Kilpatrick Audio CARBON User manual

CARBON
UserManual-firmwarever.1.14
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ManualSections
Introduction
Precautions
GettingStarted
Settings
SelectingThings
RearPanelConnections
PoweringUp
UserInterface
Buttons
Encoders
NavigatingMenus
GUIDisplays
Sequencer
SongData
Patterns
StartandLength
Recording
StepEditing
Scenes
LiveControl
SongMode
Buttons
UsingSongMode
Arpeggiator
LoadingandSavingSongs
UnderstandingtheCV/GateOutputs
PairingModes
CVOutputModes
CVScaling/SpanCalibrate/Offset
CVQuickSetup
MIDIMenu
TrackSettings
SongSettings
SystemMenu
ClockMenu
SwingMenu
TonalityMenu
TrackTypes
ScaleQuantizing
BiasTracks
TonalitySettings
MAGICSettings
MIDIRemoteControl
MIDIChannels
NoteControl

InterfaceMode
CCControl
InterfaceMode
TipsandTricks
USBHostPortDetails
Introduction
ThankyouforbuyingCARBON,auniqueandpowerfulsequencer.ThismanualwillhelpgetyoustartedwiththemanyfeaturesbuiltintoCARBON.
Keepinmindthatthisisalivingdocumentandwillbeupdatedasnewfeaturesareadded,ortomakecorrections,clarificationsortoaddmore
detailedinformation.
Overview-CARBONSequencer
Precautions
PleasehandleyourCARBONsequencerwithcare.Itismadetobeused,butpleasedon'tspillyourcoffeeintoitordropitonthefloor.Treatitwith
careanditwilllastalongtime.Weofferserviceonallourproductsregardlessofwhethertheyareinsidethewarrantyperiodornot,soifyouhave
troubleatanytimepleaseaskusandwewilldowhatwecantohelpyou.
CARBONcomeswitha24Vpowersupplythathasbeenspeciallyselectedforhighquality.Pleasedonotuseanyotherpowersupplywithyourunit.
ToreplacealostpowersupplyortoupgradeaUSmodeltoonewithinterchangableplugsformanycountries,pleasevisitouronlinestore.
FirmwareBugs
Everypieceofsoftwarehasbugs,andCARBONisnoexception.Wedoourbesttoberesponsivetocustomers,butyourrequestswillgoalongway
ifyouarepoliteandgiveusalltheinfoweneedtoreproduceyourproblem.Hardwareissuesshouldbedealtwithviaoursupportpage.
CABONisanopensourceprojectsoyouarefreetoextendorhackonthecodeasyoulike.Youcandownloadthesourcecodehere.Pleasereport
anybugstousdirectly.WealsohavearepositoryonGitLabifyouwishtocloneviagitormakepullrequests:CARBONrepoonGitLab
Note:Makesureyouarerunningthelatestfirmwarebeforereportingabug.Theproblemyouareexperiencingmighthavebeenfixed.
USBCompatibilityPolicy
WehavebuiltCARBONfromthegrounduptoactasbothaclass-compliantUSBhostanddevice.Bothhostanddevicecodehasbeendeveloped
throughuseoftheofficialUSBMIDIspecificationaswellasbytestinganddebuggingwithvariousUSBdevicesandcomputerswithdifferent
operatingsystems.
TheUSBimplementationworkswellforus,butitmightnotworkforyou.Ifnot,pleasefileabugreportanddescribewhichdevice,computertype
oroperatingsystemisnotworkingforyou.Notethatnotallclass-compliantdevicesarereally100%compliantandmaynotworkwithCARBON.
Formoreinformationandspecificdetails,seethe
GettingStarted
Settings
CARBONisdesignedtohavemostfunctionsonlyasinglebuttonpressaway.Nomenushavesubmenus,andthemostcommonfunctionsare
designedtobemosteasilyaccessible.Menuoptionsaregroupedbytheirtype:MIDIfunctions,clockfunctions,tonalityfunctions,andsoon.Some
settingsareglobaltoasongandsomearespecifictoascene/trackcombination.
