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5.3.2.3. Realtime Record
Holding down Record and pressing Play puts KeyStep Pro into Realtime Record mode.
Realtime recording will give a more fluent, natural feel to your sequence. In Realtime Record
mode, the sequencer will run at the speed you have set with the Tempo knob or the Tap
Tempo knob, and it will store whatever note or notes you are playing at each moment into
the currently active step. That makes it somewhat harder to predict in which step your key-
presses will be stored.
♪: In Realtime Record mode, if you hold down SHIFT and press Record/Quantize, what you play will
be automatically quantized according to the current Time Division setting (see next sub-section). !: When
recording in Realtime Record mode, choosing a longer sequence length gives you more space. To set
the sequence to 64 steps, hold down Lst Step and press the 64 button.
There's a small problem with Realtime Record mode: it's difficult to know when you have
start playing, because you can't hear where the first step is. The solution is to turn on the
Metronome with SHIFT + Metronome. When you now press Play, the Metronome starts
ticking, with the first step accented by a higher pitch. You can set the desired metronome
level (volume) with the retractable knob next to the Metronome output on the back panel of
the KeyStep Pro. To change the Time Division of the Metronome hold Tap Tempo and press
one of the Time Division keys on the keyboard.
!: If the accent is not pronounced enough, make the first step louder by changing the metronome
settings in the Utility menu (Shift>Utility>Metronome) or in the MIDI Control Center.
The sequencer is now looping; the notes of any keys you press will be added to the loop.
The KeyStep Pro sequencers are polyphonic, so if you play a block chord instead of a single
note, all the notes of the chord will be entered into the currently active step of the loop. Of
course, if you want to hear all these notes, you must be in Poly mode.
Notice that all notes are recorded with the velocity at which you play them. Whether played
notes are added to the existing sequence or replace existing notes depends on the status of
the Overdub button to the left of the keyboard. It lights up when Overdub is ON.
How do you edit the individual notes and/or chords you've recorded in realtime? It's simple:
press the Step Edit button (to the left of the step 1 button) and if you need
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options, like moving selected notes in a chord you can also activate Overdub.
About Quantized Recording
To activate quantization, hold down SHIFT and press Record/Quantize.
When recording in Realtime Record mode using the keys or incoming MIDI, there's an
important concept you need to know about: the notes will be quantized according to the
Time Division you have selected.
For example, if 1/16 is the current Time Division setting, then the recorded notes will be
quantized forward or backwards to the nearest sixteenth note. As the Pattern loops, you can
replace certain notes by playing new ones within their time range.
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