Time Steps

If 16 Time Steps is pressed, the sixteen pads represent sixteen time steps within the beat, useful for step programming. A lit pad indicates the presence of a note of the selected sound, and an unlit pad indicates its absence. Pressing a lit pad toggles between deleting and inserting a note (of the selected sound) at the pad’s assigned location in time.

If the Pads key (in the Screens section) is lit, the following screen will be displayed, showing the assignment of each pad plus related controls:

Soft Knob 1: Quantize

Same as the Quantize setting in the 16 Sounds screen, in this case it sets the Time Step size for the 16 pads to a value between 8th notes through 32nd triplets.

Soft Knob 2: See

The screen can show only a portion of the entire beat. For example, if Quantize = 16th, the 16 pads show 1 bar of 4/4. Turning this knob moves between displaying (seeing) sequential time blocks within the beat. The circular icon at right appears if LoopScreen is on.

Shift + Soft Knob 2: LoopScreen

If on, the time steps shown in the screen are played in a loop.

Quant: 16^th See: 1.1.1

Bt: 14/Swing beat 100 bpm Snd: A12/Boomy Kick

1.1.1; 1.1.7; 1.1.13; 1.1.19; 1.2.1; 1.2.7; 1,2.13; 1.2.19;

1.3.1; 1.3.7; 1.3.13; 1.3.19; 1.4.1; 1.4.7; 1.4.13; 1.4.19;

All Off 120.0 1.1.01 16 Steps

Selected Beat & Sound

Displays the pad number and name of the currently selected Beat and Sound.

Note that it is often more useful to view the Beat Events screen while step programming your beats.