General Music S2 Turbo, Owner'S Manual

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82 PRACTICAL GUIDE
9
H
OW TO
R
ECORD A
S
ONG
What is a Song?
A Song is a recorded musical piece made up of several instrumental “parts”. Each Bank/
Song consists of a Song (or an empty slot where a Song can be recorded) which exploits
the Performances of the Bank/Song to which it belongs.
The playback and recording of the Song is controlled by the Music Processor’s on-board
Sequencer. It is possible to record a Song, or load it from disk in the form of a Bank/Song
or a M
IDI
-file.
A Song can be saved to floppy disk (as a Bank/Song) for the purpose of building a library
of Songs and exchange with other S Series instruments. It is possible to save a Song in
Standard M
IDI
-file format in order to play it on other equipment, regardless of the manu-
facturer.
Finally, it is possible to carry out multi-track recordings via MIDI, and the Song can play
external musical instruments connected to the Music Processor’s M
IDI
O
UT
.
The Song tracks
Each part of a Song corresponds to one of the Tracks of a Performance. A Performance is
always selected when you enter Song mode and, during the course of the Song playback
or recording, you can select other Performances in order to modify the status and con-
figuration of the tracks. A Song can utilise all the Performances of the Bank/Song to
which it belongs.
To visualise the status of the tracks engaged by the Song, press the
SONG
button in the
Source section (led on).
The status of each track of the Song is identified by the following symbols shown in the
track column:
e
The track contains recorded notes.
– The track is completely empty.
x The track is set to “mute”.
Prepare the tracks for the recording
A Song records the data generated by the
LOCAL
Source (keyboard or master keyboard via
M
IDI
-C
OMMON
) and the
MIDI IN
Source (instruments connected to the M
IDI
I
N
not via M
IDI
-
C
OMMON
). It is important, therefore, to set one or both Sources correctly before you start
to record your Song:
LOCAL
the status of this Source determines the number of tracks that can be recorded in the Song
among those activated for recording. For example, if you activate 6 tracks in Record mode with
the local Source set to
layer, the Song will record two layered tracks that have the lowest numbers
among the six tracks activated in Record. It is of no importance if the local tracks are set to mute
(“x” symbol).
MIDI IN
if you are recording data generated by the Midi In Source, the Sequencer will only record
tracks activated to receive Midi In events (shown with the symbol “
e
” ), provided that they are also
activated for recording. If the Midi In Source is set to single, the Sequencer will record only one
track of Midi In events, regardless of how many tracks are activated for recording.
Configure the
LOCAL
and
MIDI IN
Sources. Select the required playing mode for the
LOCAL
Source. For the
MIDI IN
Source, select multi and activate the tracks for the reception of
Midi In events (symbol “
e
” in the track column).