OP-Z 2. General Operation

Question 1

Answer 1

Play

press play to start playback from the start of the active pattern. while playing you can press play to restart playback.

Question 2

Answer 2

Stop

press stop while the sequencer is playing to stop playback.

Question 3

Answer 3

Panic

press stop while sequencer is stopped to end all active notes.

Question 4

Answer 4

Super Panic

pressing stop twice while sequencer is stopped will also clear all audio buffers.

Question 5

Answer 5

Track Panic

hold track and press stop to fade out hanging notes on the active track.

Question 6

Answer 6

Track Super Panic

hold track and press stop twice to kill sound on the active track.

Question 7

Answer 7

Add Note

press an empty step to add the last played note to that step.

Question 8

Answer 8

Clear Step

press a lit step (indicated by red light) to clear it.

Question 9

Answer 9

Copy Step

press and hold a lit step to copy it to memory.
copying another note or playing a note using the musical keyboard replaces the copied step in memory

Question 10

Answer 10

Paste Step

whenever a step is copied to memory, pressing any empty step will paste it.

Question 11

Answer 11

Edit Step Note

hold a lit step and press notes to change the notes for that step.

Question 12

Answer 12

Add Parameter Lock

hold a lit step and turn any dial to set or edit the dial parameter for that step.

Question 13

Answer 13

Clear Parameter Locks

hold rec and stop and wait until all steps are lit. this will clear all parameter locks on the current track. release before to abort.
to clear parameter locks per step hold the step and hold stop until all steps are lit.

Question 14

Answer 14

Clear Track

hold track and stop and wait until all step lights are lit. this will clear all triggers on the current track. release before to abort.

Question 15

Answer 15

Note Length

hold a lit step and press another step to set the duration of the held step.

Question 16

Answer 16

Micro Timing

press and hold a step and press – or + to shift timing of that step 1 tick back or forward.
each step has a resolution of 24 ticks.

Question 17

Answer 17

Preview Step

holding a lit step while the sequencer is stopped will play a preview of that step, as well as copy it to memory.

Question 18

Answer 18

Change Velocity

hold a lit step and use the pitch bend to modify the velocity for that step.

Question 19

Answer 19

The Record Button

the record button, or ‘rec’ is used for example when live recording events into the sequencer.

Question 20

Answer 20

Record

hold record while the sequencer is running to record all input from the piano keys.

Question 21

Answer 21

Step By Step Recording

hold rec while the sequencer is stopped and use the musical keyboard to record notes step by step.

Question 22

Answer 22

Parameter Lock

hold record and turn a dial while the sequencer is running to record that parameter to the steps.

Question 23

Answer 23

Record Lock

hold rec + play to lock recording mode. all input is recorded without the need for holding down rec.

Question 24

Answer 24

Record Arm

if the sequencer is stopped when holding rec + play then recording will be armed and any note will start record lock mode.

Question 25

Answer 25

Release Record Lock

press play or stop to release record lock if engaged.

Question 26

Answer 26

Subtractive Recording

press – while holding rec for subtractive recording mode. held notes will now be removed from active steps.