101
Creating and Editing Songs
If the following message appears
If you try to display another screen after you’ve changed the
song’s settings for each Part, a message like the one below
may appear.
fig.m-songmod.eps
Touch <OK> to change the song’s settings.
Touch <Cancel> to discard the changes you’re made.
■ Getting the Most Suitable Part
Tones for the Musical Genre
(Tone Set)
“Tone Set” is a function that automatically assigns the most
suitable tones for the selected musical style.
When you’re creating a song, you can assign Tone sets, then
change the Tones to suit the ideas you have for your song.
1. Display the 16-track Sequencer screen (p. 99).
2. Touch <Tone Set> in the lower part of the screen.
A screen like the one shown below appears.
fig.d-16trtone.eps_50
3. Touch the screen to select a musical genre.
4. Touch <Exit>.
The 16-track sequencer screen appears.
Tones for each part are assigned automatically.
* In some genres, some parts may have no tone assigned.
■ Recording a Performance
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Step 1 Prepare for Recording
Selecting the Song to Record
1. Hold down the [Song/File] button and press the
[ (Rec)] button.
The following screen is displayed if there is any
previously recorded performance or any song with
changed settings.
fig.m-songmod.eps
Touch <OK> to delete the song.
If you want to overwrite while recording, select a song.
Determining the Song’s Beat and Tempo
2. Press the [Metronome] button to select the beat (p. 32).
→You can’t change a song’s beat once it’s been recorded. If you
want to compose a song whose beat changes partway through
the song, take a look at “Changing the Beat in the Middle of a
Song (Beat Map)” (p. 113).
3. Press the Tempo [-] and [+] buttons to set the basic
tempo of the song.
If you do not need the metronome sound, press the
[Metronome] button once more.
→When using song data that has already been recorded, the
recording is made using the source song’s basic tempo. To
change the basic tempo of a song, please refer to “Changing the
Tempo of Recorded Songs” (p. 114).
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