perhaps my post wasn't ideal...
on page 51 of the Drumbrute manual,
1 step is defined as: 1 pulse per quarter note (ppqn)
that would be 
4 pulses in one pattern (4/4) of the drumbrute, correct?
on page 11 of the manual,
it is defined as  "a single pulse per step"
if a "step" is one of the 16 steps in a pattern of the drumbrute,
then there are 
16 pulses in one pattern? 

(there must be an error in my thinking)
thank you very much,
Still Confused Steve