StepCHiLD "very INFORMAL and very TERRIBLE" DOCUMENTATION  :O) 
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What you see is what you get!  This program really needs very minimal documentation, and I would 
suspect that most people will easily be able to figure out how it works.  So knowing this, I will simply 
state that the key is in understanding that you are constantly working in a "buffer" and the role of 
Left/Right clicking..



THE BUFFER
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When you are using StepChild, you must grasp the concept that you are constantly working in a 
buffer.  For example, if you create a pattern and then select a ANY pattern without saving your current 
one, it will be erased.  The reason for working in a buffer is because it's simply much faster once you 
are used to it.  So here is a suggestion in terms of how to work in this manner.. lay a few notes down 
on the grid, and then rightlcick a pattern button to save it there.. Now you can add a few more notes, 
rightclick a different pattern button and save it there.  Now you have a very quick way to perform small 
variations on your sequence.. since it is quite true that most often.. different patterns are typically just 
variations of the intial one.



LEFT / RIGHT CLICK
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MidiChannel / Note / Octave Selection Panel
LEFTCLICK       - Increments value (Midi Ch, Note, or Octave)
RIGHTCLICK      - Deincrements value (Midi Ch, Note, or Octave)
CTRL+LEFTCLICK  - Increments values in all banks (Midi Ch or Octave)
CTRL+RIGHTCLICK - Deincrements values in all banks (Midi Ch or Octave)

Note Input Grid
LEFTCLICK   - Places a note on the grid which is in step mode.
RIGHTCLICK  - Deletes a note box from the grid.. holding the right mouse button down  
              while dragging permits removal of whatever note-boxes you mouseover.

Modfier Keys for Note Input Grid
[SHIFT]LEFT CLICK - Places notes which will break an adjacent link and start a new note (dark green).
 [CTRL]LEFT CLICK - Places notes which will link to adjacent notes on notegrid (light green). 
  [ALT]LEFT CLICK - Will place NO notes.. but will select that bank, so velocities can be adjusted
                    without accidentaly entering notes. 

Pattern Selector
LEFTCLICK   - Selects pattern and loads it's contents into buffer (turns green).
RIGHTCLICK  - Saves buffer contents to selected pattern (turns blue).



VELOCITY PRESET PANEL
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These four presets will set the velocity level as a percentage of the max note value for any note droped 
on the grid from that point forward.  "RST" will reset it to maximum velocity.  The bar to the right of 
"RST" permits a user adjustable preset.



TRIGGERING PATTERNS FROM MIDI
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All patterns can be triggered via midi.  I used the same octave as Phatmatik Pro.. technically this would
be considered C4 provided the scale started at C0.  Tracktion gives you the option of decided what to 
consider middle "C".  Setting this in Tracktion to "C3" will result in Stepchild responding to patterns 
starting with note C2 in Tracktions midi clip.  Setting to "C4" or "C5" will cause Stepchild to respond to "C1" or
"C0" respectively.  There are 24 patterns which represent two octaves of notes..

Triggering patterns may be turned OFF/ON by clicking the trigger bypass switch in the upper right corner 



KNOWN PROBLEMS
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Note Shift - I've just discovered that the note shift isn't quite working the way it should.  At some point 
I must have introduced some code that made shifting notes forward not quite work as it should.  The 
notes become shorter ( and thus sound a little cut off with a extreme foward shift).

Drag and Drop export of linked Notes will still appear stepped.  I just have not had the time to dig into that
nasty bit of midi code.. blah! I get lightheaded thinking about it... 


RANDOM BLURBS
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Raw Material Software's TRACKTION ROCKS! and Tobybear's Delphi Template ROCKS TOO!
check 'em both out!
