Add rhythmic ‘feel’ to the songs, File name

Add rhythmic ‘feel’ to the songs

The Groove Quantize function allows you to add a rhythmic ‘feel’ to your song by putting in accents and changing timing for a more human or natural feel. You can easily vary the playing ‘feel’ by selecting different templates of different musical styles. Here’s how you can use Groove Quantize with the “21:QTZ_GRV!.SVQ(Try Groove)” contained in the demo disk.

No.	File name	Song name
21	QTZ_GRV!.SVQ	Try Groove

❶Insert the demo disk into the disk drive.

❷ Press [SEQUENCER].

❸ Make sure that the cursor is located at the song number, and press the numeric key [2] and [1] to select “21:QTZ_GRV!.SVQ(Try Groove).”

If the cursor is elsewhere, move it using [u] or [d], then select the song.

❹Press [STOP/PLAY] to play back the song.

Check the song’s rhythm before performing Groove Quantize.

❺Press [F2] (Quantiz).

The message “This Song is not Internal Song. Load anyway?” will be displayed.

❻Press [F5] (OK) to load the song into internal memory.

❼ Press [F3] (Groove).

The Groove Quantize display (SEQ/Quantize) will appear.

❽Press [STOP/PLAY] to audition the song (Preview).

❾Make sure that the cursor is positioned at the “Template Number,” and turn the VALUE dial to select a template from PRE:001–PRE:071.

If the cursor is elsewhere, move it using [u], then select the template. As you switch templates, you’ll notice the rhythmic ‘feel’ also changes.

✳If you select a number from USER:001–USER:016 before loading a user groove template, Groove Quantize will not work.

❿To end preview, press [STOP/PLAY] again.

Try out some user groove templates

In addition to the templates stored in the XP-80’s memory (PRE:001–PRE:071), you can also select user groove templates for Groove quantization. User groove templates are those you can manipulate for a Groove Quantize based on the feel of any songs you like.

The demo disk contains a user groove template file (U_TEMPLA.SVT) that holds 16 different user groove templates. This lets you access various user groove templates covering different musical categories. Load “21:QTZ_GRV!.SVQ (Try Groove)” into the XP-80’s memory and try it out.

❶Insert the demo disk into the disk drive.

❷ Press [SEQUENCER].

❸ Make sure that the cursor is positioned at the song number, and press the numeric key [2] and

[1]to select “QTZ_GRV!.SVQ(Try Groove).”

If the cursor is elsewhere, move it using [u] or [d], then select a song.