When the track view is active, the complete song is played in a loop. In the example below, it can be observed that the green pattern (named 'Bar2') and the yellow pattern The inspect view is not intended forД®diting but rather for reviewing the structure of a track. The piano plays the beginning of Beethoven's 'FГјr Elise'. In the example provided below, only a single instrument, a piano, is available that is listening to MIDI channel 0. Thus, if you want to use multiple instruments, you must configure them to listen to a particular MIDI channel.ДЄs the number of tracks is limited to 12, it is possible to simultaneously trigger a maximum of 12 different instruments. All MIDI messages of a track are send via the corresponding MIDI channel (where the GSN Composer startsД¬ounting MIDI channels with index 0). Therefore, a track is definedД«y a list of pattern indices, e.g., the track '1 2 1 3' first plays the pattern with index 1, then pattern 2, then again pattern 1,ДЄ song can consist of 12 different tracks. However, it is often the case that the same pattern should be played multiple times in the same track. To zoom out, hold down the shift key while clicking on the black bar or use the provided zoom out button.ДЄ track consists of multiple patterns that are played in a consecutive order. The horizonal black bar directly above the note grid. You can zoom in the pattern by clicking onto The size of a grid cell depends on the current zoom level. The shown note markers are never longer than one grid cell because their length does not matter anyway. Even if a note is longer than a grid cell, Notes because the length of a created note is automatically determined by the size of a grid cell. In these cases, the drum mode provides a more convenient way to enter The Note Off message is typically ignored. Is relevant and its true value is displayed by the purple note markers. The note mode is the default mode for creating musical notes. The settings for the currently selected pattern without creating a new pattern. If you click on the information box (black background, top right in the pattern view), the option edit is pre-selected, which changes New, the option copy is pre-selected, which creates a new pattern and copies the notes of the currently selected The same dialog is shown when the copy button in the pattern view is pressed. A dialog (shown below) appears for selecting the options for the new pattern.

New patterns can be created via the new button. Select all notes within an area that is vertically infinite (select the same time range in all rows). Selected notes can be moved by using the yellow handles (shown in the figure above). To create a new stamp pattern, select multiple notes with the select tool and switch to the stamp tool.ДЇill the selected row with notes of the currently active note length. Musical notes, which are too short to be displayed as rounded markers, are indicated by purple triangles, as shown in theДЇor the creation and editing of musical notes different tools can be selected via the buttons at the top of the interface:Д¬reate multiple notes by stamping a note pattern. Control ChangeДЄnd Pitch Change messages are only emitted at the start of the marker (consequently, the length of the marker is irrelevant for those messages). At the start of the marker a NoteВ On message is emitted and at the end a NoteВ Off message. The purple rounded markers indicate the individual notes and their length. Indicates the start of the processed section, and the red line the end. The two moving vertical lines indicate the section of the pattern for which MIDI messagesДЄre emitted in the current processing step. When the pattern view is active, the selected pattern is played in a loop. MIDI control change (CC) messages as well as for the If you scroll higher than note G8, you notices that the rows above G8 are used for You can scroll through the 128 different rows for the availableД«y using the slider and arrows on the far left of the interface. The term pattern is very commonly used in the context of step sequencersДЄ pattern is a building block of a song and consists of rows that contain the rhythmic information for the NoteВ On and NoteВ Off messagesДЇor MIDI, musical notes can be emitted in the range from 0 to 127, where 0 corresponds to the MIDI note C-2 and 127 to the note G8.

The functionality of each view is described.

The different views are accessible via the buttons in the upper left corner of the interface. Dependent on the current task, the step sequencer has three main views: Pattern, Track, and Song.ДЄdditionally, the track view has four sub-views: Inspect, Record, Edit, and Quantize.

Beatbox drum step sequencer