Pattern Matrix

Pattern Matrix

Overview

To open the Pattern Matrix, click the "P<>M" button at the upper left corner of the Pattern Editor:

The Matrix is a "bird's eye view" of the patterns and tracks in the pattern sequence. Patterns and tracks are divided into blocks that can be moved, copied and pasted, enabling you to manage the flow of the music quickly and easily.

The Pattern Matrix also allows the muting of different tracks in duplicate patterns (indicated with a cross in the picture below). This way it is possible to create a whole song (or song draft) from a single pattern. Starting with one pattern containing many tracks, you can repeat this pattern again and again in the sequencer, but then mute individual blocks to build up the song structure. Later on you can create new patterns from the original to add variations.

Matrix Slot

If you input some data in the Pattern Editor, a coloured slot automatically appears in the Pattern Matrix.

The slots are resizable by clicking the square icons under the PM button:

If you left-click these icons, the height of slots are resized. If you right-click these icons, the width of slots are resized.

You can do common operations both in the Pattern Matrix as well as the Pattern Editor.

Drag and Drop

To move a slot in matrix from one place in the other, select a slot, then click hold and drop it to its new place.

Hold Down "Control/Command" while dragging to Copy blocks. instead of Moving them.

Hold Down "Control/Command + Shift" while dragging to Copy new blocks into new Patterns.

Selection & Mouse

To select multiple blocks at once, hold down "Shift" before clicking. "Control/Command" + Click: allows removing/adding single slots from an existing selection.

With these key combination you can select everything from Track 1 to Track 5, then exclude a single slot in Track 2, for example.

Muting Slots

Click with the Middle Mouse Button or with the ALT key on slots to mute/un-mute them quickly. Muting/Un-muting also works for multiple selected slots with ALT or the Middle Mouse Button.

This key and mouse combination also works in the Track Scopes.

Basic Shortcuts

Some things to try:

• Clone and Add with "Control/Command + K" to quickly duplicate parts.
• "Control/Command + I" instead of "Control/Command + V" to Insert instead of Paste.
• "Control/Command + SHIFT + Arrow Up/Down" to quickly select multiple rows.
• "Alt + P" and "Alt + T" to select the whole Pattern or Track.
• To Focus Pattern Editor, hit "ESC". To get focus back to the Pattern Matrix, hit "Shift + ESC".

Visualization Options

With the context menu you can chose to show or hide the Track Names, the colours, and the VU Meters. Right-click in the Pattern Matrix to view the context menu. Change the options to whatever you feel is best.

Also, if you activate “Visualize Repeating Slots” in the context menu, a tiny icon indicating repeating content will be shown in the slot(s).

When the repeating content spans many slots, a gradation will be applied to the color of the slots.

Colouring Slots

By default Slots are coloured equally per track. To change a tracks colour, click on the small colour indicator on top of the matrix track.

But each slot can also be colourized individually. To do this select one or more slots, then right click them and select "Set Custom Color..." in the context menu. These colours will be sticky to the slots when copy pasting them or when copying.