FXpansion GURU - Manual (Page 56)

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7:3 Recording Patterns
GURU offers a very intuitive means of recording Patterns
using live input. You can record into GURU with the following
methods:
• Clicking the on-screen Pads with the mouse.
• Playing an external MIDI controller (for example, a keyboard
or set of drumPads).
Record-arming
After loading an Engine with sounds, select the Pattern onto
which you wish to Record. Then, click the Record button on
the Sequencer Master section of the GURU interface. The
display will inform you that GURU is ‘armed’ for Recording.
The display also shows two options:
• Click on Record
If this is enabled, GURU will play a metronome click while
Recording is in progress.
• Quantized Record
If this option is enabled, GURU will quantize all input to the
nearest step. If the option is disabled, GURU will preserve the
timing of your playing, using Shift graph
1 values.
Record mode
You can now do one of three things:
• Press play on your sequencer – this is to be used if you want
to Record the Pattern while hearing it in the context of the rest
of your host project.
• Press the Play button on the GURU interface – this is to
be used if you want to Record the Pattern while only playing
GURU.
• Click the Record button again in order to exit Record-armed
mode, if you decide you do not want to continue with Record-
ing.
Once you press play (either in your sequencer or on GURU)
after Record-arming, GURU will go into Record mode. You can
now play your beats in live! If you’re currently in the Pattern
view, you’ll notice that the notes you play appear on the rel-
evant Pad lanes as soon as you enter them. GURU will keep
1 See section 6:2 for details on
Shift Graphs.