How the root note of a sequence is determined, Step buttons: note on/off/edit, Viewing different step button groups – Arturia BeatStep Pro MIDI/Analog Controller and Sequencer Kit with CV/Gate Cables (Black) User Manual
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3.3.3.3. How the root note of a sequence is determined
The actual note sent by a BeatStep Pro sequence at any given moment is the sum of two
parts:
1. The note being played by the current sequence step, as determined by the
current scale
2. The transposition amount set by a pad or by a note received over MIDI. (See the
section for more information.)
3.3.4. Step buttons: note on/off/edit
One major use for the Step buttons is to enable or disable each step in the sequence. When a
Step button is lit, a note will play at the Pitch and Velocity you entered and will keep playing
for as long as you want it to (Gate time). To silence that note event, simply press that Step
button. When its LED is dark, that event will not play the next time.
The Step buttons can also be used to change the pitch of a note while the sequence is
playing back. There are two ways to do this:
1. Hold a pad and press the desired Step button
2. Hold a Step button and press the desired pad. The advantage of this method is
that the pads are velocity-sensitive, so the velocity of the entered note will be
remembered.
3.3.4.1. Viewing different Step button groups
A sequence can be longer than 16 steps (see the next section). When this is true you may
see the enabled Step buttons change as the sequence crosses over from steps 1-16 to steps
17-32, etc.
You can view a particular set of 16 steps (or Step Group) by selecting that range of the
sequence with one of the << or >> buttons, and you can switch to follow mode by pressing
those buttons at the same time. You can disable this feature the same way.
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: A red LED above the « and » buttons indicates the current view range, while a white LED indicates
the Step group that contains the last step of the sequence. When the LED is pink, both things are true:
you are viewing the Step group that contains the last step of the sequence.
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