MUSIC PRODUCTION STUDIO
SEQTRAK User Guide
Information
• The SEQTRAK functions described in this User Guide are for OS V1.10.
• All illustrations and screenshots (screenshots of the iOS app) included in this User Guide are for the purpose of explanation. The actual specifications might differ.
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Table of Contents
1. What is SEQTRAK?. 8
1.1 About the Manuals. 8
1.1.1 Notation. 8
1.2 SEQTRAK Configuration. 10
1.2.1 Drum section. 10
1.2.2 Synth section. 11
1.2.3 Sound Design & FX section. 11
1.3 Projects, Tracks, and Patterns. 11
1.3.1 Projects. 11
1.3.2 Tracks. 11
1.3.3 Patterns. 12
1.3.4 Conceptual diagram of projects, tracks, and patterns. 12
1.4 About the SEQTRAK App. 12
1.4.1 Obtaining the SEQTRAK app. 12
1.4.2 Connecting to the SEQTRAK app. 12
2. Panel Sections and Main Functions. 13
a – f Left side. 13
g – p Top Left (Drum section, Synth section). 14
q – A Top Right (Sound Design & FX section). 15
B – H Right side. 16
3. Charging and Power Supply. 18
3.1 Charging. 18
USB power adapter / USB mobile battery requirements. 19
3.1.1 Charge status (when the power is on). 19
3.1.2 Charge status (when the power is off). 20
3.2 Power Supply. 21
3.2.1 Turning the power on/off. 21
3.2.2 Forced termination. 21
3.2.3 Setting Auto Power Off. 21
4. Projects. 22
4.1 Switching Projects. 22
4.2 Saving a Project 22
4.3 Backing Up and Restoring a Project 22
4.4 Deleting a Project 23
4.5 Setting the Tempo of a Project 23
4.5.1 Changing the playback tempo of a project 23
4.5.2 Applying a swing feeling to a project 24
4.5.3 Turning the metronome on/off. 24
4.6 Temporarily Saving a Project [OS V1.10] 25
5. Tracks and Patterns. 26
5.1 Switching Patterns. 26
5.1.1 Using a Track knob to switch patterns. 26
5.1.2 Using a Drum key to switch patterns. 26
5.1.3 Changing Launch Quantize. 27
5.2 Changing the Length of a Pattern. 28
5.2.1 Drum tracks. 28
5.2.2 Synth tracks (SYNTH 1, SYNTH 2, DX), SAMPLER track. 28
5.3 Changing the Number of Patterns (3 Patterns ⇔ 6 Patterns). 29
5.4 Deleting a Pattern. 30
5.5 Copying and Pasting Patterns [OS V1.10] 30
5.6 Selecting and Auditioning Tracks. 31
5.7 Changing the Sound of a Track. 31
5.7.1 Selecting a sound category (category jump). 32
5.7.2 Drum track sound categories. 32
5.7.3 Synth track (SYNTH 1, SYNTH 2, and DX) sound categories. 32
5.7.4 SAMPLER track sound categories. 32
5.8 Muting and Soloing a Track. 33
5.8.1 Mute. 33
5.8.2 Solo. 33
5.9 Copying and Pasting Track Steps [OS V1.10] 34
6. Drum Tracks. 35
6.1 Entering Steps. 35
6.2 Switching Pages. 35
6.3 Fine-tuning the Rhythmic Timing of a Step (Micro Timing). 36
6.4 Setting the Consecutive Number of Times a Step is Triggered (Substep). 36
6.5 Real-time Input 37
6.6 Changing the Probability of Triggering a Step [OS V1.10] 38
7. Synth Tracks (SYNTH 1, SYNTH 2, DX) 39
7.1 Real-time Input 39
7.2 Turning Quantize On/Off. 40
7.3 Changing the Octave. 40
7.4 Changing the Scale. 41
7.5 Changing the Key. 41
7.6 Playing Chords. 42
7.7 Editing Chords. 43
7.8 Switching to Keyboard Input Mode. 44
7.9 Entering Steps [OS V1.10] 44
8. SAMPLER Track. 46
8.1 Real-Time Input 46
8.2 Sampling (Built-In Microphone/AUDIO IN and USB Audio Input). 46
8.3 Changing the Sampling Source. 47
8.4 Resampling. 47
8.5 Canceling Sampling. 47
8.6 Setting the Count-In to Start Sampling. 48
8.7 Switching to Monitoring Mode. 48
8.8 Turning Auto-Normalize On/Off. 48
8.9 Deleting Patterns for Each Sample [OS V1.10] 49
8.10 Entering Steps [OS V1.10] 49
9. Sound Design. 51
9.1 Adjusting Sound Parameters. 51
9.1.1 Switching between the sound parameter operation pages. 52
9.1.2 Drum track sound parameter adjustment items. 52
9.1.3 Synth track (SYNTH 1 and SYNTH 2) sound parameter adjustment items. 53
