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Beats
Beats Vintage Pro contains a 16-track play-only sequencer that is optimized for
live performance and groove creation. Vintage Pro contains dozens of
special 16-part Beats Riffs created by some of the best producers in the
business. Beats Riffs are normally used in conjunction with a “bts:” preset
containing the appropriate percussion mapping, but any preset can be
selected and used.
The Beats channel is selected from the Beats enable screen in the Arp/Beats
menu.
Here’s how it works. Each of the 16 parts is assigned to a keyboard trigger
key on the selected Trigger MIDI channel. Each part is brought in or out by
pressing that key. Keys can also be Latched (press the key once to turn the part
on, press it again to turn the part off). Other control keys allow you to Mute
All Parts, Clear All Parts, and Start & Stop the beat. The 16 parts are
arranged in the following manner:
For each Beats Riff, you have 2 Grooves, 4 Fills which correspond to the
four parts of the Main and Alternate groove, and 4 Instrument parts. By
adding and removing parts, you control the complexity of the groove.
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Beats (bts:) Riffs are
special 16-part riffs made
especially for use with Beats
mode. A Riff without the bts:
prefix only has Part 1 recorded.
Each part can also be scaled by Key Velocity, allowing you to fade parts in
and out (if velocity is routed to volume) as you play, or can be Transposed
over a six octave range.
Each part can be assigned to any one of four Groups, which allow multiple
parts to be triggered from a single key. You can only access Groups using
the keyboard trigger keys. See the Factory Setup diagram on the next page.
The factory bts: presets range from 4-16 bars long, using 4 to 16 tracks each.
Normally you’ll use the Command Function buttons to bring parts in and
out. Beat Parts can also be assigned to groups so that multiple parts can be
triggered from a single key press. The Group Triggers, Clear Parts, Trigger
Hold and Mute keys are only accessible via MIDI or the keyboard.
Trigger layouts are saved with the Multisetup. The Factory Multisetup (63)
has all the Beats controls assigned to the keyboard as shown in the diagram
on the following page. These MIDI note numbers have been placed below
the lowest key on the keyboard so as not to interfere with normal playing.
Setting the Beats Keys Offset function (page 41) to +36 will allow you to
access these hidden control keys.
Alt. Groove
5. Kick2
6. Snare2
7. Hihat2
8. Perc2
Perc / Fills
9. Perc3/Fill1
10. Perc4/Fill2
11. Perc5/Fill3
12. Perc6/Inst.
Instr/Wild
13. Inst1/Wild1
14. Inst2/Wild2
15. Inst3/Wild3
16. Bass
Main Groove
1. Kick1
2. Snare1
3. Hihat1
4. Perc1
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