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5. Pattern mode
Listening to the sound of a keyboard part (the Keyboard function)
1. Press one of the keyboard part keys 1, 2 (the key will light).
2. Press the KEYBOARD key (the key will light).
3. Use the step keys as a keyboard to play the part. Use the select keys
to change the octave.The select LEDs (lower row, red) will light to
indicate the pitch range.
You cannot turn the KEYBOARD key on/off unless one of the key-
board part keys 1, 2 is selected.
Since each keyboard part is a monophonic synthesizer, it cannot
sound two or more notes simultaneously (polyphonically).
Selecting a part
Use the part keys to select the part that you want to edit.
Drum part, stretch part, slice part, audio in part
When you press one of these part keys, the assigned sound will play
and that part will be selected (the part key will light). For the audio
in part, the external audio input will be heard when you press the
audio in part key.
When you press a part key, the step keys will light to indicate the
trigger locations in the rhythm pattern of that part. During play-
back, the currently-playing step will also light.
When you press a part key to make it sound, it will sound at its
accented volume.
To select a part during playback without causing it to sound
Hold down the shift key and press a drum part key.
Keyboard part
When you press a Keyboard part key, the key will light and that
part will be selected. With the KEYBOARD key lit, you can play the
part using the step keys as a keyboard
The way in which the step keys will light at this time will depend on
the status of the KEYBOARD key.
On (lit): The keys corresponding to each pitch will light successively
during playback to indicate the pitch that is sounding at that
moment.
Off (dark): The keys will light at the trigger locations of the phrase pat-
tern for that part.
Accent part
When you press an accent part key, the key will light and that part
will be selected. At this time, the step keys will light to indicate the
accented locations of that accent pattern.
Muting a part
Here’s how to mute (temporarily silence) a part.
1. Hold down the PART MUTE key and press the part key that you
want to mute. (The PART MUTE key will light.)
2. While you hold down the PART MUTE key, the part status indicator
will show the mute status of each part. Unmuted part keys will light,
and muted part keys will be dark. You can mute more than one part
if desired.
3. To defeat all mute settings, press the SOLO key. To defeat muting
for individual parts, press the part key that you want to un-mute.
PART MUTE
Part key
SOLO
A5...C7
A6...C8
A-1...C1
Pitch Range
A0...C2
A1...C3
A2...C4
A3...C5
A4...C6