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Step Sequencer view menu

Row menu

The Row menu contains the following commands:

Insert Row. Click to insert a new row. For details, see To insert a row.

Delete Row. Click to delete a row. For details, see To delete a row.

Rename Row. This command lets you rename a row.

Cut Row Steps. Click to cut a row’s steps. The cut steps are placed on the Clipboard and can be pasted into another row. For details, see To cut/copy/paste all notes in a row.

Copy Row Steps. Click to copy a row’s steps. The copied steps are placed on the Clipboard and can be pasted into another row. For details, see To cut/copy/paste all notes in a row.

Paste Row Steps. Click to paste the Clipboard contents to a row. For details, see To cut/copy/paste all notes in a row.

Shift Steps Backward. Click to move all notes in a row to the left by one step. For details, see To shift all notes in a row to the left or right.

Shift Steps Forward. Click to move all notes in a row to the right by one step. For details, see To shift all notes in a row to the left or right.

Adjust Velocity Multiplier. This command lets you specify a level of compression or expansion for a pitch. The value range is 0.10 - 2.00 and the default value is 1.00 (no compression or expansion). A value below 1.00 is compression and a value above 1.00 is expansion. For details, see To compress or expand all note velocities in a row.

Fill Every > 2-6. This command lets you automatically insert notes every, 2, 3, 4, 5, or 6 steps. For details, see To automatically enable notes every “n” steps.

Pattern menu

The Pattern menu contains the following commands:

Load Pattern. Click to load a Pattern file (.spp) into the Step Sequencer.

Save Pattern As. Click to save the current pattern as a Pattern file (.spp).

Clear Pattern. Click to clear all steps in the current pattern.

Options menu

The Options menu contains the following commands:

Use fixed/default pattern velocity for step record. This option lets you specify whether step recording should use the recorded velocity or a fixed velocity value for new notes. For information about setting a fixed velocity, see To specify the default velocity value for new notes.

Preserve pattern for step sizes. This option lets you specify how existing notes are affected when changing Steps per Beat value in the toolbar. When Preserve Pattern for Step Size is enabled, the original pattern is preserved whenever possible as you add or remove beats. Doing so ensures that notes retain their original position within each beat. When disabled, additional steps will instead be appended at the end of each beat.

Trigger note on click. Enable this option is you want to automatically audition a note when clicking on a step.

Set default velocity for steps. Lets you specify the default velocity value that is assigned to new notes that are enabled in the Step Sequencer. The setting is global, which means it applies to all step sequencer clips and projects. The default velocity value is 100.

 

See:

Toolbar

Rows

Notes pane

Controllers pane