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Ultrabeat Step grid
Ultrabeat Step grid overview
The Step grid displays sequence steps on two rows. The steps shown in these rows correspond to
the sound that is currently selected in the Assignment area. Choosing a different sound switches
the sequencer display to show the rows that correspond to the newly selected sound.
The Step grid area contains two rows, each with 32 fields (steps).
Trigger row
Velocity/Gate row
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Trigger row: Click a button to activate or deactivate the sound on the corresponding beat.
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Velocity/Gate row: Sets the length (gate time) and velocity of steps entered in the Trigger row.
Both parameters are displayed as a single graphical bar.
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The bar’s height represents the velocity.
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The bar’s length, from left to right, indicates the note length.
Create and remove steps
The Trigger row consists of buttons 1 through 32, which represent steps or beats in the selected
sequence. Note trigger events are placed on corresponding steps. This is where you designate
when (on which beat) the selected sound plays.
Note: You can create and remove steps while the step sequencer is running.
Create steps
1 Select the drum sound that you want to create steps for in the Assignment section.
2 Click the On button to start the step sequencer.
3 Choose a pattern and set the length and resolution that you want to use. See Ultrabeat pattern
controls on page 372.
4 Click the buttons you want—1 through 32—to activate or deactivate the selected sound on the
corresponding beat. In the example shown above, these are steps 1 and 6.
Note: An alternate view allows you to simultaneously see and edit the steps of all drum sounds
in the pattern. See Ultrabeat Step grid full view on page 377.
Remove a step
1 Select the drum sound that you want to remove steps from in the Assignment section.
2 Click the buttons—1 through 32—that correspond to the step or steps that you want to remove.
Note: Drag horizontally across the buttons to quickly turn trigger events on or off.
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