIT (1), tap 23 for Keys (2). Then tap a page pad from 41 to 48 while still holding EDIT.

Working on a step

  • Notes: a tap on a step turns it on or off. Hold a step to select it.
  • Velocity, Gate, Type and Voicing: a tap selects the step. A second tap on the same step clears the selection.
  • The value pads and the keyboard act on the held or selected step. With no step held or selected, they act on the step under the playhead. Select a step before you edit a track that is playing.
  • On the step pages (Notes, Velocity, Gate, Type and Voicing), hold LOCK (26) and tap a step to lock it. Hold LOOP (25) and tap a start step and an end step to set a loop. Details are on Held pads and undo.
  • Harmony: how the global key, chord lane and transpose fit together.
  • Track > Params: the track root, scale and speed.

Table of contents