Line 6 headphones powered monitors - Manual (Page 49)

Line 6 GearBox 3.1 – Basic Features Guide
• Saving - The last modified sequence will be automatically saved as "Custom", but you may
want to click the "Save" button and give your percussive creation a name. This also keeps
Bu
attern you like, you can customize your own.
you from overwriting it later by modifying another sequence. If you get bored of one of your
creations, just load it up from the "STYLE" menu and press the "Delete" button. You can not
overwrite or delete the original presets.
ilding a Beat
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• Beat Slider - The Beat Slider indicates how many beats are played before the loop repeats
itself. Every tick mark is one half-beat. Two make one beat, so the numbers below half-beats
the tick marks indicate the total number of whole beats played per loop. You can have a
maximum of 8 beats or 16 half-beats or a minimum of 1 half-beat to every loop.
Now comes the fun part - making the drum sequence. Each row in the matrix beneath the beat
slider is a separate percussion sample and each column is a beat. To sound a drum sample on
a particular beat, just click the button where the percussion row meats the beat you want.
Enabled beats appear red with a small circle while disabled beats are blue. You can make
modifications to the sequence while running the metronome - just click the Start switch to get
it going. The light will sit over the currently playing beat.
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