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Steps

Steps editor

A one-row trigger sequencer, as a MIDI source: sixteen buttons, click to place hits, the ^ row lifts a hit one octave, the hold row ties one across step boundaries, plus Swing, Gate and Velocity. Silent until the transport plays.

One row = one voice. Give it a Note and wire it into a Kick, a Mineral, a Sampler zone or a drum plugin - then stack several Steps channels, one per drum, each with its own swing and gate. Muting one row's cord (or its downstream mixer channel) is your live performance mute.

Parameters

NoteThe MIDI note every hit sends (36 = C1, the GM kick).
SwingDelays every second 16th, up to a triplet feel. Give hats more swing than the kick and the groove opens up.
GateHit length as a fraction of the step (ties extend past it).
VelocityHit velocity - automate for builds.

Pair with Kick: turn the Kick's 4/4 mode off and sequence it from a Steps row instead when you want more than four-on-the-floor.