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Author Topic: Mistake on user manual concerning the definition of Time Division  (Read 700 times)

ruiseixas

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This is called KeyStep, so one simple question rises, what is really a Step in Key Step?  ::)

Accordingly to the user manual it must be concluded that one Step is a 1/16 note, because the total are 64 steps distributed by 4 bars.
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KeyStep holds a total of 8 sequences, and each sequence can be up to 64 steps in length. The sequencer is polyphonic, capable of stacking up to 8 notes per step.

However the next quote in the same user manual states:
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The Time Division encoder allows you to change the rhythmic relationship of the sequence relative to the tempo: quarter notes (one step per beat), eighth notes (two steps per beat), and so on. Triplet values are offered as well (1/4T, 1/8T, etc.).

So it must be a mistake, to be correct it should have been written as:
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The Time Division encoder allows you to change the rhythmic relationship of the sequence relative to the tempo: quarter notes (four steps per beat), eighth notes (eight steps per beat), and so on. Triplet values are offered as well (1/4T, 1/8T, etc.).

Time Division is no more than the Duration in Beats of each Division in relation to the 1/4 Time Division, so, 1/8 Time Division represents half the Duration of the 1/4, meaning it takes half a Beat and thus it's triggered twice as much. However, 1/8 means eight Steps per Beat as 1/4 means 4 Steps per Beat!

Am I wrong?

 

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