3. Basic operation (Quick Start)
3. Basic operation (Quick Start)
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3. Basic operation (Quick Start)
Conceptual diagram of the EM-1
On the EM-1 , a song contains both Patterns (which consist of Parts, and effect and
delay settings) and event data (refer to p.45 "Recording knob movements or your per-
formance in a song (Event Recording)").
Listening to a Song
1.Press the Song Mode key to enter Song mode (the key will light).
2.Use the cursor [▲][▼] keys to select Song (the top LED will light).
3. Rotate the dial to select the desired song (S.01...S.16 ).
4.Press the Play/Pause key to playback the song (the key will light). When
the song ends, playback will stop automatically (the key will go dark).
To pause during playback, press the Play/Pause key (the key will blink).
To resume playback, press the Play/Pause key once again (the key will
light). To stop playback, press the Stop/Cancel key.
It is not possible to change songs during playback.
What is a Song?
On the EM-1, a song is musical data consisting of Pat-
terns arranged in the desired playback order. The EM-1
lets you create and store up to sixteen songs. In each song
you can arrange up to 256 patterns, and rhythm , phrase
and knob movements can also be recorded in addition
to the playback. (Refer to p.42 "Song mode.")