6. WHAT IS A PROJECT?
A Project enables you to store and recall 16 Patterns per sequencer, as well as the state of
each sequencer. When you do a save, everything in the Project is stored: Seq/Drum mode
for Track 1, Seq/Arp mode for Tracks 2, 3 and 4; solo or mute state of each track; Scenes,
Chains, output mappings and current time divisions.
The edit options are flexible: in addition to Project SAVE, you can copy one Project to another
or erase a Project. For each of these operations, a screen message asks you to confirm
the action. The instructions below show the confirmation screens. The necessary buttons for
managing Projects are found in the Control section of the front panel.
6.1. Managing Projects
After using your KeyStep Pro for a while, you'll probably have a large number of sequences.
You may be working on a musical arrangement or performance and want to create
and safeguard a selection of your sequences for that purpose. KeyStep Pro Projects are
designed for that kind of situation.
The internal memory of the KeyStep Pro holds a total of 16 Projects. You could think of a
Project as a single song (although it could be an entire performance). Each Project contains:
• 16 Patterns for each of the four sequencers (Seq1, Seq2, Seq3, Seg4 and Drum),
including all the swing, randomness and probability settings for each Pattern.
• A Control Mode preset (that is, a controller map), with independent settings for
each assignable control.
• 16 Scenes.
• Project-level settings for tempo, swing, randomness and probability.
Please refer to Chapter 7 [p.105] for information about other parameters that affect the way
Projects respond when you switch from one Project to the next.
! Before switching to another Project, it's important to save the sequencer Patterns you've just been
working on. If you forget to save them, they will be lost forever. To save all Patterns in a track, hold
down SAVE and press the appropriate track button (Track 1 to Track 4). To save all Patterns in the current
Project, hold down SAVE and press Project.
6.1.1. Loading a Project
To create a new Project, hold down the Project button and choose an empty Project by
selecting one of the 16 step buttons.
To load an existing Project, hold down the Project button and press the step button that
corresponds to the number of the Project you want to load.
!: Be sure you have saved your current Project to another number before loading an existing Project!
An alternative way to load a Project is to hold down the Project button and turn the selection
encoder. Select the desired Project number and press the encoder to load it.
!: Don't hesitate too long, otherwise the operation will be cancelled.
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