SelectingThings
Thebuttonslabeled1through6areusedforselectingtracksandscenes.Youcanusetheminthefollowingways:
selectingatrack-presstoselectatrack
selectingmultipletracks-pressandholdtoselectatrack,thenpressothertrackstoselectmultiple
muting/unmutingatrack-holdSHIFTandpressaselectbuttontomuteorunmuteatrack
changingscenes-holdSCENEandselecttochangescenes
resetplaybackonlyonasingletrack-holdaselectbutton,holdSHIFTandpressRESETtoresettheplaybackononlyonetrack

Wheneverasettingaffectsasceneand/ortrack,thecurrenttracksettingswillbedisplayedintheareaatthebottomofthescreen.Youcanquickly
checkthesettingofeachtrackbychoosingadifferenttrack.Youcanalsoperformthesameoperationonmultipletracksatthesametimebymulti-
selectingtracksandthenperformingtheoperation.Notalloperationsmakesenselikethis,butmosttrackparameterscanbeeditedonmultiple
tracksatthesametime.
Note:Whenmultipletracksareselectedatthesametimeonlythefirstselectedtrackisdisplayed.Changesmadetomultipletracks,parameters
willtakethevalueofthefirst(displayed)trackwhenbeingchanegd.
RearPanelConnections
CARBONsupportsanalogCV/gate,MIDIandUSBMIDIconnectionssothatyoucanmakethemostofyourexistinggear.Allconnectionscanbeused
atthesametime.Thefunctionoftherearpaneljacksandcontrolsareasfollows:
RESETOUT-Sends5Vpulseswhenthesongorsequenceisreset.Canalsobeusedtosendthemetronometoanexternaldevice.Output
voltageiseither0V(off)or5V.(on)
CLOCKOUT-Sends5VpulsestosynchronizeotherequipmentwithCARBON.Theoutputratecanbeconfiguredoroutputdisabledinthe
CLOCKmenu.Outputvoltageiseither0V(off)or5V.(on)
GATEOUT-TherearefourGATEOUTchannelwhichproduce5VgatesignalsaccordingtotheCV/gatepairingmodeselected.Normallyused
togetherwiththeCVOUTofthesamenumber.Outputvoltageiseither0V(off)or5V.(on)
CVOUT-TherearefourCVOUTchannelswhichproduceanalogcontrolvoltages.(CVs)Canbeusedtosendpitchorcontrolvoltages
dependingontheCV/gatepairingmodeselected.NormallyusedtogetherwiththeGATEOUTofthesamenumber.Outputvoltagecanrange
from-5Vto+5Vandcanbesettotrackineither1V/octaveor1.2V/octavemodeforpitch.
MIDIOUT-TherearetwoMIDIOUTjackswhichproducedifferentsignals.CanbeusedtocontrolexternalMIDIequipmentlikekeyboards,
synthsanddrummachines.
MIDIIN-ThereisoneMIDIINjackwhichacceptsMIDIsignals.CanbeusedtoreceiveMIDIfromanexternalkeyboardorotherinstrument,to
syncCARBONtoanexternaldrummachineandsoon.
USBHOST-TheUSBHOSTportcanpowerandhostmanyclasscompliantUSBMIDIdevicessuchaskeyboardsandMIDIcontrollersto
controlCARBON.Theportislimitedto500mAandcannotbeusedwithhubsordeviceswhichhaveinternalhubs.Duetothewidevarietyof
USBdevices,andquirksofUSB,notalldeviceswillworkwithCARBON.
USBDEVICE-TheUSBDEVICEport(labeledUSBTOPC)canbeusedtoconnectCARBONtoacomputer.CARBONwillactasaclass
compliantUSBMIDIdeviceandhasbeentestedwithWindows,OSXandLinux.YoucansendandreceiveMIDIdata.Thisportisalsousedfor
upgradingthefactoryfirmwaretoanewerversion.
