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The Track button of the track that is in focus blinks and the step buttons will light up in the
colour of the track in focus. The states of the Overdub and Hold buttons are maintained.
In Seq mode, the keyboard is always used for playing or transposing.
♪: You can select another track (that is, a third track that is not involved in the split), but doing this
will temporarily exit split mode. Note that the split is still 'memorized' in the background though not
displayed while neither of the two split tracks is selected. ♪: Transpose ignores the split point. Holding
down Trans and pressing a key transposes the currently selected track.
6.3. Patterns
A Pattern contains the note information for a given track. There are 16 Patterns per track
within a project.
6.3.1. Selecting a Pattern
There are two ways to select a Pattern. You can press the left or right arrow buttons in a
track to navigate between Patterns, or you can select a Pattern directly by holding down the
Pattern button and pressing one of the 16 step buttons.
When a Pattern is selected (as opposed to a Chain), the Pattern button will be lit.
6.3.2. Managing Patterns
When loading a Pattern, you load it from internal memory to working memory. All changes
you make, such as Nudge and Randomize, will be performed on this temporary copy in
working memory. At any moment you can see which Patterns are still in their unaltered
state and which you have changed. Hold down SAVE and the step buttons of Patterns that
contain unsaved changes will light up in red, whereas unaltered ones will light up in blue.
Why is this important?
The KeyStep Pro is very much an improvisation tool, so when you load a Pattern you have
many tools available to create variations of that current Pattern. When you are making
changes, some will turn out OK but others will be undesirable or even disastrous. In a
situation like that, you want to be able to switch back to the original state of the Pattern and
undo your failed experiment. To reload the original version of your Pattern, hold down SHIFT
and press SAVE. The OLED screen will display "Pattern reloaded".
To save one or more of the Patterns held in working memory, hold down SAVE and press
the step button(s) of the Pattern(s) you wish to save. This is a great feature that enables you
to save sequences selectively.
!: A shortcut for saving all unsaved Patterns in the currently active track is to hold down SAVE and
press the appropriate Track button.
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