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 Add or remove some drum trigs using the step buttons, use the knobs to change the velocity, gate length or timing shift of the trigs.

Important: If you want to keep what you’ve created, be sure to save the Project

somewhere or you’ll lose everything. Refer to section 3.4

to learn how.

3.3.7 Sequencer Mute

Each sequencer has a dedicated MUTE button, which is great for live performances and creative sessions. They can help you focus on the interactions of any two sequencers at a time, or you can use them to work on one of the patterns without hearing the others.

For the drum sequencer, you can choose to mute only specific pads by holding the DRUM button and MUTE button simultaneously, and pressing the pads you want to mute. The

Drum sequencer’s MUTE button will blink to show that some of the drum tracks are muted.

The status of the MUTE buttons is not stored with the Project.

3.4 Saving a Project

This is very important to know: Your patterns can be lost unless you save the Project that contains them.

Saving a Project is simple! It only takes three steps.

Caution: When you follow these instructions you will overwrite the selected Project and all of its patterns. Be sure this is what you want to do! If not, be sure to find out which memory location is available and store the Project there instead.

Once you’re sure where you want to store the Project,

 Hold the SAVE button

 Press the PROJECT button and hold it

 Press the Step button number you chose earlier.

The next time you want this Project, that’s where it will be.

It’s a good idea to back up the Project using the MIDI Control Center, too. Section 12.3

will tell you what you need to know about that.

3.5 Loading a Project

Caution: If you need to, be sure you have saved the current Project before you load in a new one, because doing so will replace all of the patterns of all three sequencers and will also load a new set of Control Mode assignments. Be sure this is what you want to do!

When you press the PROJECT button one of the Step buttons will be lit red. This helps you know which Project is currently loaded into memory. To select a new one, simply hold the PROJECT button and then press the Step button that corresponds to the Project number you want to load.

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Selecting Project #03

Note: There’s a preference in the MIDI Control Center where you can specify whether the new Project should be loaded instantly or wait until after the Drum sequencer

reaches the end of its current pattern. See section 12.8.5.6

to learn about this feature.

3.6 All Notes Off

It’s possible for a MIDI message to be interrupted for some reason. This can result in a stuck or ‘hanging’ note on the target device.

If this happens, just press the BeatStep Pro STOP button quickly three times in a row. It will then send an All Notes Off command over MIDI.

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