POWER-ThepowerbuttonisusedtoturnonandoffCARBONandsetitintoalternatemodes.
DCIN-TheDCINjacktakes24Vfromthepowersupply.Itisacentre-positive2.1mmconnector.Pleasedonotuseapowersupplyotherthan
theonesuppliedwithCARBON.Othersuppliescoulddamagetheunit.
PoweringUp
CARBONhasthreepowermodes:off,onandinterfacemode.WhenyoupluginCARBONitwillbeoff.Presstherearpowerbuttontoturniton.This
isthenormalmodeforoperatingCARBONasastand-alonesequencer.Bypressingthepowerbuttonagainthescreenwillshutoffandtheencoders
willlightuppurple.Thisiscalledinterfacemode.InthismodeyoucanuseCARBONasaCV/gateandMIDIinterfaceforyourcomputer.Allfunctions
arecontrolledviaMIDIovertheUSBdeviceportfromthecomputer.
WhenyouturnonCARBONitwillloadthelastsongthatyouwereusing,orablanksongifyouareusingCARBONforthefirsttime.Beforeyoucan
hearanythingyouneedtosetupsomeMIDIorCV/gatedevices.UsetheMIDImenutoconfigureMIDIorCV/gateoutputsettingsfortracks.Once
youhaveasynthconnectedyoushouldbeabletohearsoundwhenplayingbackatrackk.ToplaylivenotesfromakeyboardpresstheLIVEbutton
andselectatrackortrackstoechotheMIDIinputstothesetracks.
UserInterface
SincemostcontrolsonCARBONdirectlyaccessinternalfunctions,it'sbesttostartbydescribingeachofthecontrolsandwhattheydoinvarious
modes.Ifabuttonhasashiftedfunctionthisnamewillbedisplayedinsideroundbrackets()underneaththemainfunctionname.

Buttons
Belowisalistofbuttonfunctionsthatworkinthenormal(mainscreen)mode.Incertainsituationssuchasloadingorsavingasong,someofthese
functionsmaybedisabled.Also,inthestepeditandsongeditmodessomebuttonsaredisabledorusedforotherfunctionsasdocumented
elsewhereinthismanual.
Control NormalFunction [ShiftedFunction]
SCENE
(SONG)
holdandpressbuttons1-6tochangescenes,or,
hold,thenpressSHIFTandpressbuttons1-6tocopycurrentscene view/editsonglist
ARP turnonandoffARPmodeonatrack enterARPmenuwithoutchangingarpstate
LIVE toggleLIVEmodeonandoffonatrack togglekeyboardtransposemode
Select1-6 selectoneormoretracks/selectscenes mute/unmuteatrack
MIDI
[SYS] accessMIDIfunctionsforsong/tracks accesssystemmenuforglobalsystemsettings
CLOCK
[TAP] accessclockmenuforadjustingtrack,clockandmetronome taptempo
DIR
[MAGIC] flipthedirectionofplaybackonatrack seedtheactiveregionofatrackwithrandomnotes
TONALITY
[SWING] adjusttonality/scale/note-relatedsettings adjustclockswing
LOAD
[SAVE] loadorclearasong saveasong
RUN/STOP
[RESET] startorstopthesequencer resettheplaybackpositiononalltracks
RECORD
[CLEAR] enablerecordingonatrack cleartheactiveregiononatrack
STEPEDIT editnotesonatrack editpatterns
SHIFT double-taptoexitamenuormode 
SONGMODE enableordisablesongmode enableordisablesongmode
Encoders
Encodersareusedinthenormalmode(mainscreen)andarealsousedinthestepeditandsongeditmode.Thefunctionsineachofthesemodes
inshownbelow.
