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F2 - Force To Scale
The F2 soft-key on page 1 is labelled "FTS", for Force-To-Scale.
FTS can 'quantize' all transmitted notes in to a chosen scale (or key signature).
FTS has a number of uses:
When improvising live edits, and you don't want to hit a bum note
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Changing the FTS root or scale while playing for instant key changes
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Editing the notes in the FTS scale in real-time as a performance tool
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What FTS Does
To explain the effect of FTS, let's say you have a pattern with 12 notes in a rising chromatic scale:
Step:
1
2
Note:
C
C#
With FTS set to a root note of C and the Major scale, the notes in the pattern above which are not in the
key of C Major will be moved to the nearest notes which are.
The actual notes played would therefore be:
Step:
1
2
Note:
C
C
Note that the pattern itself is not changed – the notes are corrected dynamically as the pattern plays.
*TIP Individual steps in patterns can be set to ignore FTS and also playlist transposition. This option
will be described in the Pattern Edit section later.
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D
D#
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D
E
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F#
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G
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A#
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