General Music S2 Turbo, Owner'S Manual

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S
EQUENCER AND
S
ONG
What is a Sequencer – The S Series Sequencer
The Sequencer (or M
IDI
recorder) is a recorder of M
IDI
events (notes, pitch bend,
modulation...), capable of creating multi-timbral songs (tracks) and reproducing
them using the internal sound generator of the instrument or the sound generator of
other instruments connected to M
IDI
O
UT
.
The Sequencer of the S Series can record songs consisting of 16 tracks, modifying
the events recorded with the general commands or single event-edit procedures.
In addition to the 16 tracks where notes can be recorded, a “ghost” track (the
Master Track) is also recorded which contains all the data pertaining to the Per-
formance and Effect changes, Tempo and main Volume variations.
In the S Series the Songs are associated to Banks of Performances, and these
constitute the Banks/Songs.
Playback and Record
A Song can be recorded (Record) or played back (Playback). Song playback and
recording can be controlled in the Playback and Record displays (Figs. 1 and 2).
• Press
RECORD
to activate the Record display (and to access all the recording
operations).
To enter Playback you must (a) enter
EDIT SONG
by pressing
SONG
in the Edit
section, and, if necessary (b) select “Rec/play” in the Edit Song display.
The Playback display shows the Song parameters and allows you to modify the
Tempo. You can edit the other parameters in
EDIT SONG
(s.).
The Song and the Performance Bank
During the recording you can record the Sound changes for each track as well as
the Performance changes which change the general configuration of the instrument
while the Song is playing. The Performance can be used to perform complex tasks,
such as changing the track configurations and all the Sounds played, as well as
simple variations, such as assigning Effects to the tracks.
A Song requires a Bank/Song with suitable Performances. If none of the ten stand-
ard Bank/Songs contain Performances which suit the Song, you must create a Bank/
Song with different Performances.
A new Bank/Song must be created even when the instrument has only one Bank/
Song (this can happen when you load the contents of a floppy disk or cancel a
Bank/Song).
In some cases it may be necessary to cancel the Song that resides in the Bank/Song
to record a new Song with the Bank/Song Performances (e.g. cancel the Demo Song
of the Bank/Song 1 to record a new Song).
Figure 2: “Record” display Figure 1: “Playback” display
(8) Sequencer e Song
While a Song is in Record mode
(
RECORD BUTTON FLASHING
) it is not
possible to access certain
functions, such as the “Save
Performance” command: