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CHAPTER 5: SONG MODE
Song Mode Basics
After creating the Patterns that make up a Song, it's time to string those Patterns
together in a musically useful way. You can incorporate Preset Patterns, or a
combination of Preset and User Patterns. There are three ways to create Songs:
In real time. As the iDM02 plays in Song Mode (with Compose mode selected), it
will remember the Patterns and Fills you select.
Manually. Select Song mode and program a list of Patterns and Fills in the order in
which the Patterns are to be played. You can specify the beat and sub-beat on
which the Fill takes over from the associated main Pattern.
A combination of real time and manual recording. Create a Song in real time, then
edit it manually to insert extra Song steps, delete Song steps, etc.
The iDM02 holds up to 100 Songs, and each Song can contain up to 254 steps. Each
step holds either a Pattern number or Fill. Each Song remembers the tempo at which it
was last played.
Select Songs and Enter/Exit Song Mode
1.
The iDM02 should be in Song mode.
2.
Select PERFORM mode.
3.
Enter a two-digit Song number with the number or INC/DEC buttons. Song
numbers must always include two digits; enter a leading zero if necessary.
4.
Press PLAY to begin playback. Press STOP to stop playback.
5.
To exit Song mode and return to Pattern mode, first stop the Song with the STOP
button, then press the PATTERN/SONG button.
Set Song Tempo
Song tempo can be changed while the iDM02 is stopped or running, and the Song
remembers the last tempo that was chosen. There are two ways to set tempo.
1.
Before pressing PLAY to start a Song, tap the STOP button several times at the
desired tempo. The iDM02 will average the time between taps and derive a tempo.
2.
Use the TEMPO/PAGE up and down buttons.
Continue, Re-start, or Jump to Next Song Step
In Compose mode, if you stop a Song and then press PLAY, the Song will continue
from the first beat of the Pattern that was playing when STOP was pressed.
In Perform mode, if you stop a Song and then press PLAY, the Song will re-start
from the beginning.
In either Compose or Perform mode, press PLAY while the Song is playing to
immediately jump ahead to the next Song step. Its associated Pattern will begin on
the downbeat. This is a convenient way to "fast forward" over certain parts of a
Song.
