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Chapter 3: Recording Sequences
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2. It sets the amount by which the current sequence position
will change when either the REWIND [<] or FAST
FORWARD [>] key is pressed.
• The Swing% field:
This field only appears if the Note Value field is set to either 1/16- or
1/8-notes. The swing feature is a variation of timing correction.
Whereas normal timing correction moves your notes to perfect 1/16-
or 1/8-note intervals, the swing feature moves your notes to swing-
timing intervals. The amount of swing is measured as a percentage
of time given to the first note in each pair of 1/16- or 1/8-notes. The
range of values is from 50% to 75%. For example:
• A swing setting of 50% gives perfectly even timing with no
swing effect; the first and second notes of each pair of 1/16-
or 1/8-notes have equal (50%) timing.
• A swing setting of 66% indicates a technically perfect
swing; the first note of each pair of 1/8 or 1/16 notes has a
timing value of twice that of the second note, giving the
effect of 1/16- or 1/8-note triplets where the middle note of
each triplet is silent.
• A swing setting of 75% is the highest swing setting; the
first note of each pair of 1/8 or 1/16 notes has a timing value
of three times that of the second note. This creates a very
exaggerated swing timing.
A very important use of the swing feature is to add a human rhythm
feel to the timing of your music. Here are a couple of useful settings
to experiment with:
• Note Value = 1/16, Swing = 54%, Tempo = 100 BPM:
While not enough swing for a true swing feel, this small
amount of swing timing removes the stiffness from perfect 1/
16-note timing and is especially useful on drum sequences
using 1/16-note hi-hats.
• Note Value = 1/16, Swing = 62%, Tempo = 100 BPM:
This creates an 1/16-note swing feel that could be described
as more relaxed than a perfect triplet swing (66%).
As with timing correction, swing moves your notes in real time as
they are recorded into the sequence, so your notes are instantly
played back with the specified shift. Also, as with timing correction,
this effect can be used on existing sequence data by using SOFT
KEY 1 (
<Move existing> ).
• The Shift timing and Shift amount fields:
These two fields work in conjunction with the
Note value
and
Swing%
fields to move your notes to shifted timing locations. The
Shift timing
field sets the direction of shift (EARLIER or
LATER) and the
Shift amount
field sets the amount of timing
shift in ticks (1/96 of a 1/4-note). For example, in order to compen-
sate for the slow attack time of a particular synthesizer, you might