Song Player/Recorder
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Playback functions
Changing the playback tempo
To increase (or decrease) the tempo of the
song you are listening to, proceed as follows:
Tempo changes contained in the song you are play-
ing back will be kept, but shifted accordingly. If you
press
[RESET¥|√]
to return to the beginning of the
song, however, the song’s tempo is reset to its origi-
nal value. See “Switching recorded parts on and
off ” on page 26 if the song’s tempo values should be
ignored (mute the Tempo track).
A
Switch off the
[DISK]
,
[MENU]
or
[SOUND¥SELECT]
button (if it lights).
B
Press
[TEMPO]
below the display and use the
[VALUE]
knob to set the tempo (20~250).
If you like the new version better, you can
save it (see page 22 or 37). It is also possible
to program tempo changes by re-recording
the Tempo track. See page 29.
Reset, rewind, fast-forward
You can use the following buttons to jump
to different song locations.
[RESET¥|√]
: allows you to return to the begin-
ning of the current song.
[º¥BWD]
: allows you to rewind one measure
at a time.
[FWD¥‰]
: allows you to fast-forward one
measure at a time.
These buttons are available both during
playback and while playback is stopped.
Song Chain function
If you switch on the “
Song Chain
”
function, the MR-200 plays back all songs in
its internal memory or on floppy disk when-
ever you press the
[PLAY¥®]
button. Playback
starts at the first song and runs until the last
song. After playing back that song, the
MR-200 returns to the first song and repeats
the cycle.
A
Press the
[MENU]
button.
B
Use the PAGE
[√][®]
buttons to select the fol-
lowing function:
C
Use the
[VALUE]
knob to select “
Floppy
”
(playback loop of the files on the inserted
disk), “
Internal
” (playback loop of the
internal songs) or “
Off
” to switch the
function off.
D
Press
[MENU]
again (it goes dark) to leave
this function.
The Song Chain setting is not saved.
E
If you selected “
Floppy
”, insert a disk
into the drive.
F
Press
[PLAY¥®]
to start playback of all songs
in the internal memory or on floppy disk.
G
Press
[STOP¥ª]
to stop playback.
H
Repeat steps
A
~
D
to switch the “Song
Chain” function back off again.
Song Chain
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Floppy