12-4
Song Mode and the Song Editor
Song Mode: The MAIN Page
Volume (Vol)
You can set a volume level for each track as a value between
0
and
127
. If the channel of the
RecTrk (or the control channel, if RecTrk is set to
Multi
or
None
) contains any recorded volume
change (controller 7), the change will be reflected as the Vol parameter’s value in real time, as
well as on the MIXER page. Also, changing the Vol value while recording will write volume
automation (controller 7 messages) to the current RecTrk’s event list.
Initial Volume Settings
Each song file does not automatically save your volume setting for each track. To make a song
save your volume settings for each track, you must write an initial volume for each track. Initial
volume is the volume setting that will be used when your song is played back from the start of
bar 1. An initial volume setting is essentially a volume automation message that is written before
the first tick of a track. Initial volume settings are not automatically written during recording
because they make it harder to try out different volume settings for a track. For example, an
initial volume will reset any volume adjustments that you make during playback each time the
song is stopped and played from the start of bar 1, or if the song is stopped and played from any
point if the Control Chase parameter set to On on the Song:MISC page (see
Song Mode: The MISC
Page
on page 12-17
.) If you plan to try out different volume settings, it is easier if you write an
initial volume after you have found the desired setting.
Setting Initial Volume Per Track
Follow these steps to change the current
RecTrk
’s initial volume. While the sequencer is stopped,
press
Record
, change the value of Vol, press
Stop
, and save the song (follow the same method to
quickly set initial program or pan settings.) Initial program, volume, and pan can also be set at
the top of each track’s event list (see
Song Editor: The EVENT Page
on page 12-31
.)
Setting Initial Values For All Tracks
An important last step before saving a finished song is to store initial values of Program, Volume
and Pan for all tracks. This can be done at any time, but is best done as a last step if you plan to
make a lot of adjustments to these settings. To write initial settings for all tracks, press the Keep
soft button on the Song:MIXER page (see
Song Mode: The MIXER Page
on page 12-12
.) After
pressing the Keep soft button you must save your song to save these settings (you are
automatically prompted to save upon exiting the Song:MIXER page.) Pressing the Keep soft
button stores the current value of each track’s Program, Volume and Pan settings as initial
settings. Be sure that these values on each track are set to the value that you wish to store, as the
settings may have changed if you have written any automation.
Note:
Don’t use the
Keep
soft button if you would like certain tracks to not be stored with initial values. In
this case, only set initial values for each desired parameter as described above (see Setting Initial Volume
Per Track.)
Volume Sources When An Initial Volume Is Not Set
If an initial volume is not stored with each track, the volume for each track of your song will be
set depending on what mode you were in previous to loading the song. If you are in Song mode
and have played a song, and then you load a song without initial volumes, the volume of each
track of the newly loaded song will be set by the previously played song. Volume settings are tied
to MIDI channels, so the volume of each track will be dependent on which MIDI channel is
assigned to each track in each song. If you are in Song mode and you load a song that does not
have initial volumes without playing another song first, the volume of the MIDI channel for each
track is set depending on which mode you enter Song mode from. If you enter Song mode from
MIDI mode, Program mode, or Quick Access mode, the volume of each MIDI channel is set in
MIDI mode on the Channels page. If you enter Song mode from Setup mode, the volume of each
MIDI channel is set if a zone uses the same MIDI channel on the SetupMode CH/PROG page (set
with the Channel parameter.) If a zone does use a MIDI channel that one of the tracks in your
song uses, the volume of that track will be set by the ExitVolume parameter of that zone (on the
SetupMode:PAN-VOL page.) If multiple zones use the same MIDI channel, the ExitVolume of the
