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by this amount, whatever the current value is, or if there is automation on
that step. You can add as many values as you want, be it synth parameters
or modulation parameters.
Slide
Slide can be added on a per step basis. Hit [SLIDE] to open slide mode, and
hit the desired [SEQ] key to add or remove slide to a step. When a slide is
active on a step, all the step parameters will slide linearly to the next step
parameters (note as well as parameter osets). In slide mode, the active
note trigs are shown by a dim [SEQ] key LED. Active slide trigs are shown by
a bright [SEQ] key LED. Hit [SLIDE] again to leave slide mode. The same can
be done when just holding the [SLIDE] key.
Microshift, probability, ratchet
Each step of a pattern contains a microshift, probability, and ratchet value.
These 3 parameters together allow musicians to create very organic
sequences - it’s an excellent way to break the 4/4 monotony that usually
haunts an x0x-style sequencer. To edit one of these parameters, hold
[FUNC] + the desired [SEQ] key, and set the value with [MICROSHIFT],
[PROBABILITY] or [RATCHET] potentiometer.
Microshift : The microshift parameter shifts the starting point of a step
forward or backward by up to ½ step.
Ratchet : The ratchet parameter multiplies the number of note trigs in a
single step. From 1 (default behaviour) when the pot is fully
counterclockwise to 16 fully clockwise. The trigs are evenly distributed on
the time between the start of the selected step and the start of the next
step, even when both have dierent microshift values.
Probability : The probability as its name suggests gives note trigs a
certain probability to be sent to the synth engine or not. From 100%
probability hard left, to 0% hard right. When combined with the ratchet
value, each ratcheted note trigs are subjected to the probability
parameter.
Parameter offsets or automations
Mono's automations work a bit dierently from most of the other hardware
synthesizers I know of. They are not “step-locked” with a xed value but
rather an oset value from the actual position of the potentiometer. When
adding a parameter oset to a step, each time said step is triggered by the
sequencer the parameter will be “oseted” from the potentiometer
position by the amount of the parameter oset value.
Say a parameter value ranges between 0 and 100, and the potentiometer
of this parameter is set dead center. At this setting, the current value, or
potentiometer value is 50. If you add an oset value to a step by holding a
[SEQ] key and turning said potentiometer a bit to the right, say to 60. Then
you are adding a parameter oset of 10 to that step. Now each time the
sequencer plays that step, it will add an oset of 10 to said parameter, and
go back to the current value, or to the actual potentiometer value at the
next step.
Each step can hold up to 48 parameter osets - it is possible to add osets
to every parameter, either synth parameters (lter cut-o, oscillator waves,
enveloppe decay…) or modulation parameters (lter resonance X-MOD
Rate, oscillator frequency X-ENV amount …).
This feature really turns the Mono sequencer into a powerhouse,
everything can be sequenced, and sequencing parameters doesn’t “x” the
parameters value, but it adds a sequence “on top” of the current
potentiometer position. This approach gives the user the freedom to adjust
the knobs while performing in a live situation.