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Recording Knob Movements
As with synth sounds, you can tweak the drum sounds in real time using the Macro controls
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. Circuit Tracks features automation, which means you can add the effect of these tweaks to the
recorded pattern by entering Record Mode (by pressing G Record
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) while moving the knobs. On
the drum tracks, only the even-numbered Macro controls are used, and knob movements are only
recorded when Velocity View, Gate View or Probability View are selected.
On entering Record Mode, the LEDs below the active Macro controls initially retain the colour and
brightness they had previously, but as soon as you make an adjustment, the LED turns red to confirm
that you are now recording the knob movement.
In order for the knob movements to be retained, you must drop out of Record Mode before the
sequence loops right round, otherwise Circuit Tracks will overwrite the automation data with that
corresponding to the new knob position. Provided you do this, you’ll hear the effect of the Macro
control being replayed when the sequence next loops round, at the point in the pattern where you
turned the control.
You can also record Macro control changes when the sequence isn’t playing; in Velocity View, Gate
View or Probability View, press G Record, select the step at which the change should occur by
pressing and holding the pad corresponding to the step; this will play the drum hit at that step. Then
adjust the Macro control(s) as desired; the new value(s) will be written to the automation data; press
Record again to exit Record Mode. When the sequence is running, you will hear the effect of the
Macro knob movements at that step. In the same manner, you may also edit the automation of Macro
controls for specific steps in this way while the sequencer is playing back. With Record Mode enabled,
simply hold down a step pad and turn a Macro control.
Note that automation data is recorded independently of Pattern data. This means that any changes
made to Drum Macros which are recorded as part of the Pattern will be retained even if the drum
sample is changed during the Pattern (see “Sample Flip” at page 63). You can tweak the drum sound
at a specific step and then change the sample at that step: the tweak will still be effective.
You can delete any Macro automation data you don’t want to keep by holding down Clear
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and
moving the knob in question anticlockwise by at least 20% of its rotation – the LED below the knob
will turn red to confirm. But note this will clear the automation data for that Macro for the whole
Pattern, not just at the sequencer’s current step.
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