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5.Song mode
5.Song mode
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Recording knob movements or your
performance in a song
(Event Recording)
In Song mode you can create a performance not only by com-
bining patterns, but also recording a realtime performance that
you play on the drum part keys and step keys (using the key-
board function), and by turning the knobs.
Recording such a performance in Song mode is referred to as
“event recording.”
The following four types of performance data (event data) can
be recorded by event recording.
• Performances using the drum part keys
• Performances using the keyboard function
• Knob and key operations (only for the selected part)
• Tempo
Event recording allows you to record two or more types of
events in the same area, as long as the events are played at the
same time.
Event recording always rewrites the previous data ("replace
recording"), and when you record your performance, any event
recording data previously in that area will be erased. (It is not
possible to layer event recording over the same area.)
1. Select the song on which you wish to record events.
2. Use the cursor keys to select Position (the corresponding
LED will light).
3. Use the dial or the Select keys to move to the position at
which you wish to begin recording.
4. Press the Rec key, and then press the Play/Pause key to be-
gin event recording.
5. Use the part keys and/or the knobs to perform.
6. Press the Stop/Cancel key to stop event recording.
If the musical data of the song coincides with the event-re-
corded data, the event data will be given priority during play-
back.
Knob movements that are event-recorded in Song mode will
always playback in a way that corresponds to the Smooth type
motion sequence setting (and not the Trig Hold type).
If you wish to save the event recording, you must per-
form the Write operation. If you switch songs or turn off
the power without performing the Write operation, the
data that was recorded will be lost.
After rewinding a song, it may not be possible to play-
back exactly according to the event data.
If during playback you operate a knob that had been
event-recorded, playback of the events of that knob will
be cancelled until it reaches the next position.
Deleting event data from a song
To delete event data from a song, you can perform event re-
cording over the area that you wish to delete (without operat-
ing any knobs or keys).
Checking for song event data
If event data is recorded in a song, step keys 13 through 16
will light if you hold down the Shift key and press the Motion
Sequence key of the Part Common section.
It is not possible to check for event data during playback
or recording.
Saving a song (WRITE)
If you wish to save a song that you create, you must perform
this Write operation.
If you decide not to save the song data you create, simply
switch songs without performing the Write operation.
1. If the song is playing, press the Stop/Cancel key to stop
playback. Use the cursor keys to select Song (the correspond-
ing LED will light).
2. Press the Write key once (the key will blink). The song num-
ber will blink in the display.
3. Rotate the dial to select the desired destination song num-
ber.
4. Press the Write key once again to save the data. (The key
will light, and then go dark.)
To cancel, press the Stop/Cancel key.
If the Global mode Memory Protect setting is on, it will
not be possible to write the data. In this case, turn off
the Global mode Memory Protect setting before you ex-
ecute the Write operation.
Never turn the power off during the Write operation. This
may damage the data.