Step input using external midi input

Elektron Gear Model:Cycles
#1

Hi Everyone,

I know I can record live using external midi keyboard , but I wondered if i could use the midi keyboard to enter notes in step mode?

#2

Yes, in grid recording mode you just hold down the trig and key the note on the keyboard.

#3

Brilliant, what I was doing was entering the trig and then holding down to try and change pitch. Makes sense though I’ll try later. Step entry like this gives more control around velocity

#4

Try to call it Grid recording (as @bibenu had corrected it to) to avoid confusion - it’s been loosely referred to as step record around these parts for a while, so understandable, but in Elektron parlance, Step is now a distinct third record mode, not in Cycles (yet?)

Use the cycles’ Auto Channel for the external keyboard midi input btw

#5

Thanks , grid recording it is then !

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#6

Thanks for your help, works a treat .

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