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3.6.3. The Sequencer
The MiniBrute 2S allows you to record up to 64 patterns of your own. But there may be
something there already that you could use as a starting point later, so first we'll audition
the existing patterns. We'll learn how to record them [p.19] after that.
First, if the Arp/Loop button is lit, press it once and it will go dark. This means the Arpeggiator
is no longer active.
Next, hold down the Shift button and then:
• Tap the lowest "C" pad ("Fwd")
• Tap the "F" pad ("1/8")
• Tap the "G#" pad ("Chrom")
We'll explain what those settings mean in the Seq / Arp: shared features [p.83] chapter.
• Press the large Sync button until the INT LED is lit
• Hold the Load button (it's located above knobs 8 and 9).
While still holding the Load button, look at the pads. You will use them to select the pattern
you want to load. Some of the pads may be lit, which means they already contain pattern
data. The flashing pad indicates which pattern has already been loaded into memory.
• Select a pad that is lit
• Press the Play button.
The sequence you selected will begin to play. If you do not hear anything, set up the Basic
Patch [p.10] again.
To select another pattern, hold the Load button and press a different pad.
3.6.3.1. Record a pattern (real time)
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♪: For a brief example of step-mode recording, click here [p.21].
If you've found an empty pattern, or at least a pattern you don't want to keep, let's make a
quick real-time recording.
• Enable the metronome by holding the Shift button and then pressing the Sync
button. If the Sync button lights up when you press the Shift button, the
metronome is already enabled.
• Hold the Record button
• Press the Play button
As soon as you press Play, the Record button will become blue, the metronome will start,
and the sequencer will begin recording.
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♪: When the Record button is blue, the MiniBrute 2S is in real-time recording mode. When the Record
button is red, the MiniBrute 2S is in step-time recording mode.
Now play the pads as if you were playing a piano keyboard. The default length of a pattern
is 1 bar (16 steps), so the sequencer will loop around after that and you'll hear the notes you
played.
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