10.7 PAGE SETUP MENU
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# 10.7 PAGE SETUP MENU 10. THE SEQUENCER sequencer step. AND only trigs added to the same sequencer step by generator 1 and 2 are placed on the track. SUB trigs from generator 1 are placed on the track unless generator 2 adds a trig on the same step as generator 1. • If you place any trigs in normal sequencer mode, when you switch to Euclidean mode, these trigs will be distributed according to the settings. • In Euclidean mode, please note that if you press any already placed trigs, they will remain in regular sequencer mode when you switch Euclidean mode off. 10.4 MICRO TIMING Here you can add micro timing to a note trig, moving it ahead or behind the beat. Micro timing can be customized on any of the sequencer steps on both audio and MIDI tracks. In GRID RECORDING mode, press and hold one or several [TRIG] keys and then press [LEFT]/[RIGHT] to access the pop-up Micro timing menu that shows the time offset for the chosen sequencer step(s) on the active track. Press [LEFT]/ [RIGHT] to adjust the time offset. To exit the MICRO TIMING menu, release the [TRIG] key(s). The micro timing settings are stored in the active pattern. For more information about the parameters on this page, please see “11.2 TRIG PAGE 1” on page 53 10.5 RETRIGS Retrigs can be customized on any of the sequencer steps on the audio tracks (the retrig function is not available on the MIDI tracks). In GRID RECORDING mode, press [TRIG PARAMETERS] twice to access the RETRIG PARAMETERS page. Hold one or several [TRIG] keys and then set the desired retrig options for the trig(s). For more information about the parameters on this page, please see “11.3 TRIG PAGE 2” on page 54. 10.6 QUANTIZE MENU The quantization affects all micro timed and off grid trigs on the sequencers tracks. Press [FUNC] + [TRIG PARAMETERS] to access this menu. Change settings with DATA ENTRY knob E and H. TRACK affects all the trigs of the active track in real time. The higher the quantize value, the more the trigs will be quantized. Press [TRIG 1–16] key to select track to quantize. PATTERN affects all the trigs of all tracks in the pattern in real time. The higher the quantize value, the more the trigs will be quantized. Press [NO] to exit the menu. 10.7 PAGE SETUP MENU You can set the length and timing of the pattern and the tracks in this menu. The sequencer has up to 128 steps spread over 8 pages with 16 steps each. The PAGE SETUP menu has two modes. In PER PATTERN mode all tracks share the same length. In PER TRACK mode, each track can have different lengths. Press 10. THE SEQUENCER [FUNC] + [PAGE] to access the PAGE SETUP menu. Press [FUNC] + [YES] to toggle between the two modes. Use the DATA ENTRY knobs to adjust the settings. 10.7.1 PER PATTERN MODE In this mode, all tracks of the pattern share the same length and time signature. LENGTH sets the amount of steps on the current pattern page. The leftmost number displays the number of steps selected. If you use 17 steps or more in a pattern, the [PAGE] key is (while in GRID RECORDING mode) used to toggle between the different pattern pages. SPEED controls the speed of pattern playback in multiples of the current tempo. It offers seven pos sible settings, 1/8X, 1/4X, 1/2X, 3/4X, 1X, 3/2X and 2X. A setting of 1/8X plays back the pattern at one- eighth of the set tempo. 3/4X plays the pattern back at three-quarters of the tempo; 3/2X plays back the pattern twice as fast as the 3/4X setting. 2X makes the pattern play at twice the BPM. When you extend the length of a pattern, its trigs copies automatically over to the new steps. If a pattern consists of for example two pages and the pattern length is increased to four pages, the two additional pattern pages are then copies of the first two pattern pages. Press the [PAGE] key repeatedly to change the total length of the pattern quickly. Press the [TRIG] keys to change the number of steps of the pattern quickly. A 2X speed setting is useful for increasing the base resolution of the step sequencer to 32nd notes. A 3/4X setting is useful when Digitakt II is playing alongside other instruments set to the same BPM, and you want Digitakt II to play triplets. 10.7.2 PER TRACK MODE In this mode, you can assign individual length and speed to the tracks of the pattern. Press [FUNC] + [YES] to switch between the two modes. In PER TRACK mode, two columns exist, TRACK and PAT TERN. The TRACK column sets the step length and speed of the track. The settings only affects the active track. The PATTERN column sets the master change length and the master length of the pattern. LENGTH sets the amount of steps on the current pattern page. The leftmost number displays the number of steps selected. If you use 17 steps or more in a pattern, the [PAGE] key is (while in GRID RECORDING mode) used to toggle between the different pattern pages. SPEED controls the speed of track playback in multiples of the current tempo. It offers seven possible settings, 1/8X, 1/4X, 1/2X, 3/4X, 1X, 3/2X and 2X. A setting of 1/8X plays back the track at one-eighth of the set tempo. 