Song Mode and the Song Editor
Song Mode: The MAIN Page
13-5
Pan
You can set an initial pan position (the balance between the Left and Right audio channels) for the
playback and recording of each track as a value between 0 and 127. A value of 64 is center. If the
channel of the RecTrk or the control channel contains any panning data (continuous controller
10), the change will be reflected as the Pan parameter’s value in real time, as well as on the
MIXER page. Also, changing the Pan value while recording will write Pan automation (CC 10
messages) to the current RecTrk’s event list.
Initial Pan Settings
Each song file does not automatically save your Pan setting for each track. To make a song save
your Pan settings for each track, you must write an initial Pan value for each track. Initial Pan is
the Pan setting that will be used when your song is played back from the start of bar 1. An initial
Pan setting is essentially a Pan automation message that is written before the first tick of a track.
Initial Pan settings are not automatically written during recording because they make it harder to
try out different Pan settings for a track. For example, an initial Pan setting will reset any Pan
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 13-16
.) If you plan to
try out different pan positions, it is easier if you write an initial Pan after you have found the
desired setting.
Setting Initial Pan Per Track
Follow these steps to change the current RecTrk’s initial Pan. While the sequencer is stopped,
press Record, change the value of Pan, press Stop, and save the song (follow the same method to
quickly set initial program or volume settings.) Initial program, pan, and volume can also be set
at the top of each track’s event list (see
“Song Editor: The EVENT Page” on page 13-29
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 13-11
.) 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 in
Pan Sources When An Initial Pan Is Not Set
Pan settings are tied to MIDI channels, so the Pan of each track will be dependent on which MIDI
channel is assigned to each track in each song. If an initial Pan setting is not stored with each
track of a song, the each track will use the last Pan setting set in each MIDI channel. For example,
if you are in Song mode and have played a song, and then you load a song without initial Pan
settings, the volume of each track of the newly loaded song will be set by the MIDI channel Pan
settings in the previously played song. If you are in Song mode and you load a song that does not
have initial Pan settings without playing another song first, each MIDI channel will have the Pan
settings last used in Program mode (set by any MIDI Pan messages (CC 10) received while in
Program Mode).
