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Selecling
a SONG
The
00 is underlined
to indi€te that
it will be
changed if a
new number is
selected
wirh the
keypad or
the +/- buttons.
The second
lin€ of ths
display shows
the name of
tho currently
sslected.song,(uptol4characters).
lfthecunentsdng'numberisempty,thesecondlin6
will read
EMPW SONG.
Pressing the
+/- buttons
immediately selbits
the nsxt
song
number, with
the numbers
looping
past
99 to OO and looping
d6wn from
0O
.to
99. lf
i
single
digit on lhe keypad
is
pressed
(2,
tor oxample),
tho display
will change to:
The
display
is now indicating
that ths
second digit of tho song
should be entered. After
entering
the second
digit, ths now song is selected,
and its name will
appear. lf the
second
digit
is not enlered within
2 seconds, th6
display will revert back
to the
previous
song numbsr, and no
new song will have
been selscled. The
pago
up and
pags
down
buttons have no
function when selecting
parts
or songs.
A SONG
is a list of
parts
(sequences)
in a specif ic order, with each
entry
into
the list being a
STEP which conlains
a
part
number.
Each step also contains which ol the
eight tracks
should
bs on tor that slep.
Manual TRACK selocllon and
mutlng In SONG mode
While in SONG mods, tho
eight
TRACK
SELECT LEDs will display the lracks
that
are
turned
on on tho first
part
of the s6lected
song. ThesE buttons can be turned on or otl to
change the
sslected tracks to be
played,
atthough thsso changes will be temporary and
not stored with the song. Pressing
PLAY
will
start
playing
lhe sslected song Jrom its
beginning, and the PLAY LED will light. The display will read,lor example:
00 001
PAR'I 27 BEAT OO1
The lirst line of the display is now showing the current song number being
played,
and
the
curr6nl
beat
number
of
the
part
being
played.
The
second line of the display is
showing the step number and
the
part
assign€d to the slep
that is
playing
at th6
moment. When the song advances lo ths next step, the display will show lhe
part
lor
step
2, etc. The track select LEDs
will
change
to show which tracks ars turned on tor lhe
current
part.
Again,
the
track
seleclion can be changed by turning
on or
olf the
track
buttons.
Pressing STOP/CONTINUE
will stop
playing
the song, and the display will return to
the
select song display. Pressing STOP/CONTINUE
again will begin
playing
the song lrom the
beat at which it was stopp€d.
Pressing
PIAY
will always start the song
{rom the bgginning
of the tirst step. when a song reaches its end,
it will stop and ths PLAY LED will turn
ofl,
unless LOOP
is on, which will cause the song lo loop
back to step one and continue
playing.
The
.
and
"
buttons
(rewind
and
last
lomard)
can be ussd 10 advance
or retreat through
lhe beats and st€ps of a song.
if lhs song is
playing,
prsssing
the tast forward will
cause
sustaining notss to stop, and
th6
bsal
display to advance
at a
gradually
increasing rate
(up
to the maximum
possiblo
tempo) until ths last
forward button is rsleased,
after which the
song
continues
playing
trom the beginning ot
the displayed beat. lf tho
end of the current
step
is reached, the next slep is starled.
The rewind button works similarly,
but in reverse. In
eithor direction, il ths end
or
beginning of a
song is
reached,
the display remains
on that step, unless
loop is on, which
results in the step
"wrapping
around". When a song is
not
Playing,
thess buttons can
be
used for the same
funclion, and by
pressing
STOP/CONTINUE
the song
will continuo from
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