Sequencer operations – Future Retro Revolution Owner Manual User Manual

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SEQUENCER OPERATIONS

CLEARING NOTES

There are two ways to clear previous note data that exists within a pattern. You can either clear

all the notes at once or individual notes one at a time.

To clear all notes from a pattern, first make sure you are in the Pattern Select mode (Pattern key

indicator on). Select and hold the pattern’s Step key you wish to clear all the notes from, and then

press the Shift/Clear key. You can press the Pattern key and enter Pattern Edit mode to verify that all

the Step key indicators are now off.

To clear individual notes, enter the Pattern Edit mode (Pattern key indicator off). Press and hold the

Shift/Clear key and press the Step key that represents the note-on for the note you want to clear. You

can clear as many notes as you want while holding the Shift/Clear key. Once you are done clearing

individual notes you may release the Shift/Clear key. All the notes you cleared will be shown with

their Step key indicator being off.

Notice that clearing notes only erases where notes are placed and their durations. Other pattern

information such as the step’s pitches, accents, glides, loop point, time signature, and swing amount

will still retain their values. This is a safety in case you accidentally erase notes or an entire pattern

by mistake. You then only need to re-enter where notes are located and their duration.

CHANGING A NOTE’S PITCH

Once notes exist in a pattern you can change the pitch each one is to play. Select a pattern you would

like to edit and enter the Pattern Edit mode. When in the Pattern Edit mode, one of the 16 Step key

indicators will be flashing to indicate that it is the current step selected and ready to be edited. You

can select a different note to edit by pressing the Step key where that note starts.

Notice that by pressing any Step keys other than where a note starts will write a new note as

described in the previous section.

Once a note is selected, the display will show the pitch of that note, ranging from C1 to D#6. Notice

that the display will show an = sign for sharp notes. Using the Up/Down keys select the desired pitch

for the currently selected step. When the sequencer is playing and you change a note’s pitch in this

way, each time the pattern reaches this step the new note pitch will be played. If you hold a note’s

Step key while you change the note’s pitch, the new pitch will not take affect until you release that

note’s Step key. You can use this method to ensure that only the desired pitches will be heard while

the sequencer is playing.

Notice that pitches programmed into the sequencer can actually range from C1 to C9. However the

sequencer will only play back pitches in the range of C1 to D#6. The extended range of E6 through

C9 is provided only to retain the original pitches of a pattern when it is transposed up to +36 half-

steps.

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