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You can make adjustments to the tempo in quantized 1 BPM increments by turning the
Tempo knob. If you need to make finer adjustments, hold SHIFT and turn the Tempo knob.
This will increment and decrement the tempo in 0.01 steps.
3.2.1. Time Division
There's another row of blue shift modifiers printed above the keys of the keyboard. In the
centre, right above the 'middle C' key, you'll find a series of time-division options, ranging
from 1/4 to 1/32. To change the current time division, hold SHIFT and press the appropriate
key on the keyboard. What happens now is that you change the rhythmic relationship of the
sequence relative to the tempo: quarter notes (one step per beat), eighth notes (two steps
per beat), and so on. Triplet values are also an option (1/4T, 1/8T, etc.); if you're already in 1/
8 then press SHIFT+Triplet, you'll get into 1/8 triplet mode.
There's a lot of potential for creative fun here. In
Chapter 5
[p.51], we'll show you how to copy
the pattern of one sequence to another sequence. Imagine starting with a simple pattern,
copying it to the three other sequencers, modifying those copies with Invert, Nudge and
Transpose, then running them simultaneously with the first sequence. You get the idea ...
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