FXpansion GURU - Manual (Page 43)

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Editing Patterns in the Pattern view
Inside each of the 24 Patterns, there are individual lanes for
all of the engine’s Pads. It is simplicity itself to use the Pattern
view: there are only 2 edit modes to consider – draw mode
and select mode – switch between them by using the relevant
buttons to the left of the Pattern view. If you’re in Draw mode,
you can use Select mode while you hold down the [SHIFT] key
with the mouse over the LCD area. You can then release the
[SHIFT] key when you want to return to Draw mode.
Draw mode
When entering notes, you’ll see a readout appear at the bot-
tom of the LCD, showing relevant values.
Creating/Deleting notes
• Click on any step in order to place a Pad trigger on it
• [CTRL]-click a note to delete it.
Velocity
• Click and drag downwards on the note, and you can change
the velocity. With lower velocities, the colour of notes in the
Pattern view is faded out.
Creating multiple notes
• Click and drag right draws a series of notes, after which
you can alter the step-spacing between them by keeping the
mouse button pressed and dragging downwards.
Combining actions
• Click an empty step and drag downwards in order to create
a note and set its velocity. Then, without releasing the mouse
button, drag right to create a series of notes, then move the
mouse up/down. In this way, you can draw a series of notes of
a certain velocity, at a relative spacing of your choice.
• Click an empty step and drag right to draw a series of notes,
then hold down the [ALT] key and drag downward, the notes’
velocities will bescaled from the first to the last note in the
series – the end result being a fade-out.
• Click an empty step, drag down to set the velocity to a value
lower than maximum, and drag right to draw a series of notes,
you can hold down the [ALT] key and drag up in order to scale
the velocities from the minimum (first note) to the maximum
(last note) – resulting in a fade-in. You can also drag down
after holding down [ALT], in order to obtain a fade-out from the
original note.
Draw mode