acidlab Autobot - Manual (Page 12)

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Pattern Write Tap
In the Pattern Write Tap mode, it is possible it to change the programming of pitch,
note, Slide and Accent "live". The selection of the pattern or the pattern chain that
should be edited, takes place in the Pattern Play mode. The upper LED row indicates
the active step, as in the Pattern Play mode. The lower 8 buttons of the keyboard
indicates the active pattern with a flashing LED, as in the Pattern Play mode. The
LEDs of the keyboard indicate the pitch of the playing notes:
With the pressing of a button of the keyboard, you set a note with the corresponding
pitch on the step. By continuous pressing of a button, this corresponding note is
programmed on several steps. You can add Accent, Slide and Octave Up/Down with
the corresponding buttons to the programmed notes.
The LEDs over the buttons indicate the programming of Slide, Accent, Oktave Up/
Down on the active note.
Octave Up/Down, Accent and Slide can only be programmed, if notes are
present!
If a note is unwanted, it can be deleted with Clear in its active moment. Accent, Slide
and Octave Up/Down are deleted too. If the button Clear is kept pressed over several
steps, then all notes of this steps are deleted.
If the button Clear is kept pressed for a whole cycle, the whole pattern or the
whole pattern chain is deleted.
If you change the pitch of a programmed note by pressing a button of the keyboard,
the programmed Octave Up/Down, Slide and Accent are kept. Only the pitch is
overwritten with the new value. When pressing the buttoms Slide and Accent, the
previous programming changes (toggles). The Octave Up/Down buttom add or
subtract a octave.