Step Record dialog

Press SHIFT+R to open the Step Record dialog box. Step recording lets you specify step size and note duration so you can record difficult passages a step at a time. Step Record always uses the Sound on Sound (blend) record mode, regardless of the current record mode.

The Step Record dialog box has an extra set of controls called Advanced mode that only appear when you click the Adv. button. The Step Record dialog box has the following fields:

Step Size

Click a note head to choose a step size for the next note or rest you want to enter.

Click the dotted or double-dotted buttons to add a dot or double-dot to any step size.

Click N to create a custom step size.

Click the Tuplet check box, and enter values in the two adjacent number fields to create a tuplet step size

Duration

The duration value controls how much of a note’s step size the note actually lasts.

Click Follow Step Size to keep the duration values the same as the step size.

If you don’t check Follow Step Size, fill in a value in the % of note value field to set duration.

If you don’t check Follow Step Size, you can randomize the duration by the value you enter in the Randomize By field (Advanced mode only).

Destination Track

Choose the track that you want to add the note data to.

Note Properties (Advanced Mode Only)

If you don’t check the Use Input check box for a particular note property, you can specify any or all of a note’s pitch, velocity, and channel characteristics.

Navigation

Auto Advance. If this option is checked, the insertion point moves ahead automatically when you release a note.

Link to Now Time (Advanced mode only). If this option is checked, the insertion point duplicates the Now Time.

Delete on Back Step. If this option is checked, a note or notes are deleted when you click the Step Backward button.

Offset (Advanced mode only). You can enter a value in this field to enter notes at a constant distance away from the insertion point. You can enter a positive (after the insertion point) or negative value (before the insertion point).

Insertion Point Field

This field lists the current insertion point in MBT format.

Scroll Bar

The scroll bar provides a visual representation of the insertion point’s location. Drag the scroll bar to move the insertion point forward or backward.

Step/Beat/Measure Back/Forward Buttons

Click these buttons to move the insertion point one step, beat, or measure respectively back or forward. The Beat and Measure buttons appear in Advanced mode only.

Adv./Basic Button

Click the Adv. button to display the advanced options. Click the Basic button to display only the basic options.

Activate Step Record

Click this button to turn step recording on or off.

Pattern

See Step pattern recording.

See Also:

To use basic step recording

Step recording