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Creating original patterns
Section 3
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4.
Use [CURSOR] and the TIME/VALUE dial to set the
measure, beat, and click from which to start recording
of the pattern.
Measure
This sets the number of measures in the pattern to be
recorded.
Valid Settings: 1–999
Tempo
When recording, this sets the tempo for confirming the
pattern.
Valid Settings: 25.0–250.0
* The tempo setting here is exclusively for confirmation of the
pattern recording. This tempo is not stored in the pattern (you
cannot make any individual tempo settings for the patterns
themselves).
Time Signature
This sets the time signature (i.e., the beat) for the pattern
to be recorded.
Valid Settings: 1/1–8/1, 1/2–8/2, 1/4–8/4, 1/8–8/8
Quantize
This sets the recording quantization.
Setting Quantize lets you to have the sounds being input
conform to preset note lengths, thus eliminating
discrepancies in the input timing.
* Press “HI” you want to keep the timing used to input the
sounds.
Valid Settings:
Quarter note Sixteenth-note triplet
Quarter-note triplet Thirty-second note
Eighth note Thirty-second-note triplet
Eighth-note triplet HI
Sixteenth note
5.
Press CURSOR [ ] [ ] to move the cursor to “REC,”
and press [ENTER].
The count-in is played, and then Realtime Recording
starts.
* You can also start Realtime Recording by pressing the [REC]
button.
6.
Set the velocity (how “hard” the note is played) for the
sounds to be input from the current point by adjusting
Fader 1.
The current velocity value is briefly indicated where the
beat value normally appears.
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7.
Input the drum sounds with the desired timing.
Use REC TRACK [1/5]–[4/8], [V-TRACK] and [TAP] to
input the drum sounds.
You can switch the UPPER and LOWER drum sounds by
pressing [RHYTHM PAD].
[RHYTHM PAD] Lit
Enables input of the UPPER drum sounds.
REC TRACK [1/5] KICK
REC TRACK [2/6] SNARE
REC TRACK [3/7] CLOSED HH
REC TRACK [4/8] OPEN HH
[V-TRACK] CRASH
[TAP] RIDE
[RHYTHM PAD] Flashing
Enables input of the LOWER drum sounds.
REC TRACK [1/5] CROSS STICK
REC TRACK [2/6] COWBELL
REC TRACK[3/7] TOM1
REC TRACK [4/8] TOM2
[V-TRACK] TOM3
[TAP] TOM4
You can confirm the drum sound currently being input
by checking the matrix at the bottom part of the display.
Indicated in the matrix
You can confirm the timing at which each rhythm
instrument sounds in the matrix display.
The
▼
mark in the lower part of the matrix indicates beat
timing.
* When a coarse Quantize setting is used, the
▼
mark may
indicate half-note or quarter-note timing.
Tempo Measure
Time Signature Quantize
Velocity