Using the Song Sequencer
E-94
5.
Use buttons R-1 (
5
) to R-4 ( • ) and buttons R-7 (
6
) to R-10 (
,
) to specify the length of the note you want
to input.
• For information about how to specify note lengths, see step 4 under “To insert an event” (page E-87).
• You can perform the following operations during step input to insert ties and rests.
6.
Press the keyboard key that corresponds to the note you want to input.
• The note is input as soon as you press the keyboard key, and the cursor will move by the length you specified in step 5 to the
next measure:beat:tick. From there you can input the next note, if you want.
7.
Repeat steps 5 and 6 to input the notes you want.
• If you want to input a series of notes of the same length, skip step 5 and perform step 6 only.
8.
After inputting all of the notes you want, press the R-15 (EXIT) or R-17 (
t
,
y
) button.
• This returns to the event editor screen.
Pressing the
C-13 (MENU)
button while holding down the
R-13 (FUNCTION)
button during step input will display the input menu.
The following explains the meanings and setting ranges of the input menu items. The settings marked with an asterisk (
*
) in the
“Setting Range” column are initial defaults.
To do this:
Perform this operation:
Tie the note at the
current cursor position
with the note event
immediately before it
1. At the current cursor position, specify the length of the note you want to tie with the immediately
preceding note event.
2. Press the
R-11 (
.
)
button.
• This adds the length of the note you specified in step 1 to the length of the note immediately
preceding it. At this time, the cursor will move forward by the timing of the added amount.
Insert a rest before the
current cursor position
1. At the current cursor position, specify a note that is the same length as the rest you want to insert.
2. Press the
R-5 (REST)
button.
• The cursor will move forward by the length of the note you specified in step 1.
Input Menu Setting Items
Item name
Description
Setting Range
GateRate
(Gate Rate)
Specifies the gate rate as a percentage of the actually input gate length for the
length (gate length) of the note event or chord event that was specified using
buttons
R-1 (
5
)
through
R-4 ( • )
and
R-7 (
6
)
through
R-10 (
,
)
. Specifying a
GateRate of 080% and inputting a quarter note (96 ticks), for example, will
result in a GATE setting of 00:76 (96
X
0.8 = 76.8, cut off to 76).
001% to 080%
*
to 100%
Velocity
(Velocity)
Specifies the velocity value of an input note event or chord event. Specifying
“KeyOn” inputs a velocity value in accordance with applied key pressure.
KeyOn, 001 to 100
*
to 127
SysTrack
(System Track)
Selects either note event input or chord event input when inputting to the
system track.
note
*
, Chord
2
6
A B
2 2
6
A
C
A
Preceding note event
B
Current cursor position
C
Cursor position after process
2
6
B
2
6
C
B
Current cursor position
C
Cursor position after process
