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Beat Generator

November 28, 2009

The beat generator is an alternate source for triggers sent to the main arpeggiator and transposers. It filters the SONGPOS train so that some of the triggers are skipped. When steps are turned off in the step grid, the sequencer skips a pattern step, or delays the pattern step until a future beat.

STEPS

Sets the number of steps before the beat pattern repeats. For continually shifting patterns, LEN can be different from the pattern length, so that the melodic pattern shifts on each loop.

STEP GRID

The pattern grid shows 16 steps in four rows and four columns. When any step is OFF, the trigger event is filtered.

The beat generator also displays the current step with a light. As a performance aid, the light indicators are useful even when the beat generator is not being applied to the arpeggiators.

TEMPO

The beat generator takes a SONGPOS trigger train from the main clock before it's divided down by the tempo setting in the clock panel. The beat generator then divides the original source clock by its own tempo divider. The controls are the same as for the main clock panel. This lets the arpeggiators and transposers function at different tempos, without their own clock division units. All the tempo and clock dividers use modulo math to determine the current SONGPOS position, so they remain in synchronization with each other.