Control Normal StepEditMode SongEditMode PatternEditMode

SPEED coarseadjusttempo
fineadjusttempo(SHIFT) adjuststartdelayofnote coarseadjusttempo fineadjusttempo(SHIFT)
coarseadjusttempo
fineadjusttempo(SHIFT)
GATETIME adjustgatetimeoverrideontrack
adjustgatetimeoverridefine(SHIFT) adjustgatetimeofnote noaction
adjustgatetimeoverrideon
track
adjustgatetimeoverridefine
(SHIFT)
START
[SELECT]
adjusttrackstartpos
adjustmenuselection(menus)
adjuststeprecordpos(steprecord)
adjuststepeditpos adjustsongmodecursor
pos adjustpatterneditpos
LENGTH
[VALUE]
adjusttracklength
adjustmenuvalue(menus)adjusttrackstep
length(SHIFT)
adjuststepeditnotevelocity/
CCvalue
adjustsongmodeplayback
length adjuststepenable/disable
PATTERN adjustgatepatternontrack adjustratchetmode adjustscene adjustgatepatternontrack
TRANSPOSE adjusttracktranspose adjustnote/CC adjustKBtrans adjusttracktranspose
SelectingThings-CARBONSequencer
NavigatingMenus
Inmostmenusthereareonlytwocontrolsthatyouneedtoknowabout:[SELECT]and[VALUE]Thesearethelowertwoencoderswhicharealso
labeledSTARTandLENGTH.Whenamenuisactiveinthebottompartofthescreen,thesetwocontrolsareusedtonavigateoptionsandadjust
values.
Navigate-Turnthe[SELECT]knobtochoosebetweendifferentparametersinamenu
EditValue-Turnthe[VALUE]knobtoeditthevalueofthedisplayedparameter
GUIDisplay
ThedisplayonCARBONfollowsauniformandconsistentlayout.Thescreenareaisdividedintofoursections:

TopBar-showssonginformationandsequencerstatus
TrackDisplay-showsthecurrenttrack,orfirstofmultipleselectedtracks
TrackPreviewDisplays-showssmallpreviewsofalltracks
TrackStatus/MenuDisplay-showsinformationaboutthecurrenttrack,orfirstofmultipleselectedtracks-alsoshowsmenudisplays
whenamenuisactive
TopBar
Thetopbarshowsthefollowinginformation.Ifanitemisdrawninadimcolourthismeansthatthefunctionisdisabled.
currentlyloadedsongnumber
songtempoinBPM
currentscenenumber
runstateofthesequencer
recordstateofthesequencer
clockstatus-internalorexternalsynth
currentkeyboardtransposeoffsetforvoicetracks
liveplaystatus
songmodeplaybackstatus
MainTrackDisplay
Themaintrackdisplayshowsthecurrenttrack,orthefirstofmultipleselectedtracks.Thisincludestheselectedactiveregion,whetherthereare
eventsoneachstep,andthecurrentlyselectedpattern.
Severaltypesofinformationcanbeviewedonthisdisplay:
startandlength-theregionofstepsselectedforplaybackisshowninabrightredcolourorlightgreycolourifastephasnonoteonit
currentstep-thecurrentsteponatrackisshowninauniquecolourandmovedwhenplaybackisrunning-eachtrackusesauniquecolour
stepdatastatus-ifastepcontainsdataitwillbeshowninalighter/brightercolourthanifitisblank
steprecord/stepeditposition-duringsteprecordorstepeditingastepwilllightupyellowtoindicatethecurrentsteprecordorstep
editposition
patterngatestatus-themajorfeatureofCARBONisthegatepatternswhichcanbeusedtomodifyasequence-thegatepatternwilllight
upactivestepsinred,otherwiseadarkergreycolourwillbeused
TrackPreviewDisplays
Thetrackpreviewdisplaysshowthesameinformationasthemaintrackdisplayinaminiatureform.Belowthesedisplaysaretwosolidbars.The
topbarindicateswhetheratrackisselected.ThismirrorstheLEDindicatorsonthefrontpanel.Thebottombarindicateswhetheranarpeggiatoris
enabledonatrack.
