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• The piano keys are used for numerical input 0...9 by using the upper row of O...Z buttons to enter the exact parameter
values along with the VALUE-/+ incremental buttons.
• The piano keys are used to save the current pattern (i.e. “A”) to another pattern (i.e. “E”) via combo PROJECT > REC>A...Z
• and also to load (open) or save one of the 24 projects via combo PROJECT>LAST STEP>A...Z to load another project and
PROJECT>REC>LAST STEP>A...Z to save current project into another project (i.e. project “B” into project “F”).
VALUE/TRANSPOSE BUTTONS
-OCT/VALUE/OCT+ (transpose) buttons in their basic functionality are used to transpose the keyboard output or recording
melodic TRACKS 1/2/3.
Ground Control’s range is 10 octaves per each melodic track so there are 4 octave shifts down to the lowest range with -OCT
button and 4 octaves shifts up to the highest range with OCT+ button. The transpose buttons do not affect the drum track.
Pressing a combination of TRACK 1/2/3 + TRANSPOSE-/+ buttons will shift the currently selected pattern of the current track
up or down by 1 octave on each combo press.
VALUE+/- buttons are also used to select various menu items (incrementing up or down) in any menu or for example changing
the number of steps per track via the combo LAST STEP + ANY MUTE BUS button and adjusting selected track length with VALUE
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SEMITONE TRANSPOSE (FOR MELODIC TRACKS 1/2/3 ONLY)
By pressing both -OCT + OCT+ buttons together once, we activate the semitone transpose mode. In that mode both -OCT/OCT+
buttons will be fully lit and you will see the message ‘SEMI’ on the display.
That means after pressing A...Z buttons the notes on the track can be shifted by the amount of semitones up or down from the
root C note (marked with E/ext. cv on the keybard). Press both -OCT + OCT+ buttons together to shift the keyboard to transpose
to higher intervals up or down on the currently selected active TRACKS 1/2/3.
In that mode, pressing the LAST STEP activates the LOCK SEMITOTE TRANSPOSE mode: you will see the message ‘LOCK’ on the
display. That means that semitone transpose will be applied to all three melodic TRACKS 1/2/3 at once.
You can exit transpose mode again by pressing both buttons -OCT + OCT+. Remember to save your edited patterns after you
shifted them up or down by some semitones. Otherwise, you will lose those changes on the module’s next shut down.
In the Arpeggiator mode pressing 1/32...1/4 + TRANSPOSE-/+ combination will set the arpeggiator octave swing: default is 0
octaves, possible options: -2,-1, 0, +1, +2.
MUTE BUS
The mute bus is a row of the buttons below the trigger/CV/gate outputs on the top side of the Ground Control. The main
function is to mute a certain track. In addition, each of those buttons blink each time a note happens on that track, which is
useful to monitor the activity on the tracks at once. ‘ALL DRUMS’ button isn’t blinking as every drum trigger mute button is
already signaling its own pattern.
By default, the mutes have quantized action – i.e. they mute/unmute not instantly, but when the certain track will start a cycle
(quantized to the track’s pattern length). Long hold (1.5 seconds) any MUTE BUS button will enable its momentary mute ac-
tion—i.e. the mute will be instant without waiting for the new cycle to start. It’s a musical decision – sometimes it’s important
to enable the track instantly, sometimes it’s good to queue the mute for one or multiple tracks, which frees up your hands to
do other maybe more interesting and important things.
‘ALL DRUMS’ button will mute/unmute all 8 drum trigger tracks immediately. Tracks that have been separately muted before
using ‘ALL DRUMS’ to mute all tracks at once, will still be muted when unmuting by pressing ‘ALL DRUMS‘ again. You can press
