Creating songs (Sequencer mode)
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3. Set“FromMeasure”to001.
Withthissetting,steprecordingwillbeginfrom
measure1.
4. Pressthemenubutton,andpressmenucommand
“StepRecording.”
Adialogboxwillappear.
5. In“StepTime,”use“Select”tospecifythebasic
timingvalue.
InputthefirstC3noteas.(dottedeighthnote).
Usethepopupbuttontothelefttoselect.
Youcanchooseanotevaluerangingfromawholenote
()toa32ndnote().
Inputadottednotebyselecting“.”withthepopup
buttonsatright.
Youcanspecify“3”toinputatriplet.Ifyouwanttouse
theunmodifiedlengthofthenotethat’sselec
tedatthe
left,choose“–”.
“NoteDuration”indicatesthelengththatthenote
itselfwillsound.Smallervalueswillproduceastaccato
note,andlargervalueswillproducealegatonote.For
thisexample,leavethissettingunchanged.
“NoteVelocity”isthevelocity(playingstrength),and
largervalueswillproducealoudervolu
me.Setthisto
Key.
IfyouselectKeyforthisparameter,thevelocityofhow
youactuallyplaythekeyboardwillbeinput.
6. Onthekeyboard,pressandthenreleasethefirst
C3notethatyouwanttoinput.
Thedatayouinputwillappearinthedisplayas
numericalvalues.Ontheupperrightsi
de,Measure
001BeatTick01.000willchangetoMeasure001Beat
Tick01.360.Thenextnoteyouinputwillbeplacedat
thislocation.
7. Asdescribedinsteps5and6,inputthenotesand
reststhatfollowthefirs
tC3note.
Inadditiontothemethodsdescribedinsteps5and6,
youcanalsousethefollowinginpu
tmethods.
•Toinputarest,presstheRestbutton.Thiswill
inputarestoftheselectedStepTimevalue.
•Toenteratie,sothattwoormorenotesofthesame
pitchwillbeplayedasasingleunbrokennote,
presstheTiebutto
n.WhenyoupresstheTie
button,thepreviously‐inputnotewillbeextended
bytheStepTimelength.
•Todeleteanoteorrestthatyouinput,pressthe
StepBackbutton.Thepreviously‐inputnotewillbe
deleted.
•Toinputachord,simultaneousl
ypressthenotesof
thedesiredchord.Evenifyoudonotpressthem
simultaneously,notesthatarepressedbeforeyou
fullyremoveyourhandfromallkeysonthe
keyboardwillbeinputatthesamelocation.
•Toauditionanotewithoutactuallyinputtingit,
pressthePAUSE()button.Nowwhenyouplaya
noteonthekeyboard,itwillsound,butthenote
willnotbeactuallyinput.Inthisstate,playinga
keywillproduceasound,butwillnotinputanote.
PressthePAUSE()buttononceagaintocance
l
therecord‐pausestate,andresumeinputtingnotes.
8. Whenyouarefinishedrecording,presstheDo
ne
button.
PresstheSEQUENCERSTART/STOP()button
toplayback.
AccesstheP0:Play/REC–PlayLoopT01–08page,
checkTrackPlayLoopfortrack02,setLoopStart
Measureto001,andLoopEndMeasureto002.track
02willplaymeasures1–2repeatedly.
9. Ifyou’renotsatisfiedwiththeresult,pressthe
COMPAREbuttontoreturntothestatepriorto
recording,andthenre‐recordfromstep4.
Whenyoubeginsteprecording,alldatainthe
trackthatfollowsthemeasurewhereyoubegan
recordingwillbeerased.Youneedtobeawareof
thisifyoubeginsteprecordingfroma
measure
mid‐waythroughthesong.
Ifyouwanttocopydataintoameasurethat
alreadycontainsdata,performsteprecordingin
anemptytrack,andusetheMoveMeasureor
CopyMeasuremenucommands.(Seepage 179of
theParamet
erGuide)
Ifyouwanttoeditoraddtotherecordeddata,you
canusetheEventEditorPianoRollfunction.(See
pages 169,171oftheParameterGuide)