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The
[LEFT]
and
[RIGHT]
arrow keys are used to navigate between the characters. Turning the
LEVEL/
DATA
knob or pressing the
[UP]
or
[DOWN]
arrow keys selects the characters.
[FUNC]
+
[NO]
erases
characters.
[FUNC]
+
[YES]
inserts space. Press and hold
[FUNC]
to access the Pop-up Naming menu.
7.8.1 POP-UP NAMING
A convenient way of naming is to open a pop-up menu that shows all available letters, symbols, and
digits. Press and hold the
[FUNC]
key when you are on the NAMING screen to access the Pop-up
Naming screen.
Keep
[FUNC]
pressed and use the
[ARROW]
keys to highlight the character you want to insert. Once
there, release
[FUNC]
to add the character.
Copy, paste, and clear commands are available on the NAMING screen.
7.9 KEYBOARD MODE
Press
[FUNC]
+
[TRK]
(short press) to enter KEYBOARD mode. In this mode, you can use the
[TRIG]
keys
play the sound of the active audio track (or send MIDI notes if is has a MIDI machine assigned) in a number
of selectable scales. With
KB SCALE
set to CHROMATIC and
KB FOLD
set to OFF the
[TRIG]
keys will
light up in a pattern that resembles an octave of a piano keyboard layout. Only lit keys are playable. Press
[TRK]
+
[TRIG 1–12]
keys to select the track you want to play.
Press the trig keys to change the note pitch of the sound. The full range you can trig for audio track with
Digital voice types spans 10 octaves: middle, 4 up and 5 down. The full range you can trig for audio track
with Analog Drum and Analog Cymbal voice types spans 8 octaves: middle, 2 up and 5 down. The full range
for MIDI tracks spans ten octaves. Press the
[ARROW]
keys
[UP]
or
[DOWN]
, to transpose the virtual key-
board up or down in octave steps.
Notes trigged in KEYBOARD mode can be recorded on the sequencer in LIVE RECORDING mode. For
more information, please see “9.3.3 LIVE RECORDING MODE” on page 37.
The active state of KEYBOARD mode is stored per track.
Press
[FUNC] + [TRK]
to exit KEYBOARD mode.
7.9.1 KEYBOARD SETUP MENU
Press
[FUNC]
+
[TRK]
(long press) to open the KEYBOARD SETUP menu. Here you get a graphical
view of which notes the
[TRIG]
keys play. Press
[UP]
/
[DOWN]
to transpose the keyboard up or down an
octave. In this menu, you can also set different musical scales, and select the root note of the scale. Use
the
DATA ENTRY
knobs to change the settings. Press
[NO]
to exit the menu. Press
[FUNC] + [TRK]
to
exit KEYBOARD mode. The settings are stored in the active pattern.