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5.3.4. Advanced editing
To edit chords that you have recorded in a step, press the Overdub button. This gives you
access to a number of advanced edit options specifically designed for chords. With Overdub
ON you can select notes from the chord stored in the current step and edit the parameters
of these selected notes only.
You can access advanced editing in Quick Edit mode, in Step Edit Mode and Step Recording
mode.
To enter Advanced Edit mode, press Overdub (if it is not already active) and select the step
you want to edit.
The LEDs above the notes stored in that step will blink. Press the notes of the chord you
want to edit. Their LEDs will stop blinking and light up continuously. Now any edits you make
with the encoders will only affect the selected notes. You can move the selected notes up
or down the keyboard with the Pitch encoder. Notice how only the selected notes move; the
unselected notes of the chord remain in place. The same applies to the Gate and Velocity
edits you make: they will only be applied to the currently selected notes.
Another remarkable option you have now is to add a timing offset to individual notes stored
in a step! Just select a note or notes of the chord stored in that step and shift them forward
or backwards in time with the Time Shift encoder. Why is this important?
When playing chords live, a musician will never press all the keys of the chord at exactly the
same time; there will always be slight time differences between when the different notes
of a chords start. One musician tends to strike a chord with the index finger first; another
with the middle finger first. You might call this the musician's 'signature'. Another use for this
Time Shift feature is to emulate strumming or finger-picking a guitar chord. Used in tandem
with copying/pasting steps as explained in the next paragraph, you can create very intricate
sequences.
♪: In Overdub mode you can add notes to a chord until the maximum of 16 notes-per-step is reached.
New notes you add when Overdub is ON will automatically be selected for advanced editing.
Press OVERDUB once more to exit Advanced Edit mode.
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