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Make certain to save this to a Scene: (SAVE + SCENE + Step). Because it took some effort and
you don't want to lose your masterpiece, also save the current Project (SAVE + PROJECT)
and press the selection encoder to confirm the save.
6.4.1.3. Saving Chains
If you want to preserve your Chain for posterity, don't forget to save it before powering off
the KeyStep Pro. You save the Chains you've created for each track by saving the current
project by pressing SAVE + Project and confirming my pressing the selection encoder.
6.4.2. Scenes
A Scene is a kind of 'snapshot' of the Patterns and Chains that are current in each of the four
tracks. 16 Scenes can be stored within a project and then loaded at any time.
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A Scene also contains the mode for each track (Drum/Seq/Arp).
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A Scene contains the mute status of each track.
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When a Scene is loaded, it activates the track that was selected when you saved
the Scene.
Maybe 'snapshot' isn't the right word, because it makes you think it's just what is happening
at a given moment (like frozen motion). Actually, a Scene holds all the Chains that are
current — not just the Chains of the active sequencer/track, but all Chains of all sequencers/
tracks. Not only Chains are stored to a Scene: if one or more arpeggios are running in a hold
state when you save the Scene, it/they too will become part of the stored Scene.
Loading and starting a Scene is the beginning of a dynamic musical event. Each of the 16
Projects can hold 16 Scenes. That makes a total of 256 Scenes for you to store and load.
That's a massive amount of dynamism!
6.4.2.1. How to Make a Scene
Saving a Scene
Hold down SAVE and press the Scene button to enter Scene Save mode. The 16 steps will
blink, waiting for you to select a destination. The step buttons of empty Scenes will blink
once in blue; scenes that have content will keep blinking in blue.
Pressing a step button now will save the Patterns and Chains (if any) that are current on
each of the four tracks. You can keep the Save button held down and save to multiple Scene
destinations by pressing multiple step buttons.
If, at the moment when a Scene is loaded, a track is in a different mode than that stored in
the Chain, loading the Chain will switch to the mode saved in the Scene.
Scenes are automatically saved within a Project whenever you save one. Press Exit to cancel
saving.
Scenes can be copied and pasted, and erased, in the same way as Patterns. (See above in
this chapter.)
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