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8.2.2. Recording Control Changes in Step Edit Mode:
To record control changes (modulation) in Step Edit mode:
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Make sure the Track on which you want to record a CC# Pattern is in Control
mode.
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Press Pattern + a step button to select the Pattern into which you want to record
CC# data.
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Ensure Play is off and turn on step recording by pressing the Step Edit button.
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Press a step button to select the step to which you want to add CC# data.
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Now turn the encoder to the position you want to record. While turning the
encoder, nothing will be recorded, but you can monitor the changing value on
the OLED display. The display will indicate the number of the step to which you
can add data, the current CC number and its value. When the encoder is in the
position that you want to record, release it. The KeyStep Pro will take a 'snapshot'
of the encoder position and store it in that step.
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Continue to do this until you've filled every step with a CC# value.
♪: If the step being edited has no existing data for that CC number, turning the encoder will create it.
♪: Turning the encoder fully counter-clockwise reaches 0, then turning it further counter-clockwise turns
it off for this step. There's a dead zone before deactivation so that it is easy to reach 0 without turning
the encoder off. To turn it off, you have to turn it to what would normally be '-5' .
You may have guessed by now that there are two ways to fill CC# Patterns with data: either
you can fill the successive steps with 'snapshots' of the positions of one encoder and then
go back to the first step and continue with another encoder, or you can fill a step with
'snapshots' of all the encoder positions simultaneously and then continue to the next step
until all steps are full. Both methods have their pros and cons.
To erase the CC# data in a step, turn the appropriate encoder fully counter-clockwise until it
reaches 0 then continue to turn it counter-clockwise beyond 0, thus turning off the encoder
for that step.
♪: Sequence functions such as Last Step, Extend, Step/Page Copy & Paste, Clear Pattern and Clear
Steps all behave as in normal mode. A CC# track is always in 1/16th resolution (Time Division).
8.2.2.1. Matching MIDI Channels
Before attempting to use MIDI CC# messages to control an external device such as a synth,
the MIDI channel on which the KeyStep Pro transmits must match the MIDI channel on
which the external device receives. If the receiving synth is set to receive on all 16 MIDI
channels simultaneously, you have nothing to worry about. However, if your KeyStep Pro is
connected to several synths (and a DAW) and you want to be able to send different control
messages to each synth (and the DAW), you'll have to assign a different MIDI channel to
each device and adjust channels on the KeyStep Pro to match them.
If you are the proud owner of a MicroFreak, you can try the following example. Let's say
we've configured the MicroFreak to receive on MIDI channel 2 with Utility>MIDI>Input>2 and
activated Control mode on the KeyStep Pro to perform our control magic.
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