3/4X plays the track back at three-quarters of the tempo; 3/2X plays back the track twice as fast as the 3/4X setting. 2X makes the track play at twice the BPM. CHANGE (Pattern Change) controls for how long the active pattern plays before it changes to a cued or chained pattern. This setting is important when, for example, you set RESET to INF. Then, if you do not make any CHANGE setting, the pattern plays infinitely and the next cued pattern will never play. By default a cued pattern change happens at the end of the pattern (CHANGE set to OFF). RESET (Pattern Reset) controls the number of steps the pattern plays before all tracks resets and re starts from the first step on the first page. An INF setting makes the tracks of the pattern loop infinite 10. THE SEQUENCER ly, without ever being restarted. Note that this setting also affects for how long the active pattern plays before a chained pattern starts playing. The CHANGE parameter overrides this if its parameter value is less than the RESET value. In the PAGE SETUP menu, you can press [FUNC] + [UP]/[DOWN] to set the TRACK LENGTH in increments from 2/16 to 128/128. 10.8 SEQUENCER FEATURES 10.8.1 PARAMETER LOCKS Parameter locks makes it possible to set every trig to have its own unique parameter values. The note trigs of an audio track can, for example, have different pitch, amp or filter settings. It is possible to pa rameter lock the parameters found on the PARAMETER pages, and you can apply parameter locks to all types of tracks. For a complete overview of all parameters on the PARAMETER pages, please see “11. TRACK PARAMETERS” on page 53, and “A.2.7 MIDI” on page 101. Adding parameter locks in GRID RECORDING mode. 1. Press [RECORD] to enter GRID RECORDING mode. 2. Press a [TRIG] key to add a Note trig or [FUNC] + [TRIG] key to add a Lock trig and to where you want to perform a parameter lock. 3. Press and hold the [TRIG] key of a previously placed trig (note trig or a lock trig). 4. Turn the DATA ENTRY knobs that control the parameter you want to lock, and set it to the desired value. The graphics become inverted for the locked parameter, and the locked parameter value is displayed. The [TRIG] key of the locked trig blinks red (for note trigs) or yellow (for lock trigs) to indicate the trig now contains a parameter lock. Remove a single parameter lock by holding [TRIG] + pressing the DATA ENTRY knob of the locked pa rameter. You can erase all parameter locks from a trig if you remove the note trig and then enter it again. Adding parameter locks in LIVE RECORDING mode. 1. Press and hold [RECORD], then press [PLAY] to enter LIVE RECORDING mode. 2. Turn a DATA ENTRY knob, or play the [TRIG] keys in KEYBOARD mode, to add parameter locks to the active track. Note trigs are placed, and parameter locked accordingly, and it also places lock trigs that contains the parameter locks on the sequencer steps that do not already have any trigs. Press [NO] + one (or several) of the [TRIG] keys to erase a sequence of recorded trigs on a specific track (or on several tracks) in time with the sequencer, i.e. all steps reached on the pattern playing will be erased until the keys are released. You can also remove specific parameter locks on a track in real time. In LIVE RECORDING mode, press and hold [NO] and then press and hold the DATA ENTRY knob corresponding to the parameter that you want to remove. Adding parameter locks in STEP RECORDING mode. 1. Press and hold [RECORD], then press [STOP] to enter STEP RECORDING mode. 2. Press and hold a [TRIG] key, and then turn the DATA ENTRY knobs that control the parameter you want to lock, and set it to the desired value. The graphics become inverted for the locked param eter, and the locked parameter value is displayed. The [TRIG] key of a locked trig blinks red (for note trigs) or yellow (for lock trigs) to indicate that the trig contains a parameter lock. • Up to 80 different parameters can be locked in a pattern. A parameter counts as one (1) locked parameter no matter how many trigs that lock it. If for example the cutoff param eter of the filter is locked on every sequencer step, there are still 79 other parameters that can be locked. • In GRID RECORDING mode, if you press and hold a trig that contains parameter locks, the [PARAMETER] page keys lights up in red to show where parameters with parameter locks applied resides. • You can add a parameter lock to all the existing trigs on a page by pressing and holding [TRIG] + [PAGE] or [TRK], and then turn a DATA ENTRY knob.
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