Chapter 15 Song Recording
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Creating a Song
Finally, we come to the culminating feature of the DX200. This is the place where you bring together all the
Voices, Scenes, Free EG moves and Patterns you’ve made — and use them to create your own original
Songs.
1 Call up the Song mode and clear a Song.
Give yourself a blank slate for putting together your own Song. (Have you tried clearing a Song yet? If
not, go back to Tip 62 and do it now.)
2 Call up the Song Edit mode.
You’ll need to enter the Song Edit mode to do any Song recording or edit-
ing. To do this, simultaneously hold down [SHIFT] and press the [SONG]
button.
The PATTERN indicator should flash. If PATTERN is NOT flashing, press
[PATTERN SELECT] to get it flashing and enable Pattern number entry.
3 Select the measure to which you want to record.
Simultaneously hold down [SHIFT] and use the [OCT <<]/[OCT >>] ([BWD]/[FWD]) buttons to move for-
ward or backward in the Song, measure-by-measure.
Also, try this alternate method below — and move more quickly and easily through the measures.
1) Hold down [SHIFT] and press either of the [BWD]/[FWD] buttons.
2) Then, release the buttons, and use the [DATA] knob.
In this condition, turning the [DATA] knob steps through the measures. For even speedier selection, hold
down [SHIFT] while turning the [DATA] knob — and jump through the Song ten measures at a click.
4 Press the Start/Stop button.
Doing this loops the currently selected Pattern at the currently selected measure. This allows you to hear
your Song edits in the steps below — in real time.
If you want, you can stop playback by pressing the Start/Stop button before going on to Step 5 below. Or
keep it going and continue editing while the Pattern loops.
5 Select the Pattern number to be assigned (to the measure selected
above).
Use the DATA knob. Any of the Patterns can be selected — Preset or User. Remember that you can eas-
ily switch between the Preset Patterns and the User Patterns by holding down [SHIFT] and pressing the
[PATTERN] button. (See page 80.)
You may also want to record an initial BPM setting at the first measure of your Song. This
determines the basic tempo for the entire Song. For more information, see Tip 64.)
