acidlab Bassline2 - Manual (Page 10)

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Programming Pattern Length (Pattern Write Tap Mode)
When you press the buttom Lenght, the LEDs 1-8 of the row light. Now you can
select the last step 1-8, and the pattern length of your active pattern. You press one
buttom 1-8 of the keyboard, and this step is selected as the last step of the pattern.
E.g. step 3. Now the Pattern repeats after the third step, and is 3 steps long. Press
the buttom Length twice, and the LEDs 9-16 lights. Now you can select the pattern
length between 9-16. The programmed pattern length is transferred to the other
modes. The not played steps stay in the memory.
Pattern Write Step
With the mode rotary switch you switch into the Pattern Write Step mode, without
stopping the equipment. In contrast to the Pattern Write Tap mode, only a single
pattern can be played and edited. The pattern is taken with the time of switching. As
in the Pattern Play mode, a flashing LED of the lower 8 buttons of the keyboard
indicates the active pattern. As in the Pattern Write Tap mode, pitch, Octave
Up/Down, Accent and Slide, can be edited, but only for a selected step individually.
In addition there is the possibility of the function Roll in the Pattern Write Step mode.
With Roll, you can shift the starting point of the pattern (also with shortened pattern).
The pattern length that is programmed, and changes of the function Roll are taken in
the Pattern Play mode and in the Pattern Write Tap mode.
Step Selection
When you switch in the Pattern Write Step mode, step 1 is selected. The Pattern
keeps running. Press the buttom Write/Next, and the second LED of the LED row
flashes. The programming of step 2 is shown on the keyboard.