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After creating a clip, you can use the Clip View mode to edit its properties:
1.
Select the clip you would like to edit by tapping the clip slot on the display or holding Select
and pressing the Clip Launch pad.
2.
Press the Clip button to enter Clip View.
3.
Here, you can adjust the clip length, clip start and end points, loop start and end points, launch
quantization, and more.
Now let's add a new track, this time an audio track:
1.
To add a new track, tap the [ + ] icon at the top of the display in Matrix view, or press and hold
one of the Track Selector buttons. You can choose what kind of track you would like to create.
Select Audio.
2.
Select where you'd like to add a sample by tapping the clip slot on the display, or by pressing
the Clip Launch pad in Launch mode.
3.
Press the Load button to open the Browser, or select Browser in the Menu.
4.
Navigate to the Clips section to load an audio clip.
5.
Once the clip is loaded, you can adjust its properties using Clip View mode.
Let's add one more track, this time a plugin track, and record some notes:
1.
To add a new track, tap the [ + ] icon at the top of the display in Matrix view, or press and hold
one of the Track Selector buttons. You can choose what kind of track you would like to create.
Select Plugin. A default synth plugin track will be created.
2.
Follow the same steps as above to create a new empty clip.
3.
Press the Note button to enter Note mode.
4.
When using Note mode with an instrument plugin, you can adjust the layout of the Clip Launch
pads. Press and hold the Note button to quickly select a preset, or press and hold Shift and
press the Note button to access the Note configuration menu.
5.
Follow the same steps as above to record-enable your track, then use the Clip Launch pads to
record some notes.
Once you have a few clips, you can begin playing and mixing your clips together:
1.
To launch a single clip, tap the clip slot in the display, or press the respective Clip Launch pad
while in Launch mode.
Clips will play according to the launch quantization setting. You can change this setting by
holding Shift and pressing one of the Track Select buttons.
To launch a scene (an entire row of clips), press the Scene Launch buttons.
2.
To stop a clip, press the Clip Stop button, then press the Track Assign button where the clip
is playing.
You can also press the Stop All button to stop all clips at once.
3.
Press the Mixer button to access the Mixer, where you can adjust track volume, panning,
sends, and inserts.
4.
To assign tracks to the A or B crossfader grouping, press and hold the Assign A or Assign B
buttons, then press a Track Assign button.
To clear crossfader assignments, hold Shift and press the Assign A or Assign B buttons.
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