7.1 PLAYING THE FACTORY PRESETS
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# 7.1 PLAYING THE FACTORY PRESETS 7. QUICK START 7. QUICK START This quick start will guide you through some of the basic operations to start using the Digitakt II right away. First, connect it as described in section “3.3 SETTING UP AND STARTING THE DIGITAKT II” on page 14. 7.1 PLAYING THE FACTORY PRESETS You can find a number of preset patterns, presets, and samples in the Digitakt II. Follow the instructions below to get started exploring your new instrument. 1. Press [PTN] and then use the [LEFT]/[RIGHT] keys to select bank A. Then press [TRIG 1] to select pattern A1. 2. Press [PLAY] to listen to pattern A01. 3. Press [PTN], and then press [TRIG 2] to cue pattern A02. It will start once pattern A01 has reached its end. Select pattern A03 by pressing [PTN], and then press [TRIG 3], and so on. 4. Press [STOP] to stop playback. 7.1.1 USING KEYBOARD MODE You can use the [TRIG] keys to play any track chromatically. 1. Select the track to play chromatically by pressing [TRK] + one of the [TRIG 1–16] keys. 2. Press [KEYBOARD] to enter KEYBOARD mode. The [TRIG] keys will light up in a pattern that resembles an octave of a piano keyboard. Only lit keys are playable. 3. Play the [TRIG] keys. The preset will be pitched differently for each of the playable keys. Press [KEYBOARD] + [UP]/[DOWN] to transpose the virtual keyboard up or down one octave. For more information, please see “8.5.1 KEYBOARD MODE” on page 25. KEYBOARD mode is an effective way to add musical variety to your beats. The timbre, tonality and impact of playing a preset chromatically depend on the character of the source preset. 7.2 USING MUTE MODE You can mute any of the sequencer tracks in this mode. Unlike the KEYBOARD mode, it makes no difference which track is active when this mode is activated. You can access all tracks simultaneously. 1. Make sure a pattern is playing. 2. Press the [FUNC] + [TRK] key to enter MUTE mode. 3. Press any of the [TRIG] keys to mute the corresponding track. Press again to unmute. The light of the [TRIG] keys indicates the mute status. Unlit keys are muted tracks. Lit keys are active tracks. For more information, please see “8.5.3 MUTE MODE” on page 26. 7.3 TEMPO AND METRONOME Press the [TEMPO] key to open the TEMPO menu. 7.3.1 TEMPO To change the BPM setting, open the TEMPO menu by pressing the [TEMPO] key. Use DATA ENTRY knob A or LEVEL/DATA to change tempo. Pressing the knob while turning it changes the tempo four BPM at a time. Use DATA ENTRY knob B to change the tempo in decimal steps. You can chose between a tempo for the whole project or use a separate tempo every pattern. Press and hold [FUNC], and then use DATA ENTRY knob E to switch between these modes. On the main interface screen, you can also
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