# Octave notes in Step Mode

**URL:** <https://squarp.community/t/octave-notes-in-step-mode/16544>\
**Category:** Hapax\
**Tags:** howto\
**Created:** [October 26, 2026, 11:28am UTC](https://squarp.community/t/octave-notes-in-step-mode/16544 "2026-10-26T11:28:22Z")\
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**Author:** ![RicRog](https://squarp.community/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/r/da6949/32.png) [@RicRog](https://squarp.community/u/RicRog)\
**Post date:** [October 26, 2026, 11:28am UTC](https://squarp.community/t/octave-notes-in-step-mode/16544/1 "2026-10-26T11:28:22Z")

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Hi,

In Step Mode, whatever the scale chosen in pScale Project, I can’t enter two octave notes (aka C3 and C4) without using arrow keys to scroll up or down because of the white raws(s) on the pads.

I don’t understand the reason of this choice by Squarp. It’ s very embarrassing to not have directly access to octave notes on the pads without other keys manipulations. Octave notes are frequents in my patterns, and maybe in yours too. 🙂

Is there a way to have this option ?

Nice day to everybody.

RicRog

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**Author:** ![Lexter](https://squarp.community/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/l/c0e974/32.png) [@Lexter](https://squarp.community/u/Lexter)\
**Post date:** [October 26, 2026, 1:30pm UTC](https://squarp.community/t/octave-notes-in-step-mode/16544/2 "2026-10-26T13:30:13Z")

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Because between an Octave there are 12 semitones and there are 8 rows vertically so we have 7 semitones of distance . Try it without pScale enabled and then You can figure it out what am i saying.

Do You know the basics about musical scales? And tranposes?

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**Author:** ![RicRog](https://squarp.community/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/r/da6949/32.png) [@RicRog](https://squarp.community/u/RicRog)\
**Post date:** [October 26, 2026, 2:18pm UTC](https://squarp.community/t/octave-notes-in-step-mode/16544/3 "2026-10-26T14:18:56Z")

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Yes I’m fine with the scales.

If pScale project is off, we are in chromatic mode with 12 notes for 8 rows.

But when pScale is “on” , major scale for instance, we have 7 notes and the octave could be enabled instead of this white row.

For a pentatonic scale, the 3 white rows could play the notes of the upper octave range.