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5.4.3.9. Copying a Drum Pattern
When working in the Drum sequencer, you can copy a Drum Pattern from one location to
another, even if you have made no edits. To do this, simply follow the procedure described
above in
Saving a Drum Pattern [p.80]
original number by pressing the appropriate step button.
5.4.3.10. Clearing a Drum Pattern
To clear the events (triggers) stored in the current Drum track, hold down SHIFT and press
Clr Steps. To clear the entire Pattern and reset all of its settings (track lengths, Time Division,
etc.) to their defaults, hold down SHIFT and press Clr Ptn.
5.4.3.11. Making the Most of Drum Mode
Many of the special SHIFT functions you would normally apply to a melodic and/or
harmonic sequence can also be applied to Drum sequences, with surprising results.
Try some these:
SHIFT + Invert will create a mirror image of the events (triggers) in the current Drum track.
The last notes will become the first and vice versa. Press SHIFT + Invert once more to restore
the natural order of things (:-)).
♪: SHIFT + Invert will only invert the the currently selected Drum track.
It does not stop there: you can shift the currently selected looping Drum sequence to the left
or right. To shift to the right hold down SHIFT and press Nudge>. An event (trigger) in the first
position of the loop will move to the second position; an event (trigger) in the last position
will wrap around to the first position.
♪: Remember to save the Pattern after making edits! ♪: The project-level swing percentage is not
saved with Scenes, Sequences or Patterns, but it is saved with each Project. !: To explore uncharted
territory, set the drum MIDI channel number to something other than 10 and thus use the 24 Drum
tracks to trigger fixed MIDI notes rhythmically. !: As explained in the sequencer section above, there's
a simple way to create variety in your patterns, especially if your patterns are 32 steps or longer. It's
called the Step Skip feature: hold down a step button then press the buttons (16, 32, 48 or 64) of pages
in which you do not want the KeyStep Pro to play that step. For example, if you have identical Patterns
in each of the four pages, hold down step buttons 8 and 16, and press the 32 and 64 buttons. The 8th
and 16th steps will not play in those step ranges. This works for all Drum Patterns.
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but select a new destination number instead of the
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