Arturia BeatStep Pro MIDI/Analog Controller and Sequencer Kit with CV/Gate Cables (Black) - Manual (Page 43)

4. THE DRUM SEQUENCER
4.1. DRUM vs. SEQ: a comparison
SEQ1/SEQ2 and DRUM look similar, but the Drum sequencer is different in many ways:
• Drum mode will record parts for up to 16 different instruments, not one.
• Each of the 16 drums has its own ‘track’, and when one is selected the Step
buttons display the pattern events for that drum. This is similar to the ‘classic’
workflow of early drum machines.
• Pads 1-8 (the bottom row) will send Gate on/off signals to Drum Gates 1-8, as will
any drum sequencer events entered by those pads. Output from all 16 pads is
also sent over MIDI.
• The first option selected by the KNOBS button is Shift, not Pitch. The encoders
can be used to ‘shift’ the timing of Drum events forward or backward in relation
to the beat.
• The Drum Sequencer has a feature called Polyrhythm [p.63] that allows each
drum track to have its own length within a drum pattern. This is covered in the
Advanced Features [p.59] chapter.
See the Drum Window [p.103] section of the MIDI Control Center [p.84] chapter for
information about Drum mode features that can only be accessed using that software.
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