TrackStatus/MenuDisplay
Thetrackstatusisnormallyshowninthisportion.Thisincludesmostcommonlyneededparametersofatrackandinclude:
tracknumber
whetherabiastrackiscontrollingthistrack-shownas<Xontheabovedisplay,indicatingthatnobiastrackisenabled
thecurrenttrackmutestate(eitherMUTEorON)
thetracktranspositioninsemitones
theactiveregionstartandlength
theplaybackdirection(eitherFWDorREV)
thesteplengthasitrelatestothemasterclock-showninstandadnotevalues
thegatelengthmasteroverride-howthemastergatesettingscalesnotesonthistrack
thetonalityscalesetting
thetracktype-eitherVOICEorDRUM

ScreenDisplay-CARBONSequencer
Sequencer
ThesequenceristheheartofCARBON.AtthecoreoftheCARBONsequencerisastableandaccurateMIDIclock,andastepsequencerarchitecture
withspaceforuptosixMIDIeventspersteponsixtracks.Sequencescanberecordedinstep-recordmode,inreal-timerecordmode,ordirectly
enteredoreditedthroughtheSTEPEDITfunction.Editingcanoccurevenwhenthesequencerisrunning.
ThereareafewkeypointsabouttheCARBONsequencer:
allsequencesareessentiallystepsequences
sequencesareloop-based
real-timerecordingsarequantizedtotheneareststepposition
eachtrackcanbeofadifferentlength
WhenthinkingabouthowCARBONcanbeusedforyourmusicexplorations,imaginehavingsixpowerfulstepsequencers,eachwithanoutput
optionallyconnectedtoanarpeggiator.Thesesequencerscanbeprogrammedandmanipulatedeasily,andareallrunfromthesamemasterclock.
AdditionallybyusingtheBIAStracksettings,onetrackcanaffecttheplaybackofanother,justliketheclassicstepsequencercompositionaltricks
usedbackinthe1970s.
Sequencer-CARBONSequencer
SongData
CARBONcanstore64songsinitsinternalflashmemory.Eachsongisthesamesizeandhasspacepre-allocatedforthemaximumnumberof
events,songlistitemsandsettings.Eachsongconsistsofsixtrackseachwith64steps.AstepcanstoreuptosixMIDIevents(notesorCCs)and
severalotherparameters.Eachtrackstoresanumberofotherparameterssuchasthesteplength,transposition,startposition,lengthofplayback,
andmore.Mostoftheseparametersmakeupascene.Therearesixscenesineachsong,allowingquickchangesofmosttrackparameterswhilea
songisplaying.Thisenablesquickchangesbetweensectionsofasong.Thenotesoneachsteparecommontoallscenes.
Inadditiontothetrackparameterstherearealsoanumberofsong-wideparameterssuchasMIDIandclocksettings.Thesearestoredper-songso
youcanhavemaximumflexibilitytosetupCARBONdifferentlyindifferentsituations.
WhenyoupowerupCARBONtheprevioussongthatwasusedwillbeloadedautomatically.Becausesongscanonlybesavedwhilethesequenceris
stopped,thereisnoauto-savefunction.Youmustmanuallysavetothesongoryourchangeswillbelostifyouturnofforunplugtheunit.
Patterns
OneofthekeyconceptsofCARBONisthatofpatterns.ThisconceptisdrawnfromtheoriginalK4815PatternGeneratormodulewhichmakes
extensiveuseofpatternsbothasavisualaswellasrhythmicelement.Thisvisualcomponentoffersaninnovativewayofcreatingmusic.
Imagineasequenceasaseriesofnotesthathavebeenrecordedorsomehowenteredintoatrack.Normallyeachofthenotesinthesequencewill
playasthesequenceradvances.Butthroughtheuseofpatterns,somestepscanbemutedasthesequencerplays.Patternsquicklyenableand
disabledifferentstepsinasequencetocreatequick,non-destructivemelodicandrhythmicvariations.Theyaredesignedtobebothvisually

interestingandmusicallyuseful.Itisnotpossibletoedittheinternalpatterns.
