Step Mode - Orthogonal Devices ER-102 User Manual

Step mode

The purpose of step recording is to use an external CV/gate source (such as a CV/
gate keyboard) to insert and delete steps but ignore the timing with which you do it.
The STEP record mode essentially places the ER-101 under remote editing control.
Unlike the other two recording modes, this mode inserts/deletes steps at the edit
cursor, not the play cursor. It helps to think of the STEP recording mode as really
just another editing mode. So if you want to see what you are doing you should put
the ER-101 in EDIT mode. Also, while recording in STEP mode, you can seamlessly
use the controls on the ER-101 to make additional edits or move the edit cursor to
another location.
The A-1 and A-2 analog inputs are as always routed to the CV-A and CV-B step pa-
rameters, respectively. The AD-1 input is placed in analog mode and is routed to the
GATE parameter. The AD-2 input is also placed in analog mode and is routed to the
DURATION parameter. D-1 takes a gate signal from your controller that triggers step
insertion and D-2 takes a gate signal that triggers step deletion.
Once you punch in, all armed tracks will be under remote control. A rising edge on
D-1 (insert) will cause a new step to be inserted at the edit cursor of all armed tracks.
So before you start recording, make sure you move the edit cursors of all armed
tracks to where you want new steps to be added. The step parameters of a newly
inserted step are set according to the voltage levels present at A-1 (cv-a), A-2 (cv-b),
AD-1 (gate), and AD-2 (duration):
Step Parameter Input
CV-A A-1
CV-B A-2
DURATION AD-2
GATE AD-1
As long as the D-1 (insert) gate is held high, the step parameters of the just inserted
step will follow any voltage changes as dictated by the table above. The step pa-
rameters are locked and will no longer change when the D-1 (insert) gate goes low.
Since steps are added at the edit cursor, you can have the sequencer playing (and
looping) the same section as you add/remove steps.
Relationship
Quantize voltage with table A
Quantize voltage with table B
(voltage)*20 (max 99 at 5V and over)
(voltage)*20 (max 99 at 5V and over)
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