Tiptop Circadian Rhythms - Manual (Page 7)

Steps is where you can program your triggers/gates that will generate a rhythm. In Vertical view,
the Steps will appear vertically. Steps are a collection of eight steps. It’s always a collection of eight
steps, not six or three, just eight.
Ok, so we’re viewing Channel 1’s fi rst set of Steps. Let’s fi ll in some beats. Press the fi rst and the
fi fth button on the Steps column. They will illuminate in green. You should now hear a BD kick on the
one and the fi ve making the familiar four-on-the-fl oor kick.
Let’s add another Channel. Select Channel 2 (the second button in the Channel column will now be
green). The Steps are now blank because we haven’t programmed any Steps for this Channel yet.
In fact, if you selected Channel 1 again, you’ll see the 1 and the 5 in green.
For Channel 2, press the third and the seventh buttons on the column which will output triggers to
the HiHats in our example
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Finally, let’s add the snare. Since we have connected a cable from the CR’s output 3 to our snare
trigger/gate input, select Channel 3. The Steps for Channel 3 are blank now. Press in the fi fth colu-
mn button on the Snare row.
Now you’ve got the classic house/techno rhythm pattern. If you press Channel 2 again, you can see
your selected triggers for your hihats coming from CR’s output 2; likewise for the BD for Channel 1.
The Mute button immediately in the column to the right of a Channel is associated with that Channel
(e.g., the Channel in row 3 is associated with the Mute button in row 3). When the Channel is actively
generating steps, the Mute button lights up green to let you know when that channel is fi ring. Press
the Mute button for the Channel you wish to mute. The muted Channel will no longer fi re triggers/
gates. Press the Mute button again to unmute the channel.
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HiHats out example