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Automate parameters in Ultrabeat’s step sequencer
Ultrabeat step automation overview
Click the Edit Mode switch to turn on Ultrabeat’s step automation feature. Step automation
enables you to program parameter changes on a per-step basis for each drum sound. Sound
parameters that can be automated include all functions in the Synthesizer section except:
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Menus (modulation routings and so on)
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Buttons (oscillator-type buttons, the buttons in the trigger/group section)
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Pan/Spread parameters
Edit Mode switch
Offset menu
Parameter offset row
When you turn on Step mode, Ultrabeat’s interface changes in the following ways:
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Yellow frames appear around all parameters that can be automated in the Synthesizer section.
Parameters that cannot be automated are still visible but are disabled.
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The velocity/gate row in the Step grid changes to show the (parameter) offset row.
Tip: When creating offsets in step mode, you may want to make a change to the original drum
sound. Rather than switching back and forth between edit modes for this adjustment, you can
press Command-Option to temporarily flip Ultrabeat back into Voice mode.
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