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12. CHAINS AND SONGS
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12. CHAINS AND SONGS
Chains are sequences that consist of one or more patterns. Chains are used to form songs.
256 pattern entries are available to the 64 chains. For example, one chain can consist of 256 patterns or
two chains can consist of 128 patterns each. In most scenarios, however, using 2-8 patterns in a chain will
be enough.
One song is always active and worked on. Songs contain two main forms of entries, song rows, and a
scratch pad row. The active song row is visible in the bottom left part of the LCD. If a scratch pad row is
active, the graphics will show “_ _:”. The scratch pad row is by default placed after all song rows.
Each song row contains a chain. These entries are saved together with the song. The scratch pad row also
contains a chain or a pattern and is also saved as part of the song. The purpose of the scratch pad row is to
enable experimentation with chains and patterns without affecting already programmed song rows.
12.1 CHAINS
If the active song row or scratch pad row contains a chain, all patterns in the chain will be played when acti-
vating the CHAIN mode by pressing
[CHAIN MODE]
. When deactivating the mode, and SONG mode is not
active, the currently active pattern will be played over and over. The currently active pattern, and any other
patterns in the chain are visible in the lower left corner of the LCD screen.
Chains can be created even if CHAIN mode is deactivated. When creating chains this way, two methods
exist, detailed chain mode and quick chain mode. Create chains according to detailed mode by pressing
[CHAIN MODE]
+
[LEFT]
/
[RIGHT]
to move the chain cursor. It can either be placed before a pattern, on a
pattern or after a pattern. If the cursor is placed before a pattern and a new pattern is selected by pressing
[BANK X/X]
+
[TRIG]
, the selected pattern will be inserted before the pattern located after the cursor. If
the cursor is highlighting a pattern and a new pattern is selected, the highlighted pattern will be replaced.
When activating CHAIN mode, the patterns in the chain will be played in sequence. The chain will be looped
once the final pattern of the chain has played. To create chains in quick mode, press
[BANK X/X]
and then
press the
[TRIG]
keys in the same order as you want the chained patterns to play (and keep the previous
trig key pressed while you press the next one, the one after that and so on so that the sequencer can rec-
ognize that you’re building a chain and not just switching patterns). Please note that the previous chain will
be erased when you create a chain using quick chain mode.
Pressing
[CHAIN MODE]
+
[NO/RELOAD]
will, depending on the location of the chain cursor, either erase
the pattern located before the cursor or the one highlighted by it.
Pressing
[FUNCTION]
+
[CHAIN MODE]
will create a new, blank, scratch pad row. The scratch pad row will
be placed at the very bottom of the song row list (which can be seen when opening the SONG EDIT menu).
The content of the previous scratch pad row will be added as a new song row following the last song row.
CHAIN mode is ideal when improvising live. When CHAIN mode is deactivated, and only the
active pattern is looping, create a chain and then activate CHAIN mode. At any time, exit
CHAIN mode to loop one pattern only. Add and remove patterns to create a completely new
chain and activate CHAIN mode again. By creating new chains through pressing [FUNCTION]
+ [CHAIN MODE], improvised songs can quickly be created.
12.2 SONGS
Songs are essentially patterns and chains structured to form a longer sequence. To enter SONG mode,
press the
[SONG MODE]
key. The <SONG> LED will light up, indicating SONG mode is active. The active
song will start to play, row by row. If the active song row is the scratch pad row (in its bottom-of-the-stack
default position) it will play through its chain of patterns once, then stop. If the scratch pad row has been
moved within the song, it will play the following song row. The song row playing is shown in the lower left
corner of the LCD screen.
12.2.1 SONG EDIT MENU
Songs are created in the SONG EDIT menu, which is accessed by pressing
[FUNCTION]
+
[SONG
MODE]
.