Patternsarenon-destructivemeaningthatunderneathallstepsstillexist.Apatternsimplytemporarilymutessomestepssotheireventswon'tbe
generated.Toreturntotheoriginalsequence,dialinthehighestnumberedpattern.Thisiscalledtheasrecordedpatternanditwillactivateall
stepsaspertheoriginalsequence.
EditingPatterns
CARBONshipswith31uniquepatternsplustheAS-RECORDEDpatternwhichrepresentsthenotesrecordedintothecurrenttrack.Normallythese
patternsareintendedtobeusedasaquickwaytochangeasequence.Howeverifyouwantyoucaneditthesepatternstoyourliking.Edited
patternsarestoredautomaticallyafteraninternaltimeoutsopleasewaitaboutaminuteorsoaftereditingapatternbeforeyoupowerdownor
unplugCARBON.
Note:Patternsarerecordedgloballyandarethesameforallsongs.
Toeditapatterndothefollowing:
EnterPatternEditmodebyholdingSHIFTandpressingtheSTEPEDITbutton.Themenudisplaywillshowthecurrentpatternandstep.
ChoosethepatterntoeditwiththePATTERNcontrol.
ChoosethesteptoeditwiththeSELECTcontrol.
EnableordisablethestepwiththeVALUEcontrol.
IfyouwishtorestoreapatterntothefactorydefaultholdSHIFTandpressCLEARrestoreit.
StartandLength
Eachtrackoperatesindependentlyoftheotherswithregardstotheregionofstepsplayedback.Thisenablescomplexpolyrhythmsorother
interestingeffectssincealltrackscanrunatdifferentspeedsandwithdifferentlengths.Thispermitseachtracktoloopatadifferentpointfromthe
others.
START-thestartingsteponatrackwhenplaybackisstartedorreset
LENGTH-thenumberofstepstoplayonatrackbeforeitislooped
Recording
RecordingwillstorenoteandCCinformationintothestepsofatrack.Beforerecordingchoosewhichregionyouwishtorecordbysettingthe
STARTandLENGTHcontrols.Ifyouwishtoaddnotestotheexistingrecording,simplyrecordnormally.Ifyouwishtorecordneweventstoa
region,makesureyouclearitfirstbyholdingdownSHIFTandpressingRECORDtocleartheregion.
StepRecording
Steprecordingworkswhenthesequencerisstopped.WhenyoupressRECORDtherecordLEDwillblinkindicatingthatthesystemisarmedand
readytorecord.Pressinganoteonyourkeyboardwillstarttherecordingprocess.Youcanrecordmultiplenotesonastepbypressingandholding
multiplenotes.Onceallnotesarereleasedthesequencerwilladvancetothenextstep.Thecurrentrecordpositionisshownwithayellowboxon
thecurrentstep.YoucanchangetherecordpositionduringrecordingbyusingtheSTARTcontrol.
Toinsertrests,justmovetheSTARTcontroltoadjusttherecordpositionorpressthedamperpedalonyourMIDIkeyboard.
Thesteprecordingnotelengthisbasedonthecurrentsteplength.IfyouwanttoadjustityoucantemporarilyadjusttheGATETIMEcontrol.When
thetrackgatetimeissetto100%noteswillbethelengthofthestep.Youcanraiseorlowerthiscontroltogeneratenotesofdifferentlengths.
Makesuretorestorethegatetimebackto100%afterrecordingtoheartheactualresults.
