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Page 9: Step Mode Recording (Step Mode)
The display shows STEP MODE? This is your
"gateway" to step editing, which provides
detailed Pattern editing and recording. To enter
the step editor, press PLAY.
The display now shows the beat and sub-beat.
If a drum event exists on this beat/sub-beat, the
display will also show the drum pad that played
the event and the event volume. If more than
one drum event occurs on the same sub-beat,
the PAGE UP/DOWN buttons step forward or
backward respectively through each drum one
at a time.
If no drum event exists on this beat/sub-beat,
the display will show no pad number, and
EMPTY in place of volume data.
To navigate through the steps at the current
quantization rate, use the PAGE UP button to
move forward or PAGE DOWN to move
backward. If a drum exists between those beats that fall on the current quantization value, the
drum will sound as you go past it, but the display will not stop on that drum.
Background Step mode provides detailed Pattern editing. (Note that "step" does not refer to
Song steps, but to the steps in a Pattern that hold drum events.) You can move through a
Pattern one step at a time, stop at each event as desired, and delete the event, add an event,
or change an event's volume. While occasionally somewhat tedious, Step Edit mode allows
editing drum parts to your exact specifications.
Each step (also called a sub-beat) is 1/96th of a beat in duration, so at maximum resolution it
takes 96 steps to "move through" a quarter note. To save time, you can step through the
Pattern at various note values, as set by the quantization value (which is why it's preferable to
select the quantization rate at which the Pattern was recorded). Example: A 16th note
consists of 24 sub-beats, so setting the quantization value to 1/16 lets you step through the
Pattern 24 sub-beats at a time. The following chart relates the number of sub-beats to
note/quantization values.
NOTE VALUE
1/4
=
1/6
=
1/8
=
1/12
=
1/16
=
1/24
=
1/32
=
1/48
=
NOTE NAME
=
QUARTER NOTE
=
QUARTER NOTE TRIPLET
3
=
EIGHTH NOTE
=
EIGHTH NOTE TRIPLET
3
=
16th NOTE
=
16th NOTE TRIPLET
3
=
32nd NOTE
=
32nd NOTE TRIPLET
3
10
SUB-BEATS
=
96
=
64
=
48
=
32
=
24
=
16
=
12
=
8
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