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5.3.4.2. Using the default encoder settings
We've already hinted to this in a previous paragraph; whenever you add a note to
(drum)sequence, the KeyStep Pro will read the current values of the encoders and insert the
new note will the gate and velocity it finds. 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?
• Set the velocity encoder to 75% and the Gate encoder to 50%
• Activate steps in the sequence where you want to create an accented feel
• Turn down the velocity encoder to 35% and the Gate encoder to 20%
• enter several steps with these values.
Play the sequence and notice how the steps with the lower velocity values sound less
pronounced and softer.
This is only the beginning, by carefully exploring the effect of long and short gate values
combined with high and low-velocity values you can make many musical discoveries in
unknown territory.
The effect of this feature is not limited to monophonic steps, by selectively changing the
individual sustain times of the notes in a chord you can let some notes in the chord sustain
for several seconds and let others die quickly.
5.3.4.3. Saving your edits
It's important to understand how the Keystep Pro handles your pattern edits. When ever you
work with a pattern it is kept in memory. If you would switch off the KeyStep Pro during the
edit proces and restart it, your project would show up empty. To save it permanently you
have to save it to make your edit permanent. There is an easy way to check which patterns
need to be saved, just press SAVE. All modified andunsafed Patterns will show up in RED.
To save one pattern:
• Hold SAVE and press Pattern. Saved steps will blink in Blue steps with unsafed
edits in RED
• hit the Red coloured step of the pattern you want to save.
If there is more then one pattern with unsaved changes: - Hold SAVE and press Pattern.
Saved steps will blink in Blue steps with unsafed edits in RED - Keep the SAFE button
depressed and press the RED buttons of the tracks you want to save. - Press EXIT to exit the
SAVE process.
A shortcut to saving unsaved patterns is to press SAVE and hit the Track button to save all
patterns of the active track.
Tip: As you might have already guessed, a fast way to check wheter the patterns you are
working with contain unsaved changes is to Hold the SAVE button. Patterns that contain
unsafed changes will light up in RED.
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