Real-timeRecording
Real-timerecordingmodeworkswhenthesequencerisrunning.InthismoderecordednotesandCCswillbequantizedtotheneareststep.Lengths
ofnotescanberecordedandcanbeanylength.Tostartreal-timerecordingmodepressRECORDwhilethesequencerisrunning.TheRECORDLED
willblinkuntilthenextrepeatoftheselectedregion.AssoonasthesequencerloopsaroundtheRECORDLEDwillbesolidlylitandrecordingwillbe
inprogress.Eachtimetheloopendsthedatarecordedonthelastloopwillbeaddedtothetrackandplayedautomatically.Ifarecordingis
cancelledbyturningoffrecordingbeforetheregionisendedorbystoppingthesequencerthepartiallyrecordedsectionwillbediscardedandthe
previousstepdatamaintained.
StepEditing
StepeditingallowsyoutomanuallyeditorenternotesandCCsintosteps.Youcanclearindividualstepsormodifythecontentsofanexistingstep.
BypressingtheSTEPEDITbuttonthecurrenteditstepispreviewed.YoucantaptheSTEPEDITbuttonmultipletimestoauditionthecurrent
note.
Note:Thestepwillnotbeauditionedifthesequencerisrunning.
ThefollowingcontrolsandactionsarepartofEDITmode:
SHIFT+CLEAR-clearsthecurrentstep
SPEED-adjuststhestartdelayofnotesonastep
GATETIME-adjuststhelengthofnotesonastep-holdSHIFTwhileadjustingtomovebysmallersteps
[SELECT]-selectsthesteptoedit
SHIFT+[SELECT]-adjuststhecursortoeditindividualeventsonastepinsteadoftheentirestep
[VALUE]-adjuststhevelocityofnotesorthevalueofCCs-holdSHIFTtoenteraCCinsteadofanote
PATTERN-adjuststheratchetrepeatfornotes(1-8times)
TRANSPOSE-adjuststhenoteorCCforeventsonastep
StepEditinVOICEvs.DRUMModes
WhenatrackissettoVOICEorDRUMmodes,thebehaviourofthestepeditingfunctionisslightlydifferentwhenenteringnotesfromakeyboard.
Thetwomodesworkasfollows:
VOICEMode-Whenanewnoteispressedonthekeyboard,allnotesonthesteparereplaced.Toenterachord,holddownallnotesatonce.

DRUMMode-Whenanewnoteispressedonthekeyboard,existingnotesareretainedonthestep.Ifanoteoftheplayedpitchalready
existsonthestep,itisreplacedwiththeplayedversionatitsnewvelocity.
EditingIndividualEventsonaStep
ByholdingSHIFTandadjustingthe[SELECT]controlitispossibletoindividuallyselectasingleeventonastep.Doingthismovesacursoronto
thescreenwhichallowsthesixstepeventstobeindividuallyedited.
HoldingSHIFTandturning[SELECT]allthewaytotheleftthecursorwilldisappearandanychangesyoumakewillaffectalleventsonastep.
EnteringNotesonaStep
YoucanenternotesonastepbysimplyturningtheTRANSPOSEcontrol.Thiswilleditexistingnotesoraddanewnoteifthestepisunused.By
movingthecursorasshownabove,uptosixindividualnotescanbeentered.
EnteringCCsonaStep
ACCcanbeenteredonastep.ThisworkslikeenteringnotesexceptthatyoumustholddownSHIFTwhileturningtheTRANSPOSEcontrol.Inthis
modeTRANSPOSEchangestheactualCCnumber,whilethe[VALUE]controlchangestheCCvalue.
EditingwithaKeyboard
Youcanentereventsquicklyfromakeyboardwheninstepeditmode.Simplypressakeyorachordwheneditingasteptoreplacethecontentsof
thestepwithnewdata.ThisisthefastestwaytomanuallyenternotesandCCs.
StepEditing-CARBONSequencer
Scenes
Scenesenablemosttracksettingstobequicklyaltered.Byusinguptosixscenesitispossibletoquicklychangebetweensectionsofyoursong,or
variationsusingdifferentparameters.Mostsettingsofatrackarepartofthescene.ExceptionsareMIDIportsettings,keyboardsplitsettingsand
tracktype.Whenasceneischangedthesettingsforalltracks(asindicatedbelow)arechangedinsync.
