11. CHAINS AND SONGS
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11.2.1 SONG EDIT MENU
Songs are created in the SONG EDIT menu, which is accessed by pressing
[FUNC]
+
[SONG MODE]
.
Songs are played row by row, starting from the top and moving towards the bottom. If a song row con-
tains a chain, all patterns in the chain will play before the song play position moves to the next row. The
song play position is indicated by inverted pattern number graphics. In the top right corner of the screen
the BPM and the amount of played bars and beats is shown.
To navigate between song rows as well as patterns assigned to the song rows, use the
[ARROW]
keys.
When the song cursor highlights a pattern position, the pattern number becomes enclosed by a square.
When the song cursor is placed before or after a pattern, it will form a thin line.
To start playing a Song from the beginning, double-press
[STOP]
. The song play position will automat-
ically be moved to the first pattern of the first song row. Songs can, however, start playing from any
pattern position. Highlight a pattern position by moving the song cursor using the
[ARROW]
keys. Press
[YES]
to select this position. The graphics will become inverted, indicating this is the song play position.
Press
[PLAY]
to start playing the Song from this position.
Copy, paste, and clear commands can be executed on the song rows.
11.2.2 ADDING SONG ROWS AND ASSIGNING PATTERNS AND CHAINS
Press
[FUNC]
+
[YES]
to add a song row. The new song row will be inserted below the row on which the
cursor is, and the pattern A01 will automatically be assigned to the new row. To assign another pattern
to the song row, use the
[ARROW]
keys to move the song cursor, so the pattern assigned to the row
becomes highlighted and then press a
[BANK X/X]
key + a
[TRIG]
key. In general, the pattern assigning
procedure is the same as when selecting a pattern. For more information, please see “10.1.1 SELECTING
A PATTERN” on page 37.
To add a chain to a song row, select a song row and press the
[RIGHT]
arrow key. The song cursor will
move from the pattern position and become a line. Press a
[BANK X/X]
key + a
[TRIG]
key to select the
pattern that will be added to the chain.
Remove a pattern in a chain by highlighting it with the song cursor and pressing
[FUNC]
+
[NO]
.
If a song row contains a chain, individual patterns can be rearranged in the chain. Select the pattern by
highlighting it with the song cursor and press
[FUNC]
+
[LEFT]
/
[RIGHT]
.
Move a song row up or down in the song by moving the song cursor to the song row and pressing
[FUNC]
+
[UP]
/
[DOWN]
. Note that the scratch pad row “_ _:” can be moved up or down in the list in the
same way. The position of the scratch pad row is important, because it determines where the new song
row will be located when a new chain (and a new scratch pad row) is created outside of the SONG EDIT
menu. The new song row will be inserted above the new scratch pad row, and it will have the same num-
ber as the song row below the previous scratch pad row.
Erase an entire song row, one pattern at a time, by repeatedly pressing
[FUNC]
+
[NO]
.
11.2.3 ADDING REPEATS, MUTES AND TRANSPOSE INFORMATION
Various extra information can be entered for song rows and pattern or patterns assigned to the song
rows.
Repeat a song row with a chosen factor by moving to the leftmost position of the song row. Turn
DATA
ENTRY
knob
A
to select how many times the song row will be repeated.
Add song mutes to a pattern by highlighting it and pressing
[FUNC]
+
[TRACK]
. The mute graphics to
the right in the screen shows which tracks have been muted. Tracks muted from a song are also indicat-
ed by half-bright
[TRACK]
keys. Unlike track mutes, song mutes are pattern specific. Different patterns
can have different song muted tracks. When not in SONG EDIT menu and song muted tracks are manual-
ly muted by pressing
[FUNC]
+
[TRACK]
, the
[TRACK]
keys will become unlit, i.e., track muted. The track
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