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using step components in your programming opens up new possibilities for creative sequencing. step components can be applied to any of the audio tracks, tracks 1 – 8. each step can have multiple step components, adding unique playback behavior per step.
press and hold shift and select the steps you wish to apply step components to. the leds of these steps will change to green indicating marked steps.
keep holding shift and select the component you wish to add by pressing the corresponding white piano key. then select the desired component setting with the value keys 1–0 . release shift and your step component is added.
alternatively, if you continue holding shift you can add a further component. you can also adjust the setting of a component by momentarily holding its corresponding white piano key. quickly pressing an applied component will remove it.
pro-tip: try combining the last three step components (spark components) with the note-based step components. it’s possible to get some very interesting results.
press and hold shift and stop to clear all the step components on current track.
component
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
0
pulse
count: 1
count: 2
count: 3
count: 4
count: 5
count: 6
count: 7
count: 8
count: 9
random
pulse hold
multiply
X1
X2
X3
X4
X5
X6
X7
X8
broken chord
quantize
velocity
-4
-3
-2
-1
default
+1
+2
+3
mute
ramp up
2 steps 1 octave
3 steps 1 octave
4 steps 1 octave
5 steps 1 octave
6 steps 1 octave
2 steps 3 octaves
3 steps 3 octaves
4 steps 3 octaves
5 steps 3 octaves
6 steps3 octaves
ramp down
6 steps 3 octaves
portamento
glide 1
glide 2
glide 3
glide 4
glide 5
glide 6
glide 7
glide 8
direct
sweep
filter up
filter down
synth up
synth down
pan
filter up long
filter down long
synth up long
synth down long
tonality
ignore chord progression
transpose only
offset octave
offset fifth
offset third
chromatic up
chromatic down
quantize 1
quantize 2
quantize 3
jump
jump to start
jump to 2/4
jump to 3/4
jump to 4/4
jump forward
jump back
jump to random
stay
align to global track
gate step
parameter spark
1 2
1 2 3
1 2 3 4
1 2 3 4 5
1 2 3 4 5 6
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
reset counter
component spark
trigger spark
while using OP-Z paired with the app , and using the main OP-Z interface, you will get a visual guide briefly explaining the step components.
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