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5.3.5.2. Using the Default Encoder Settings
We've already hinted at this in a previous paragraph: whenever you add a note or notes
to a (drum)sequence, the KeyStep Pro will read the current values of the Gate and Velocity
encoders and insert the new note or notes with those values. This feature has an enormous
creative potential that you will come to appreciate when you get to know your KeyStep Pro
better. It's a feature that enables you to create intricate gate and velocity patterns. How?
Here's an example to create an accented feel:
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Set the Gate encoder to 0.5 and the Velocity encoder to 100.
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Activate steps in the sequence where you want accents by pressing their step
buttons.
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Now turn the Velocity encoder down to 50 and the Gate encoder down to 0.2
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Enter several other steps with these values.
Play the sequence and notice how the steps with the lower velocity values sound softer, less
pronounced.
This is just the beginning. By carefully exploring the effects of long and short gate times
combined with high and low velocities, you can make many musical discoveries and
explore unknown territory!
The effect of this feature is not limited to monophonic steps: by selectively changing the
individual gate times of the notes in a chord, you can let some notes of the chord sustain for
several seconds while others fade away quickly.
5.3.5.3. Saving Your Edits
It's important to understand how the KeyStep Pro handles your Pattern edits. Whenever you
are working on a Pattern, it is held in working memory. If you switched off the KeyStep
Pro during the edit process and restarted it, your project would be empty and all your hard
work would be lost. To store it permanently in internal memory, you need to save it. It's
easy to check which patterns need to be saved: just press SAVE + Pattern. The step buttons
corresponding to all modified and unsaved Patterns will light up in red.
To save a single Pattern:
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Hold down SAVE and press Pattern. Previously saved Patterns will blink in blue;
Patterns with unsaved edits will blink in red.
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Press the red-lit step button of the Pattern you want to save.
If there is more than one Pattern with unsaved changes: - Hold down SAVE and press
Pattern. Previously saved Patterns will blink in blue; Patterns with unsaved edits will blink in
red. - Keep the SAVE button held down and press the red-lit step buttons of all the Patterns
you want to save. - Press EXIT to exit the SAVE process.
A shortcut for saving unsaved Patterns is to hold down SAVE and press the Track button of
the active track to save all its Patterns in one operation.
!: As you may already have guessed, a quick way to check whether the Patterns you are working
on contain unsaved changes is to hold down the SAVE button. The step buttons of Patterns that contain
unsaved changes will light up in red.
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