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While playback is off, hold

ERASE

and turn the 4-D encoder to jump to the previous/next

step and delete all events found on the way for the selected Sound(s).

Please note the following:

If multiple Sounds are selected, all of them will be affected. See section

5.1.3, Selecting

Multiple Sounds or Groups

for more information.

The jumps are based on the step size that is on the Step Grid setting. See section

11.1.7,

Adjusting the Step Grid and the Nudge Grid

for more information.

The command has the same effect whether your pads are in Pad Mode or in Keyboard mode.

11.4.6 Cut, Copy, and Paste Events/Notes

You can also cut, copy and paste selected events to another location in the same Pattern or to

a different Pattern and for the same Sound or another one (possibly in another Group).
To cut, copy, and paste the selected events/notes in the software, do the following:
1.

To cut or copy the selected events, press [Ctrl] + [X] or [Ctrl] + [C] ([Cmd] + [X] or [Cmd]

+ [C] on macOS), respectively. You can also right-click ([Ctrl]-click on macOS) in the

background of the Event area and select

Cut

or

Copy

from the context menu.

The selected events are placed in the clipboard, ready to be pasted. If you selected the

Cut

command, they are additionally removed from their original location.

2.

If you want to paste the events in another Pattern, open the Pattern Manager, double-
click the Pattern in which you want to paste the events (see section

11.7.1, The Pattern

Manager and Pattern Mode

for more information on the Pattern Manager).

3.

Click anywhere in the Event area of the newly selected Pattern.

4.

To paste the events, press [Ctrl] + [V] ([Cmd] + [V] on macOS). You can also right-click
([Ctrl]-click on macOS) the desired location in the background of the Event area and se-
lect

Paste

from the context menu.

The events will be pasted according to the rules described hereinafter. If no event is se-
lected, all displayed events will be affected: in Keyboard view these are all events of the
focused Sound; in Group view these are all events of all Sounds within the Group (see
section

11.1.5, Group View and Keyboard View

for more information on Group view and

Keyboard view).

Working with Patterns

Editing Events

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