TEMPO-1/Manual/Pitch, Ratchets, and Record Quantize
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Chapter 095 min readUpdated Friday, July 10, 2026

Pitch, Ratchets, and Record Quantize

Create pitched steps, repeated hits, and quantized or loose live recordings.

Per-step pitch

  • Pitch is stored with each step and included in presets and page copy/paste.
  • It applies to imported or sample sounds, melodic voices, and supported modeled Kick and Tom paths.
  • Step pitch adds to the voice or sample pitch at playback, so the main pad PITCH transposes the whole phrase.

Ratchets

  • Ratchet values are x1, x2, x3, x4, x6, or x8.
  • Repeated taps on the same voice inside one step can record as a ratchet while REC is armed.
TEMPO-1 RTRG view with live-recorded ratchet values
RTRG view with live-recorded ratchet values.

QNT record quantize

Record quantize modes
ModeLive recording behavior
OFFKeeps loose placement with micro-timing
1/16Locks hits to normal step positions
1/32Allows tighter half-step placement
1/64Allows very fast sub-step placement and fills