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Understanding the pattern grid and how it works with note divisions

Understanding the pattern grid and how it works with note divisions - MASCHINE Tutorial

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Understanding the pattern grid and how it works with note divisions

- An easy way to understand note divisions is to think of them as the option to set how close or far your notes are in relation to each other within your single bar. The smaller the note division, the closer your notes are gonna be to each other. A really cool way to understand this is if we go into Note Repeat. So let's take this high hat, (high hat cymbals tap) I'm gonna turn on Note Repeat, lock the screen, let's go down, we'll start at quarter notes. (high hat cymbals tap quarter notes) So that means each time the note plays, it's a quarter note between each one. If we go smaller to eighth, (high hat cymbals tap eighth notes) it cuts that space in half. 16ths (high hat cymbals tap 16th notes) 32nd notes (high hat cymbals tap 32nd notes) You can see we can go smaller and smaller. (high hat cymbals tap extremely fast) (high hat cymbals tap even faster) (high hat cymbals tap slowly) (high hat cymbals tap extremely slowly) Your note divisions also play a huge part in your step grid…

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