
PROBABILITYPERSTEP:thismodifiercanbeaccessedinTRACK
MODEbyREPEATS2knobforTRACK1andREPEATS1knobforTRACK2.
Bydefault,theprobabilityissetto100%,meaningthatanyactivetriggerthatis
insertedinthepatternwillfire100%ofthetime.Ifyouwanttosetadifferent
probabilityforanactivestepforTRACK1,youhavetofirsttweaktheREPEATS2
knobandtheninsertanactivestepusingtheSTEPBUTTON(REPEATS2atfully
CCWis0%probability,at12:0050%andfullyCW100%).
Everynextactivestepthatyouinsertwillhavetheprobabilityvalueequaltothelast
changeoftheREPEATS2knob,soifyouwantotherstepstohave100%
probabilityyouwillneedtoreturntheREPEATS2knobtofullyCWposition.This
functionalityforTRACK2isthesame,butnowREPEATS1knobsetsthe
probabilityvalueinstead.
NoteonRepeatsknobsforTRACK1andTRACK2inTRACKMODE:tonotget
confusedwhichknobcontrolswhatforeachtrackyoucanthinkofRepeats1and2
knobsasprimaryandsecondaryparameters.ForTRACK1theprimarymodifieris
RATCHETING,henceREPEATS1controlsthisvalue.ForTRACK2theprimary
modifierisalsoRATCHETINGandiscontrolledbyREPEATS2.
SimilarlyforPROBABILITY,forTRACK1thisisasecondaryparameterandis
controlledbyREPEATS2;forTRACK2thisisalsoasecondaryparameterandis
controlledbyREPEATS1.Generallyspeaking:patternmodifiersareinvertedfor
TRACK1andTRACK2.
OnceyouarebacktoLIVEMODE(TRACKswitchinthemiddleposition)REPEATS
1andREPEATS2knobs(4)controlthenumberofsteprepeats.Steprepeatsadd
extrastepsafterthelastactivestep;donotconfusethiswithratchetsthatadd
(stretch)extratriggerswithinasinglestep.Byaddingsteprepeatsyouare
extendingtheoverallpatternlengththatcanleadtomanydifferentvariationsand
overlapsofthepatternsyoucreate,thisiswhereTRACKRESETS(6)areyourfriend
tokeepthepatterncyclessynchronizedformoreofastructuralfeeling.
TUPLET MODE
WhentheRunningOrderisexternallyclocked,youcansettheDIVKNOBtofully
CCWpositionnamedTUPLETS.Thiswillswitchthewayrepeatsbehaveinthetime
domain.Usuallyrepeatsaddextrastepstoyoursequence,butinTUPLETMODE
theyarestretchedwithinonebeatorwithinone¼measure.Thisallowsyouto
createnewtypeofpolyrhythmsthatareusuallyveryhardtoachieveusingmodular
synthesizers.AndusingREPEATSCV1&2inputscanmakethechanges
dynamically.
EXAMPLE:TUPLETMODEengaged.IfyousettheREPEATSknobto3o’clock,
theserepeatswillplayastriplets.IfyousetREPEATSto4o’clock,youwillget
quadrupletsandsoon.Thismodeisglobal,soifbothtracksaresetto101style
patternmode,thenthefunctionalityofREPEATSKNOBS(4)forbothtrackswill
changetoTUPLETmode.