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Chapter 15 Song Recording
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More Song editing features
In Tips 63 and 64 above, you learned how to enter Pattern numbers and BPM values to the measures of your
Song. But that’s not all you can do. In this Tip, we’ll show you how to use the rest of the powerful Song
editing features in your tunes.
By the way, we’ll keep these instructions to the bare-bones minimum. Read about these cool tools, then try
using them in your own Songs and see what you come up with.
Remember, the basic method is the same for all:
1) Enter the Song Edit mode.
(In the Song mode, hold down [SHIFT] and press the [SONG] button.)
2) Select the desired measure.
(Hold down [SHIFT] and use the [OCT <<]/[OCT >>] buttons.)
3) Play back the Pattern.
(Press the Start/Stop button.)
4) Select the event type you want to edit.
(See instructions for each event below.)
5) Set the value.
(Use the DATA knob. In the case of Track Mute below, follow the relevant instructions.)
Naturally, repeat Steps 2 - 5 as often as needed. Press [EXIT] when you’re done editing. And don’t forget to
store your new creation. (See page 89.)
Pattern
(Described in Tip 63 above.)
To select:
Press the [PATTERN SELECT] button.
Pitch Offset
Just as with the similar Pattern control (Transpose; on page 36), this lets you change the playback pitch.
By making different settings throughout various measures in the Song, you can program your own chord
progressions, and have the Patterns change key.
To select:
Hold down [SHIFT] and press the [KEYBOARD] button.
Both the [KEYBOARD] button and the PITCH lamp flash, indicating Pitch Offset is selected.
BPM
(Described in Tip 64 above.)
To select:
Hold down [SHIFT] and press the [TAP] button.
Beat
This lets you change the total number of steps in the Pattern at the selected measure. (For details, see
Tip 6.) One use of this would be to create a half-bar Pattern. For example, if you’ve entered a 16-step
Pattern at the measure, setting this to “
8
” would effectively cut the Pattern in half. If you’re only aiming
for a brief change, remember to reset the Beat in the next measure or so!
To select:
Hold down [SHIFT] and press the [BEAT] ([SWING]) button.
Both the [SWING] button and the BEAT lamp flash, indicating Beat is selected.