Thefollowingparametersarestoredinasceneforeachtrack:
steplength
tonality
tracktranspose
biastracksettings
trackplaybackstartposition
trackplaybacklength
gatetime
patterntype
direction
mutesetting
arptype

arpspeed
arpgatetime
arpenablestate
ChangingScenes
TochangescenesholddowntheSCENEbuttonanduseoftheselector(1-6)buttons.Thescenewillbechangedeitherimmediately(whenthe
sequencerisstopped)oratthenextbeattimeorloopendontrack1.(whenthesequencerisrunning)Scenechangesaresynchronizedtomusical
timetomakeitpossibletosmoothlytransitionbetweendifferentsettings.
CopyingScenes
Onceyouhaveascenegoingthewayyoulike,youmightwanttocopyitsoyoucanmakechangestosomeofthesettings.Tocopythecurrent
scenetoanewscenesimplyholddowntheSCENEbutton.Insteadofjustpressingaselectbutton(1-6)tochangescenes,holddownSHIFTand
thenpressaselectbuttontocopythecurrentscenetotheselectedscene.Allscene-specificsettingswillbeduplicatedtothenewscene.
LiveControl
TheLIVEbuttononCARBONgivesyouaccesstotwodifferentmodeswhichcanbeusefulduringperformance.Youcanuseoneofthetwomodesat
atime:
LIVE
PressingtheLIVEbuttonenablesordisablesLIVEmode.Thismodeallowsyoutoplayoverthecurrenttrack(s)usingakeyboard.Whenactivated,
anyplayingnotesonthetrackwillbemuted,allowingyoutotakeoverfromthesequenceranddoasolo,etc.whiletemporarilymutingplayback.
WhenLIVEisenabled,thebacklightLEDswillturngreen,andtheLIVEiconinthetopbarwillbelitup.
Note:WhenatrackissettoDRUMmode,liveinputisalwaysavailable.
AutoliveFunction
Ifyouwanttoplayyoursynthsevenwhenasequenceisplaying,thisisnotnormallypossibleonVOICEtracks.TheMIDIAutolivemodeallows
trackstobeauditionedevenwhenLIVEmodeisoff,andwhenthesequencerisplaying.EnablingLIVEmodewillstillmuteplaybackinthenormal
waywhenthismodeisactive.MIDIAutolivemodeisadjustedintheMIDImenu.
KeyboardTranspose(KBTrans)
PressingSHIFT+LIVEenableskeyboardtranspose(KBtrans)mode.Thisallowsyoutotransposethecurrentlyplayingtracksupordownwitha
MIDIkeyboard.Trackscanbetransposedamaximumof+/-24semitones.OnlytrackssettoVOICEmodewillbetransposed.DRUMmodetrackswill
notbeaffected.WhenactivatedtheLIVEbuttonwillblinkandtheKBiconinthetopbarwillshowthecurrenttransposition.
Thisfunctionworksthesameasthesongmode,whereeachentryinthesonglistwillapplyakeyboardtranspositionautomatically.Whenentering
SONGMODEthekeyboardtransposewillbereset.
LiveandArpeggiatorModes-CARBONSequencer
SongMode
Songmodeenablesyoutosceduleanumberofscenechangestobemadeautomaticallyinsteadofbyhand.Youcanstoreupto64entriesinthe
list.Ifasongcontainsavalidsonglist,thesongmodewillbeactivatedautomaticallywhenyouloadthesong.
Asonglistismadeupofentries,eachcontaining:
scenetoplay/action-whichofscene1-6willbeplayedorend-of-songactiontoperform
numberofbeatstoplayscene-howmanybeatstoplaythescene
keyboardtranspositiontoapply-whattranspositiontoaddtovoicetracks
EditingtheSongList
ToeditthesonglistpressSHIFT+SONGtoaccessthelist.Thelistcanbeeditedatanytime,evenwhenthesongmodeisdisabled.
Editingisperformedasfollows: