Lesson 8 Clearing A Pattern And Creating A New One; Lesson 9 Creating And Playing Tracks - Cyclone Analogic Bass Bot Operation Manual

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Lesson 8
Clearing a Pattern and Creating a New One
You can use the step editing functions from Lesson 7 to create new patterns from scratch.
1. To begin, set the Mode Selector Switch to Pattern Write. Navigate to the group and section that
contain the pattern that you wish to overwrite.
2. Clear the pattern by pressing [PATTERN CLEAR] + [#], where "#" is the number of the pattern you
wish to clear. You may also clear multiple patterns by selecting a range. For example, to clear
patterns {1-4} you would press [PATTERN CLEAR] + [1] + [4].
3. Be sure the sequencer is stopped and press [PITCH MODE] to begin editing the pattern. You will
immediately see blinking DUAS LEDs which indicate that the end of the pattern has been reached.
That's because the pattern currently has zero steps!
4. Add a step to the pattern sequence by pressing any note key on the keyboard. You'll see that the
DUAS LEDs have stopped blinking, indicating that the current step in the sequence is now a valid
step.
5. Assign DUAS modifiers as desired (see Lesson 6) and press [WRITE/NEXT] to move on to the
next step. You'll again encounter the end-of-pattern indicator.
6. Repeat steps 4 and 5 to create more steps. The pattern's length is simply defined by how many
steps you enter using this process. A pattern may contain up to 64 steps.
You may go back and forward within a pattern and edit any step at any time. Press [FUNCTION] to finish
creating your pattern. You can now audition your new pattern by pressing [RUN/STOP].
If you wish to go back and make changes to the pattern, follow the instructions in Lesson 7. See Lesson 13
for information about advanced pattern editing features.
Lesson 9
Creating and Playing Tracks
You can build a track from your patterns. A track is simply an organized sequence of your patterns. The
Bass Bot can store up to seven tracks, each of which may be up to 255 bars in length, where a 'bar' refers
to one complete repetition of a particular pattern.
Let's build a simple four-bar track in track slot 3.
A track in slot 3 will be composed of patterns only from User Pattern Memory group 3. Creating and editing
a track is much like creating and editing patterns, so be sure to cover and before building a track.
1. Set the Track/Preset switch to Track 3 and set the Mode selector switch to Track Write Mode.
2. The console LEDs will show whether section (A) or (B), selected, and the keyboard area will show
which patterns in the section are currently populated.
3. Choose a pattern to start the song. You can audition your patterns by pressing [RUN/STOP]. This
will simply loop the selected pattern to help you choose the right one. You are not committing any
edits to the track when you play them.
4. Make your selection by choosing the section and pattern number of the pattern you wish to use.
5. If you'd like, you can instruct the track to transpose this repetition of the pattern. Press and hold
the Pitch Mode key then select a note on the keyboard. The neutral version of the pattern is
considered to be at the low C key, so selecting any note on the keyboard other than the low C key
will transpose the pattern up by the number of half steps that note is from low C. For example,
choosing [PITCH MODE] + [D] would transpose the pattern up by two half steps during the first
bar of the track.