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Dirtywave M8 Operation Manual
Live Mode
Live mode allows playing, cueing, or stopping each track independently and from any-
where in the song structure. Press [SHIFT]+[LEFT] from the song view to enter or exit
live mode playback.
When a track is cued for playback via [PLAY] the sequencer will wait for the current-
ly playing chain to nish before activating the newly cued chain by default. You can
change this behavior on the Project View under “LIVE QUANTIZE”.
Song View Shortcuts
Navigating
• [DIRECTION] Move cursor.
• [OPTION]+[UP or DOWN] Move/scroll the cursor 16 rows up or down.
Playing
• [PLAY] Plays/stops all tracks.
• [LEFT]+[PLAY] Cue the selected song row for playback.
• [OPTION]+[LEFT or RIGHT] Solo all tracks to the left or right side of the cursor’s
position.
• [OPTION]+[SHIFT] Mute current track (release option rst to hold the mute).
• [OPTION]+[PLAY] Solo current track (release option rst to hold the solo).
• [OPTION]+[SHIFT]+[PLAY] Clears all mute and solos.
Editing
• [EDIT] On an empty column (“--”): inserts a chain with a default value of the last ed-
ited or deleted chain.
• [EDIT]+[DIRECTION] Edits the chain number on the cursor’s position.
• [EDIT]+[EDIT] (double tap) Will insert a new unused empty chain.
• [EDIT]+[OPTION] Deletes/cuts the selected chain. In selection mode, cuts the se-
lection into the copy buer.
• [SHIFT]+[OPTION] Enters selection mode for moving, copying, or cutting chains.
• [OPTION] In selection mode: copies the selection and exits selection mode.
• [SHIFT]+[EDIT] Pastes the copy buer that was copied in selection mode.
• [SHIFT]+[OPTION, then EDIT] Copies the contents of the selected chain into a new
chain number. (I.e. “clone”).
• [SHIFT]+[OPTION, then double tap EDIT] Copies the contents of the selected
chain and the contents of all phrases inside the chain into a new chain and phrases.
(I.e. “deep clone”).