Step Editing

Retrologue Help

Product
Retrologue
Version
2.4
ft:locale
en-US
Document type
Webhelp
ft:openMode
fluidtopics

The height of a step represents its value.

You can edit the steps in the following way:

  • To activate all steps, select Enable All Steps from the context menu.

  • To adjust a value, click a step, and drag up or down.

  • To adjust multiple steps, click and draw a curve.

  • To adjust the velocity of all steps relatively, Shift-click and drag.

  • To draw a ramp with steps, hold down Alt/Opt, and draw a line.

  • To draw symmetric ramps at the beginning and the end of the sequence, hold down Alt/Opt-Shift, and draw a line.

  • To reset the velocity of a step to 127, Ctrl/Cmd-click the step.

  • To reset the velocity of all steps to 127, hold Ctrl/Cmd-Shift, and click a step.

  • To introduce a legato between two steps, activate Step Legato for the first of these steps, so that a small arrow is shown.

    If Legato is activated, the Gate Scale parameter is not taken into account.

  • To transpose a step, click in the Step Transpose field, and enter the number of semitones for the transposition.

Adjusting the Phrase

  • To shift the rhythm of the phrase, click Shift Phrase Right or Shift Phrase Left .

    If you shift the rhythm of the phrase to the left, the first step is moved to the end. If you shift the phrase to the right, the last step is moved to the beginning.

  • To reverse the phrase, click Reverse Phrase .

  • To duplicate short phrases, click Duplicate Phrase .

    Note

    The maximum number of steps is 32. Therefore, phrases that contain more than 16 steps cannot be duplicated as a whole.