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Creating songs (Sequencer mode)
Overview
About the KROME’s Sequencer
ThesequencerbringstogethertheKROME’snumerous
functionssuchasitsarpeggiator,RPPR,high‐
performanceeffects,andcontrollers,allowingyouto
takeadvantageoftheseinawiderangeofsituations.
Thissequencerisa16‐trackMIDIsequencerthatcan
storeupto128songsand210,000MIDIevents.Youcan
useittorecordandplaybacknotesfortheinternal
soundgeneratoraswellasforexternalMIDIsound
modu
les.
Whenyouturnoffthepower,thesettingscreated
inSequencermode,thesongdata,anyuser
patterndata,andCueListthatyourecordedwill
notbebackedup.Ifyo
uwishtokeepthisdata,
youmustsaveitonanSDcardbeforeturningoff
thepower,orperformaMIDIdat
adumptosave
thedataonanexternaldatafileretc.
Ifyouwishtowritetheprograms,track
parameters,effects,andarpeggiatorsettingsetc.
selectedforasongasatemplatesong,usethe
menucommandSaveTemplateSong.
Immediatelyafterthepow
eristurnedon,KROME
willnotcontainanysongdata,soifyouwishto
playasongonthesequencer,youmustfirstload
datafromSDcard,orreceiveaMIDIdatadump
fromaMIDIfiler.Fordetails,pleaseseepage 118,
andpage 219oftheParameterGuide.
Sequencer mode structure
Sequencermodeisstructuredasfollows.
Songs
Asongconsistsoftracks1–16,amastertrack,song
parameterssuchasthesongname,arpeggiator,Drum
Trackfunction,effectandRPPRparameters,and100
userpatterns.
Amaximumof128suchsongscanbecreatedon
KROME.
Tracks1–16consistofsetupparameters(suchaseach
track’sprogram,pan,andvolume)locatedatthestart
ofthesong,andthemusicaldataitself.Themaster
trackconsistsoftempoandtimesignaturedata(see
“Setupparameters&Musicaldata”onpage 106ofthe
ParameterGuide).
Song recording and editing
Songrecordingisperformedontracks.
Youcanrecordtracksineitheroftwoways;realtime
recordingorsteprecording.Forrealtimerecording
youcanchooseoneofsixrecordingmodes.
YoucanedittracksbyusingEventEditoperationsto
modifytherecordeddataorinsertnewdata,andby
usingTrackEditfunctionssuchasCreateControlData,
whichgeneratesandinsertspitchbend,aftertouch,or
controlchangedata.
Patterns
Therearetwotypesofpatterns:presetpatternsand
userpatterns.
Presetpatterns:Patternssuitablefordrumtracksare
presetininternalmemory,andcanbeselectedforany
song.
Userpatterns:Eachsongcanhaveupto100patterns.
Whenusingapatterninadifferentsong,usethe
UtilitymenucommandsCopyPatternorCopyFrom
Songetc.tocopythepattern.Thepatternlengthcanbe
specifiedinunitsofameasure.
Eachpatternconsistsofmusicaldataforonetrack.Itis
notpossibletocreatepatternsthatcontainmultiple
tracks.
Youcanusethesepatternsbyplacingtheminatrack
(PuttoTrackmenucommand)orbycopyingthem
(CopytoTrackmenucommand).Youcanalsouse
patternswiththeRPPRfunctionofasong(see
page 71).