General Music S2 Turbo, Owner'S Manual

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200 REFERENCE GUIDE
Notes and suggestions
C
OPY
The “Merge” mode, which does not destroy data at the destination, can be exploited to
programme the percussion instruments separately then copy all of them to a single track.
A
PPEND
The Append function is used to copy any other Song present in Ram to the “tail” of
the Song currently in edit. This can be useful if you want to programme different parts of
the Song separately, perhaps to create a Song with different Time signatures. In fact, the
copied Song retains its original Time signature, even if it differs to the Song to which it is
united.
M
ICROSCOPE
The Event List of the Microscope is a window which looks into the list of
events contained in the track. By rotating the
DIAL
, you can scroll through all the events in
the window:
E
DIT
S
TOP TO BAR
In Record mode, the Locator in the “Record” display can be considered as a
Punch In, and the parameter “Edit Stop to bar” as a Punch Out; these elements define the
start and finish of a recording precisely.
U
NDO
If, while you’re recording, you notice that your free memory is beginning to be a
little on the low side too soon, you can stop (at an appropriate point), enter Edit Song, go to
the Utility section and disable the song’s Undo buffer. This memory buffer uses up the same
amount of memory as the Song as it is being recorded, in order to provide you with the
option of “undoing” (cancelling) your recording (you can also undo the undo command and
restore the cancelled events).
With the Undo buffer emptied, the reclaimed memory is subtracted from the “Used” read-
out and you should be able to finish your song without fear of running out of memory.
Naturally, you will no longer be able to exploit the Undo function.