Future Retro Revolution Owner Manual - Manual (Page 19)

SEQUENCER OPERATIONS
CLEARING NOTES
There are two ways to clear previous note data that exists within a pattern. You can either clear
all the notes at once or individual notes one at a time.
To clear all notes from a pattern, first make sure you are in the Pattern Select mode (Pattern key
indicator on). Select and hold the pattern’s Step key you wish to clear all the notes from, and then
press the Shift/Clear key. You can press the Pattern key and enter Pattern Edit mode to verify that all
the Step key indicators are now off.
To clear individual notes, enter the Pattern Edit mode (Pattern key indicator off). Press and hold the
Shift/Clear key and press the Step key that represents the note-on for the note you want to clear. You
can clear as many notes as you want while holding the Shift/Clear key. Once you are done clearing
individual notes you may release the Shift/Clear key. All the notes you cleared will be shown with
their Step key indicator being off.
Notice that clearing notes only erases where notes are placed and their durations. Other pattern
information such as the step’s pitches, accents, glides, loop point, time signature, and swing amount
will still retain their values. This is a safety in case you accidentally erase notes or an entire pattern
by mistake. You then only need to re-enter where notes are located and their duration.
CHANGING A NOTE’S PITCH
Once notes exist in a pattern you can change the pitch each one is to play. Select a pattern you would
like to edit and enter the Pattern Edit mode. When in the Pattern Edit mode, one of the 16 Step key
indicators will be flashing to indicate that it is the current step selected and ready to be edited. You
can select a different note to edit by pressing the Step key where that note starts.
Notice that by pressing any Step keys other than where a note starts will write a new note as
described in the previous section.
Once a note is selected, the display will show the pitch of that note, ranging from C1 to D#6. Notice
that the display will show an = sign for sharp notes. Using the Up/Down keys select the desired pitch
for the currently selected step. When the sequencer is playing and you change a note’s pitch in this
way, each time the pattern reaches this step the new note pitch will be played. If you hold a note’s
Step key while you change the note’s pitch, the new pitch will not take affect until you release that
note’s Step key. You can use this method to ensure that only the desired pitches will be heard while
the sequencer is playing.
Notice that pitches programmed into the sequencer can actually range from C1 to C9. However the
sequencer will only play back pitches in the range of C1 to D#6. The extended range of E6 through
C9 is provided only to retain the original pitches of a pattern when it is transposed up to +36 half-
steps.
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