Source
Source decides where a track’s notes come from. Manual, the default, plays the notes stored on each step. The other four sources generate notes: a melodic shape (Phrase), a looping random register (Random loop), a melodic walk (Markov), or a weighted draw from a set of notes per step (Stochastic). Each track has one source.
Where
Keys > Source (page 6). Hold EDIT, tap 23 (Keys), tap 46. The top value row, 41 to 45, picks the source. The bottom value row, 31 to 38, sets the chosen source’s settings. The step pad picks which setting is being edited.
The sources
| Pad | Source | What it does |
|---|---|---|
| 41 | Manual | Plays the notes stored on each step. The default. |
| 42 | Phrase | Spreads a melodic shape over the track’s active steps. |
| 43 | Random loop | A looping register of scale degrees that can drift. |
| 44 | Markov | Each note moves on from the previous generated note. |
| 45 | Stochastic | Each step holds a weighted set of notes. One note is drawn each time the step fires. |
Pads 46 to 48 do nothing.
Settings for each source
| Source | Step pad | Values (bottom row) |
|---|---|---|
| Phrase | 82 Shape | 31 Rise, 32 Fall, 33 Arch, 34 Valley, 35 Zigzag, 36 Pedal |
| Phrase | 71 or 72 Range (scale steps) | 31 to 38 = 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 10, 14 |
| Phrase | 61 or 62 Density (how often it leaves the shape) | 31 to 38 = 0, 15, 30, 45, 60, 75, 90, 100 % |
| Random loop | 82 Lock | 31 to 38 = 0, 25, 50, 75, 85, 90, 95, 100 % |
| Markov | 82 Strength | 31 to 38 = 0, 18, 36, 54, 73, 91, 109, 127 |
| Markov | 71 or 72 Chord weight | 31 to 38 = 0, 15, 30, 45, 60, 75, 90, 100 % |
| Markov | 61 or 62 Approach tones | 31 Off, 32 On |
| Stochastic | none | Edit the weights on Notes |
Random loop lock 100 means the loop repeats exactly. Lower values let more of the loop change each time round.
Option 21 is Keep, on Random loop only. Tapping 21 sets the lock to 100 and keeps the current loop. Hold CLEAR (28) and tap 21 to make a new register.
Notes to know
- Phrase, Markov and Random loop write their generated notes into the steps each time a step fires. The notes you see on Notes are the last generated ones. Lock a step, or edit its notes by hand, to stop a step from being rewritten.
- Stochastic never changes the stored notes. Its draw is used only when the step plays. A step with no weighted notes plays its stored notes.
- Switching the source keeps the stored notes. Manual plays them again.
- Notes always stay inside the track’s root, scale and octave range.
- Track > Evolution can shift the Phrase pattern over time.