Polyend Tracker Mini - 9.4 Song v Pattern Relationship; 9.5 Creating and Editing a Song

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Song Mode
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Song Mode
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9.4 Song v Pattern Relationship
Patterns can be arranged into a song in the song mode utility. Patterns
selected in a song will also be available in the pattern mode and will appear
in song mode as muted / unmuted inline with the status in pattern mode.
Editing tracks in song mode will reect in pattern mode. Tracks and patterns
can be copied and pasted within song mode which will also edit or copy /
paste the pattern.
Pattern
Unmuted
Pattern
Unmuted
Pattern
Muted
Empty
Unmuted
Play
Pattern
Play
Song
Undo Add
Slot
Delete
Slot
Pattern Tempo
130.0 BPM
Track 1 Track 5Track 3 Track 7Track 2 Track 6Track 4 Track 8 Slot
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3
4
5
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7
Pattern
1
2
3
3
4
5
6
Song 0m:04s P2.004
C3 04 ---- P-20
D3 04 ---- P-10
D3 04 ---- P-10
D3 04 ---- P-10
C4 12 ---- A 4
C4 12 ---- A 4
Pattern
1
1 1
2
C5 40 ---- P-25
C5 40 ----
C5 40 ---- P-25
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C5 02 ---- P-20
C5 40 ---- H-25 C5 40 ---- P-20
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3 3
4 4
5 5
6 6
7 7
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11 11
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15 15
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Length
32
Step Jump
0
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Track 2 Track 3 Track 4Track 1
Pattern 1 0m:00s P1.008 1.Analog 3 18p
Patterns in Song Mode will reect the track condition from the pattern view including mute
states, step position etc. This is shown by the shade of the track slot and the header position.
Tracks can be re-ordered by copy / paste in Song Mode. This in turn will edit the actual pattern
and as such also be reected in the pattern view.
When pressing [Play] in Song mode, switching to pattern mode will show each pattern as it is
being played in the song structure.
Patterns are muted in pattern or master pages and are reected in the song mode clip shade
as ar empty clips.Tracks edited in Song Mode will in turn edit and reect in the actual pattern.
When pressing [Play] in Pattern mode, switching to Song Mode will only show the selected
pattern being played.
Pattern - Press [1]
Song - Hold [Shift] + Press [1]
Also available from the [Menu]
Song Mode and Pattern Mode can
be in the same or different ‘Red’ -
Edit On or ‘Green’ - Edit Off States.
While in the another page, Hold [Shift] + Hold [1] with
a long press will temporarily display song mode.
9.5 Creating and Editing a Song
The pre-requisite to creating a song is to have a series of patterns
available, although technically blank patterns can also be added to a song
slot. Editing and creating a song is performed in ‘Red’ recording mode i.e.
when the [Rec] mode is selected as on. Otherwise the song mode page just
presents the playback of patterns and the song as options. Track muting is
not applied in Song Mode, but is set in the Pattern or Track Mixer Pages.
▌ CREATING A BASIC SONG FROM SCRATCH
1. Hold [Shift] + Press [1] or access the [Menu] to select song mode. The
step / pattern cursor will be displayed by a green bounding box. Also
only 1
st
and 2
nd
screen buttons to control play are available in ‘green’
mode, i.e. [Rec] off.
2. Press [Rec] to toggle editing on, ‘red’ mode. The step / pattern cursor
will be displayed by a red bounding box. Also all of the screen button
options are shown as available in recording, ‘red’ mode - [Rec] on.
3. Navigate to the location desired:-
• The location selected is shown with the green or red bounding box
over the slot & pattern number.
• Press (Up) and (Down) or [+] / [-] to navigate slots.
• Press (Left) and (Right) to select tracks.
• Press [Shift] + [Insert] to jump to the top slot row.
4. To add a new song slot, Press [Add Slot], 4
th
Screen button. Song slots
represent a pattern and are displayed as a row on the song mode page.
5. When adding a new slot row, it will;
• Be added directly below the currently selected row.
• The newly added slot replicates the previously selected row.
• The new slot row is also automatically selected.
6. To change the pattern on the selected row, Press the (Left), 6
th
Screen
button or (Right), 7
th
Screen button. All 255 patterns that are available in
a project will be selectable in a song, even if no steps or data has been
created in the chosen pattern.
7. More slots can be added to develop the song further and expand its
length and duration.