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To select the split point, turn the control knob or play a key. You
can use the [octave] buttons if your desired split point is outside
of the current key range.
5. add part. The pattern is added as a brand new part. All other
part parameters are set to their default values.
3. Start new setup?
Pressing the control knob at this option creates a new setup
named
with the pattern’s name and a “+” in front (e.g. “+Liner” and
“+Bobbetty”) and, if a setup with this name already exists, a
number at the end (e.g. “+Liner2” and “+Bobbetty2”).
4. Pattern program
Choose the program that the pattern will use to play its notes. In
order to quickly jump between program categories, you can hold
down the [patterns] button and press the white keys labeled with
category names.
Another way of setting the pattern’s program is to bring it over
from Programs mode. Press [programs] to enter Programs
mode, and find the program that you want. Then, hold down
[programs] and press [patterns], and the pattern’s program will
be set. This works in the other direction as well–hold down
[patterns] and press [programs] to bring the pattern’s program
over to Programs mode, perhaps for some quick editing.
5. Length
Select one of 1/4, 1/2, 1, 2 or 4 bars.
The pattern will always play from the first note of the first bar. So,
if you select a value shorter than the current one, the latter parts of
the pattern will be truncated. If you select a value longer than the
current one and the latter part of the pattern does not contain any
notes, the new notes at the end of the pattern will be empty.
3 Patterns
Length and Grid quantizing
The Micron records your
playing at a very high
resolution. The length and
grid settings that you select
for playing back your
patterns are used to nondestructively
quantize those
recordings.
So, if you record a four-bar
pattern and change its length
later to ¼ bar, the Micron
will only play a fraction of
your pattern, but it will
remember the whole thing. If
you want to change the length
back to four bars at any time,
the complete pattern will still
be available.
Similarly, pattern rhythms
are quantized using the grid
setting, but the underlying
information remains
untouched. So, as you cycle
through different grid
settings, you’re likely to hear
different syncopations and
“feels” emerge.
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