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6.3.6. Undo
Of course, there's always the risk that you erase something unintentionally. Fortunately, the
KeyStep Pro has an undo function. It can't save you all the time, but when available, usually
after a critical erase, the Exit button blinks.
To undo a Paste or Erase operation, hold down SHIFT and press Exit/Undo.
Undo is also useful to undo the last recording you made. Undo will restore the KeyStep Pro
to the state it was in before recording started.
♪: Undo will only undo Paste and Erase operations; it will not undo randomizing notes in a Pattern or
any of the other SHIFT functions.
6.4. Arranging
A Project is much more than a collection of saved sequencer Patterns. It has two additional
aspects: Chains and Scenes. The Scenes functionality enables you to store and recall
snapshots of a situation. In a Scene you store everything that is currently playing: not only
the state of the current Project but also the Patterns and Chains running in each track. A
Chain is a linked series of Patterns that you can create to play in a fixed order.
Arranging already starts within a sequence; for example, if you create a 16-step sequence
on the first page of a Pattern and copy that sequence to page 2 (steps 17-32), page 3 (steps
33-48) and page 4 (steps 49-64). More about this in the
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6.4.1. Chains
A Chain is a linked series of Patterns that will play one after the other in a fixed order. Chain
mode effectively automates the selection of Patterns, so that during a performance or a
recording session you don't have to manually switch from one Pattern to another. Each track
can have its own Chain, and each Chain can consist of up to 16 Patterns.
When a Chain is selected (as opposed to a Pattern), the Chain button will be lit.
6.4.1.1. Creating a Chain
To create a Chain, hold down the Chain button (to the left of the Pitch encoder) and press
step buttons in the order in which you want to store Patterns in the Chain. The step buttons
will blink in the order they were entered. Keep an eye on the OLED screen; it will display
how many Patterns are currently stored in the Chain. When you press Play, the Chain you
programmed in each track will take care of changing Patterns for you.
CAUTION: When you create a new Chain in one of the tracks, the existing one in that track is
replaced.
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