Future Retro Orb Owner Manual - Manual (Page 8)

To edit patterns, you must be in Pattern mode (the Song key
indicator will be off). First select the desired bank and pattern for
the pattern you wish to edit. Once the pattern is selected, press the
Pattern key to enter Pattern Edit mode (the Pattern key indicator
will turn off).
All pattern editing can be done while the sequencer is stopped
or playing, which allows you to hear the changes you make. In this
way you can select a pattern, edit it, and then select another pattern
to play or edit while the sequencer continues to play. Instant live
improv! Since the sequencer automatically saves all changes made,
there is no need to stop the music.
When multiple patterns have been cued and are playing, you
can enter Pattern Edit mode to edit individual patterns. To edit a
cued pattern, wait until the desired pattern is playing and then enter
Pattern Edit mode by pressing the Pattern key. The current pattern
will loop by itself so you can hear all the changes you are making.
Once the pattern has been edited as desired, you may exit Pattern
Edit mode. The cued patterns will continue playing sequentially as
before.
When the sequencer is playing and a pattern is being edited,
you will notice that the 16 Step key indicators will blink to show
the current step being played. You can use this as a quick way to
pinpoint steps that you wish to edit. It can also serve as a visual
indication of where the loop point is set for that pattern.
ENTERING NOTES
When in Pattern Edit mode, the 16 Step key indicators will be used
to display where notes are placed in that pattern. The brightness of
the indicators will determine where notes start, the length of their
sustain duration, and where rests occur.
• A Note On (where a note begins) will be shown by a Step
key indicator being on at full brightness.
• The sustained portion for a note will be shown by the Step
key indicator being on, but only half as bright as a Note On.
• A rest is shown by the Step key indicator being off.
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NOTE ON
To enter notes, you must be in Pattern Edit mode (Pattern key
indicator will be off). Placing 16
th or 12 th notes (depending on
which time signature is selected) is done using the same method.
By using the 16 Step keys, simply press the keys one at a time
where you wish notes to exist. The indicators for the notes you
enter will now be on at their brightest state.
SUSTAIN
To place sustained notes, press and hold the Step key where the
note is to start, and then press the Step key that represents the last
step that you want this note to sustain to. The first Step key
indicator of a sustained note will be on at full brightness, showing
that that is where the note starts. The sustained portion of the note
will cause those Step key indicators to be on at half brightness.
As an example, place and hold a 16 th note and press the next
Step key in the clockwise direction. Doing this just wrote an 8
th
note. Use this method to create notes of various durations.
Notice that the last step of a sustained note must be higher in value
than where the note starts. For instance, a note may start on Step 1
and sustain to Step 16. A note can’t start at Step 9 and sustain to
Step 5. If you need a note to sustain past Step 16, you will need to
use the glide function discussed later in this manual.
REST
Placing rests is done by simply leaving notes off, or clearing notes
that appear in the position you want to be a rest. Rests will be
shown as the Step key indicator being off. To write a rest to a step
where a note already exists, press and hold the Shift/Clear key and
then press the Step key where you want the rest to be placed.
There is a way to write new notes without having to clear
previous notes. For instance, if you place a new note in the
sustained portion of a note, the new note will now be in the
position you selected. This now shortens the previous sustained
note, which then will sustain until the step where the new note is
written.
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