Steps

Programming notes into steps

Play the note you wish to record and let it go, then hold write. If you are not on the Sequencer ("Seq") page of the track, the LED grid will change temporarily to show the steps as if you were on the Sequencer ("Seq") page until you let go of the Write again. Now press 1-16 to put the note you played into step 1-16

You can set multiple steps this way to the same note, as long as you hold write. Any step you program will blink for the duration you hold write.

Note that you can further make already existing steps with notes blink as well. As long as you are holding write, any steps that are blinking can be edited in more detail; while still holding Write, press the Value button to cycle through a number of editable step attributes. The attributes can, while still holding the write key, be modified by turning the value knob. For non-chord tracks (e.g. anything that is not the "Cd" track) the editable attributes are;

• 'Note'; the pitch at which the note or sample should play.
• 'SlcE'; slice - the slice number 1-16 of a sample kit. Note that this option is only available if "bEhv"/"trak BEhv" (Track Behavior) on the track's "Glob" page is set to "SmPK" (sample kit).
  
• 'LEn'; length - the length of the note in steps.
• 'VELo'; velocity - how loud the note should play. Default velocities are 100 out of 127, where 0 is silent.
  
• 'WhEn'; when - a condition that needs to be met before this step plays.
  
• 'do'; do - a special way the note or slice should be played when the 'WhEn' condition is met.
  
• 'ShFt'; shift - a micro-timing value from 0 to 99, indicating how late the note should play from 0 (no shift) to 99 (nearly at the same time next step begins), with 50 being right in between the current step and next step.
  

For the "Cd" track-only, the editable attributes are;

• 'Root'; the chord's root note
  
• 'LEn'; the length of the chord in steps.
• 'VELo'; velocity - how loud the chord should play. Default velocities are 100 out of 127, where 0 is completely silent.
• 'Chrd'; chord - the type of chord
  
• 'Inv'; inversion - what, if any, chord inversion should be played
  
• 'ShFt'; shift - a micro-timing value from 0 to 99, indicating how late the note should play from 0 (no shift) to 99 (can be considered playing the next note "early"), with 50 being right in between the current note and next note.

Modifying one or more steps

On the Sequencer ("Seq") page of the track, hold the step you wish to modify until it starts to blink. While still holding the step, press the Value button to cycle through a number of editable step attributes. The attributes can, while still holding the write key, be modified by turning the value knob.

It is also possible to select multiple steps for modification; while still holding the first step, hold Write, then let go of the step; the step will keep blinking. The interface will now behave as if you just programmed a new note, and any other steps can be selected via the same mechanism under "Programming notes into steps".

Note once again that modifying steps this way only works on the Sequencer ("Seq") page of the track; selection on other track pages is not possible.

Deleting notes from steps

To delete a step's note, hold write and press 1-16 for any step that has a note assigned to it (e.g. is lit up).The step will no longer be lit and the note data for this step erased. You can do this for multiple steps for the duration you hold write.

Real-time recording notes to steps

It is possible to real-time record a performance into the Woovebox. Simply hold the write button and press play to start recording.

The recording will be automatically quantized, meaning the notes you play will be automatically "pulled" towards the nearest step so that minor timing issues in your playing are eliminated.

Regular step editing is also still available during playback and recording, so notes recorded in real-time can be edited in real-time as well. Note that note modification (through holding the Write key) will cause the current pattern to loop, allowing you to better gauge the modifications you made in context of the entire pattern being played across all tracks.

TIP: You can chain multiple patterns together with "ch.ne"/"chn.next" parameter to record more than 16 steps at once.