Evolution

Evolution lets a track change on its own. Every N cycles it runs one action: rotate the pattern, re-mutate it, shift the phrase, transpose it, or accumulate a drift in the notes.

Open it from Voices with RIGHT, or hold EDIT and tap pad 45 in the picker.

Tap Every (1), then 4 on the value row (2): the action runs every 4 cycles.

Settings

Setting Step pad Value pads
Every 82 41 Off; 42 to 48 are 1 to 7 cycles; 31 to 37 are 8 to 14; 38 is 16
Action 87 or 88 41 Rotate, 42 Re-mutate, 43 Shift phrase, 44 Transpose, 45 Accumulate
Amount 75 or 76 41 to 48 are -8 to -1; 31 to 38 are +1 to +8
Accumulate range 63 or 64 41 to 48 are 1 to 8 scale steps; 31 to 36 are 9 to 14. Pads 37 and 38 do nothing

Actions

  • Rotate moves the pattern by the amount. Locked steps move with it. The change is stored.
  • Re-mutate runs the accent and mutation pass again. Locks and hand edits are kept. The change is stored.
  • Shift phrase moves the offset of the Phrase note source (see Source). The notes change from the next steps that fire.
  • Transpose moves the unlocked steps by the amount, once. The change is stored.
  • Accumulate adds the amount to the notes every N cycles and wraps inside the accumulate range. It is played, not stored, and locked steps keep their notes.

A cycle is the track’s length in steps, as set on Playback. The companion window counts down to the next action.

Gotchas

  • Evolution is off when Every is set to Off. This is the default. The other defaults are action Rotate, amount +1 and accumulate range 7.
  • Moving the action away from Accumulate resets the accumulator to 0, which brings back the original notes.
  • The accumulator is not saved with the project. It restarts at 0 whenever the transport starts.

See also

  • Keys > Source for the phrase source that Shift phrase moves.
  • Steps for locking steps. Transpose and Accumulate leave locked steps alone.