9.1.4 Synth track (DX) sound parameter adjustment items. 54
9.1.5 SAMPLER track sound parameter adjustment items. 55
9.2 Setting Sound and Effect Parameters for Each Step (Parameter Lock). 56
9.2.1 Deleting a Parameter Lock. 57
9.3 Recording the Movement of Sound and Effect Parameters in Steps (Motion Recording) 59
9.3.1 Deleting a Motion. 59
9.4 Undoing/Redoing Sound and Effect Parameters. 60
9.5 Saving a Sound. 60
9.6 Deleting a Sound. 60
9.7 Importing a Sound. 61
10. Effects. 62
10.1 Configuration of Effects. 62
10.1.1 Track effects. 62
10.1.2 Send effects. 63
10.1.3 Master effects. 64
10.2 Changing and Adjusting Effects. 65
10.2.1 Switching the effect to be controlled. 65
10.2.2 Changing the type of effect 65
10.2.3 Adjusting effect parameters. 65
10.2.4 Effect parameters when MASTER is selected. 66
10.2.5 Effect parameters when SINGLE is selected. 66
10.2.6 Example: Parameters when MASTER is selected and preset No. 1 [LPF - NO RESONANCE] of FILTER is selected. 66
10.3 Minimizing the Level of Effect Parameters (CLEAR FX). 66
11. Mixer Mode. 67
11.1 Switching to Mixer Mode. 67
11.2 Adjusting Sound Parameters. 67
11.3 Changing and Adjusting Send Effects (REVERB, DELAY). 68
11.3.1 Changing the type of send effect (REVERB, DELAY SEND). 68
11.3.2 Adjusting send effect (REVERB, DELAY) parameters. 68
11.3.3 Send effect (REVERB, DELAY) parameters. 69
11.3.4 Example: Send effect parameters for preset No. 1 [HD Room] in REVERB.. 69
12. Song Mode. 70
12.1 Switching to Song Mode. 70
12.1.1 Switching to scene mode [OS V1.10] 70
12.2 Playing/Stopping a Scene. 71
12.2.1 Changing the scene to be played back. 71
12.2.2 Repeating a scene (Loop Playback). 72
12.2.3 Repeating an entire song (Loop Playback). 72
12.3 Adding Scenes. 73
12.4 Deleting a Scene. 73
12.5 Editing a Scene. 74
12.5.1 Changing the combination of patterns in a scene. 74
12.5.2 Changing the length of a scene. 74
13. SEQTRAK App. 76
13.1 GUI Functions [GUI EDITOR] 76
13.2 Content Management Function [PROJECT/SOUND MANAGER] 77
13.3 Visualizer Function [VISUALIZER] 78
13.4 Dynamic Tutorial Function [DYNAMIC TUTORIAL] 79
14. Connections. 80
14.1 Connecting to the SEQTRAK App. 80
14.1.1 Wired connection. 80
14.1.2 Wireless connection (Bluetooth). 81
14.1.3 Wireless connection (Wi-Fi). 81
14.2 Connecting to MIDI Devices. 82
14.2.1 Using a USB-C to USB-C cable. 82
14.2.2 Using a MIDI conversion cable. 83
14.3 Connecting to a Computer 83
14.3.1 Connecting to a computer (Windows). 83
14.3.2 Connecting to a computer (Mac). 83
15. Settings. 84
15.1 Restoring the Factory Defaults (Factory Reset). 84
15.2 Changing the Sensitivity Settings of the Track Knobs. 84
15.3 Configuring MIDI Settings. 84
15.3.1 Setting the MIDI clock. 84
15.3.2 Setting MIDI output filters. 84
16. Firmware Updates. 85
16.1 Using a USB Flash Drive. 85
16.1.1 Formatting a USB flash drive. 86
16.1.2 Updating the firmware. 86
16.2 Using the SEQTRAK App (for a Wired Connection). 87
16.3 Using the SEQTRAK App (for a Wireless Connection). 87
17. Documentation. 88
17.1 Product Specifications. 88
17.2 MIDI Channels. 89
17.3 MIDI Control Change Parameters. 90
17.3.1 Sound Design parameters. 90
17.3.2 Effect parameters. 91
17.3.3 Mute/Solo. 91
17.3.4 Other 92
17.4 MASTER EFFECT Presets. 92
17.4.1 FILTER.. 92
17.4.2 REVERB.. 92
17.4.3 DELAY.. 93
17.4.4 COMPRESSOR.. 93
17.4.5 DISTORTION.. 93
17.4.6 MODULATION.. 94
17.4.7 DUCKER.. 94
17.4.8 OTHER.. 94
17.5 SINGLE EFFECT Presets. 95
17.5.1 FILTER.. 95
17.5.2 REVERB.. 95
17.5.3 DELAY.. 95
17.5.4 COMPRESSOR.. 96
17.5.5 DISTORTION.. 96
17.5.6 MODULATION.. 96
17.5.7 DUCKER.. 96
17.5.8 OTHER.. 97
17.6 SEND EFFECT Presets. 97
17.6.1 REVERB.. 97
17.6.2 DELAY.. 97
17.7 Description of Sound Parameters. 98
17.8 Open-source Software. 99
