Add/Remove Beats From Pattern Beginning (Start); Offset A Pattern Or Drum Part - ION iDM02 Manual

Page 7: Add/Remove Beats From Pattern Beginning (Start)
This option either adds beats to, or subtracts beats from, the beginning of the Pattern.
Shortening a Pattern's start point erases any drum events that fall outside the remaining
part of the Pattern; lengthening a Pattern's start point adds silence at the beginning of a
Pattern.
The display says ### BEAT and START.
This indicates a Pattern's length in beats
(quarter notes). Enter the desired length with
the INC/DEC or number buttons (this must
be a three digit number; enter leading zeroes
if necessary).
Page 8: Offset A Pattern Or Drum Part
Offset shifts a Pattern or individual drum parts ahead of or behind the beat in 1/384th
note increments to allow for altering the "feel" of a piece. This only affects already-
recorded parts.
1. The iDM02 should be in Pattern mode
and stopped.
OFFSET, which will be 00/384 (no
offset).
2. Press the pad
confirmed by the display). If you don't
select a pad, offset affects the entire
Pattern.
3. Enter the two-digit offset value with the INC/DEC or number buttons. Positive
numbers shift events ahead of the beat (lead), negative numbers shift events
behind the beat (lag). The default is positive numbers; to enter a negative number
with the number buttons, press DEC first. Example: To offset a part 1/16th note
later, enter -24 as the offset value since 24 sub-beats equals a 1/16th note.
4. Press PLAY to enter this number into the iDM02. To apply the same amount of
offset to additional pads, press the next pad then press PLAY.
Notes: The display counter resets after you exit the function. Therefore, it does not keep
track of the total amount of offset, but only changes in offset.
Drums offset to before the first beat "wrap around" to the end of the Pattern; drums offset
past the end of the last beat "wrap around" to the beginning of the Pattern.
The display says
to be offset (as
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