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singls steps of
the current
quanlize
value
(you
cannot
movg backwards).
lf
quantize
is set
to i/16,
each step
will equal
24196
(lf
swing
is set to 50%).
lf a drum
existed
on a slep
in between the current
quantize
value, it
will
play
as
it is
stepped
pasl,
but tho display
will not stop on
that drum.
The lower.display
shows
the
drum thai was triggered
lollowed
by lhe volume
of that drum.
Since only one
drum can
be
displayed at
a time, if more
than one drum occurred
on the
samo beat, the +
arrow button
wili advance
lhrough each
drum one
at
a
time belore advancing
to the
nexl step.
lf a
quantize
slep
does not have
any drum recorded
on it, the display
will read EMPW
in
place
of the drum
name. The 16
possible
drums are
displayed with 7 charactors
each as
follows:
1 3
TOM4
KICK
T OPN HAT CLAPS
PERC
Thsse same
displays appear elsewhere
in this manual
when lhs drum
buttons
are
displayed. The
volume is shown as
one of eight
possible
volumes. To add
a new drum to
a beat,
just
press
a dIUm button. That
drum, along with its volume
(how
hard the
pad
was
hit), will
be recorded onto
tha displayed step.
lf there
w6re other
drums already recorded on thal beat, thoy aro
not etfected. lf the
drum
played
already sxisted on the
current beat, it will be replacsd
with the new volume
P|ayed.
Eraslng a drum ffom a
step
To
erass
a drum from a step,
hold
ERASE,
and
prsss
RECORD,
lhe drum that was being
displayed will be erased.
To edit the volume of a drum,
ths
1-8
buttons on tho keypad are
used, or the displayed drum
is replayed. Step mode
is
exited
by
pressing
STOP
or
PATTERN.
lf PLAY is
presssd,
step mode
will
be
exited, and the
patlern
will
begin
playing
from the beginning.
lf
swing
is on, STEP mode will step
in
"swinged'
increments.
SONG
MODE
Selecting and Playing
a SONG / SONG
Button
Prsss the SONG
button to enler song
mode. The display will fead as follows,
with the last
song entered
being indicated in the number
portion
of the display.
STEPOl
PATT27
Selecting
a SONG
A SONG
is a list ol
patterns
in
a specilic order,
with each entry
into the list being a STEP
which contains
a
panern
number. The
O0 is underlined to indicale
that it will b€ cianged
if
a new
number is selectsd
with
ths
keypad . lf a single
digit on the keypad
is
pfsssed
(2,
for example),
the display will chango
to:
The display is
now indicating that the
second digit of the song
should be entered.
Atter
sntering tho second digit,
the
new
song is selecled.
lf tho second digit
is not entered
within 2 seconds,
the display will levert back
to ths
previous
song number, and no
new
song
will have been selected.
The +/- arrow buttons
are used to scroll
foruards
and
backwards through
the steps within
a song. Pressing PLAY will
start
playing
the selectsd
song from its
beginning, and
the
PLAY
LED will
light. The display will read,
for example:
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