Future Retro Revolution Owner Manual - Manual (Page 41)

ADDITIONAL NOTES
REMIXING PATTERNS
When patterns are remixed, if the sustained portion of a note is selected to play, nothing will be
heard. This is because the Revolution stores all of a notes information in the step that represents the
note-on or beginning of a sustained note. The sustained portion of a note is just there to represent the
duration of that note. However if a sustained note is created by gliding one step’s pitch to another
step with the same pitch value, you can create the same sustaining effect. When a pattern is remixed
and one of these glided notes is selected to play, it will play and even glide to the pitch of the note
that follows. Remember this when remixing patterns. Both methods will produce different results so
experiment to find which works best for your music.
REMIXING SLICED AUDIO BEATS
There are several software and hardware devices now available which allow you to sample a
measures worth of music and slice it up into individual beats. If you have access to one of these
devices, you may benefit by using the Revolution to remix these audio slices into new arrangements.
For the best results, divide the original measure of sampled beats into 16 equal parts. Map them to a
keyboard so that playing something like C2, C#2, D2, D#2, E2, F2, F#2 etc. plays them back in their
original sequential order. Create a similar pattern in the Revolution to play these individual beat
slices in their original sequential order.
Be sure to connect the Revolution’s MIDI OUT to the MIDI IN of the device playing the sliced audio
beats. Once you have your pattern created to play these slices back in their original order you can let
the fun begin. First try playing the pattern forward to make sure it sounds similar to the original. Next
try playing the pattern backwards. And finally go nuts remixing these beat slices using the
Revolution’s Remix feature. Remember that the Remix feature can be activated at any time within a
measure, so you might try playing a pattern normally, and activating the Remix feature for only a
specific part of the music to create variations. The key is to experiment. Have fun!
REMIXED PATTERNS DO NOT PLAY BACKWARDS
Whenever the Remix function is activated and you try to play a pattern backwards, it will play
backwards but it will no longer be remixed. The pattern reverse feature overrides the remix feature,
so that patterns will only play backwards sequentially. If the Remix feature is activated and the
pattern is playing backwards, you can change the playback to forwards to resume having the pattern
remixed again. This can lead to some interesting results as well so experiment!
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