The Pattern Panel; Mode Buttons And The Keyboard - Arturia ACID V User Manual

3.6. The Pattern Panel

Here is where the real fun begins! This area resembles the chiclet keyboard on the original
303, but works somewhat differently. It's essentially a simplified version of a sequencer.
Also easier, we hope, as you will not be creating patterns or arpeggiations here — again, that
happens in the sequencer [p.26]

3.6.1. Mode buttons and the keyboard

We should start with these because they determine how Acid V's pattern-pumping power
behaves.
3.6.1.1. Seq mode
When this is selected, the underlying sequencer is active, and playing notes on the chiclet
keys onscreen, or on a connected MIDI controller, transposes the musical key of the
sequence.
3.6.1.2. Arp mode
In Arpeggiator mode, the up-to-64-step sequencer becomes an arpeggiator (with the same
maximum number of steps) with multiple note-order
notes on your MIDI controller will determine the notes in the arpeggio.
3.6.1.3. Ext mode
External mode disables Acid V's own pattern capabilities if you want to sequence it in a
DAW, trigger it from an external MIDI sequencer, or just plug in your MIDI controller and
play it like a super-cool bass monosynth.
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— just deciding how they will be played.
modes [p.37]. Now, playing one or more
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