Step Settings; Pattern Editing - Xaoc Devices MOSKWA II Operator's Manual

STEP SETTINGS

To edit a step, push and hold its button for one
second. Editing multiple steps simultaneously is
possible by pressing and holding the first one
while pressing each additional step to be edit-
ed. The chosen steps light up green. The step
1-8 buttons are used to select various functions
marked on the panel. When a function is select-
ed its button lights up green.
step 1 • slew on button activates/deactivates
the slew limiter for the chosen step. The length
of the slew is adjusted globally for all steps with
the slew knob.
step 2 • slew prob button activates/deac-
tivates the probability of the inversion of the
slew limiter state (on/off). If the slew limit-
er is active on the given step, turning on the
probability function enables it to influence the
deactivation of the slew limiter and vice versa.
The degree of probability of change is adjusted
globally with the probability knob.
step 3 • step prob button activates the prob-
ability function for the gate/trigger of the ed-
ited step.
step 4 • patt prob button activates the prob-
ability function for turning the pattern on and
off for the given step.
step 5 • skip button activates the skip func-
tion. When skip is turned on, deactivating a
step excludes it from the sequence, resulting in
a shorter sequence.
step 6-8 buttons select the type of signal pres-
ent at the gate out. When no buttons are lit,
the output signal is a gate. Its length is a direct
copy of the width of the external clock pulse
(with the internal clock, it lasts for half the
length of the step). When the step 6 • trig
button is active, the output of the gate out
changes to trigger.
step 7 • gate half button activates a gate
with a duration of half the step length (or half
the division resulting from the active pattern).
step 8 • gate merge button button activates
a legato style gate lasting the entire length of
the step that merges with the next step's gate.

PATTERN EDITING

As stated above, each step can have an unique
pattern. To activate and edit a pattern, enter
pattern mode by pressing the patt button
then select a step by pressing one of the eight
step 1-8 buttons. The button lights up, but no
change is audible yet. Hold the step 1-8 but-
ton for one second to enter edit mode. To edit
multiple patterns at the same time, press and
hold the first pattern button, and then push the
others to be edited. The selected steps light up
green.
The default pattern has eight steps with only
the first step active. To change that, press and
hold the shift button, and choose the desired
last pattern step using the step buttons. The
length of a given pattern is indicated by a red
backlight.
Now you are ready to activate pattern steps
the same way as steps in the main sequence
by pressing the step 1-8 buttons. Buttons of
active pattern steps light up yellow. To exit the
pattern editor, press the button of the mode you
wish to exit to, either patt or step.
In the pattern mode, you can choose the pat-
tern playback mode for each step. To do that,
press and hold shift and press a step button
of your choosing. There are two options: a red
backlight indicates the default div pattern
mode in which the entire pattern lasts for the
duration of a single main sequence step. There-
fore, each pattern step lasts for the duration of
a fraction of the duration of the main sequence
step (depending on the number of pattern
steps). A yellow step backlight indicates mult
pattern mode in which each pattern step lasts
for the duration of one clock cycle. Therefore,
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