EUROGRAND

5.5 Music sequencer

The EUROGRAND provides a built-in 2-track sequencer which allows you to record and play back a piece of music . For each of the two tracks you can select one or two sounds for recording. This means that the music sequencer can play back up to four sounds at the same time. While playing back a music piece you can also play on the keyboard to produce complex performances with up to six different sounds.

What is more, you can use the music sequencer for practising. For example, you could record the left and right-hand parts of a piece separately on the two tracks. During playback switch off one track (=hand) and play the muted part yourself. Thus, you can practice each part individually within its musical context.

5.5.1 Recording pieces of music

This section describes how to record music pieces with the built-in music sequencer.

1)Press the REC button. The REC LED above the TRACK-1 or TRACK-2 button lights up. The dots in the display start

flashing in the adjusted metronome tempo, thus indicating the beat. Now, the EUROGRAND is set to record mode.

+The memory of the music sequencer can store up to 10,000 notes. However, this number can decrease de- pending on how much pedaling information is stored.

+You can quit record mode by pressing the REC button again.

2)If necessary, adjust the metronome tempo and meter as described in chapter 5.4.

3)Keep pressing the TRACK-1 button until the REC LED above the corresponding button lights up red. Now, track 1 is selected for recording. If you did a recording take before, the last track selected will be used for recording. Depending on which track is currently used, you will have to select the other track for recording.

+TIP: If the PLAY LED for one of the tracks lights up, this warns you that notes have already been recorded on this track. If you select this track again for recording (REC LED lights up red), the previous recording will be lost.

4)Select a sound in the SOUND SELECT section. You can also use a sound combination (see chapter 4.1) for recording.

5)Switch on the acoustic metronome signal by pressing the METRONOME button, if you want to make a metronome- backed recording.

6)Start recording by pressing the START/STOP button or simply start playing on the keyboard. The current meter is counted in the display.

+If the display starts flashing during recording and reads the message FUL, this is to warn you that the recording memory has been used up. All data recorded up to this point will be stored, but the recording process will be terminated.

7)Once your recording is finished stop the sequencer by press- ing the START/STOP button again.

+Recording mode will thus be canceled automatically.

8)Repeat the whole procedure to record a second track. This time, however, select TRACK 2 instead of TRACK 1 in step #3.

+TIP: If the right-hand part of a music piece you want to practice has been recorded on track 2 and the left-hand part on track 1 (for example, by your piano teacher), you can mute one of the two tracks during playback to practice the corresponding part.

+TIP: Press the METRONOME button again to stop the metronome click.

5.5.2Editing pieces of music

This section describes how to edit a recording by replacing a recorded track with a new recording. What is more, you can see how to record a track without playing back the second track, which can be useful when you record two different pieces of music.

+You must have recorded at least one track before you can carry out the steps described below.

+If you are not sure whether a track has been recorded or not, check this by pressing the TRACK 1 and TRACK 2 button, BEFORE you enter record mode. If one of the PLAY LEDs above the TRACK buttons light up, this shows you that something has been recorded on this track.

1)If you do not want to hear the previously recorded track while you record the second one, press the TRACK button of the track until its green PLAY LED goes out. Do this BEFORE you enter record mode. If you want to hear the previously recorded track, continue with step #2.

2)Press the REC button. The REC LED above the TRACK 1 or TRACK 2 button lights up. The dots on the display start flashing in the metronome tempo that has been set, thus indicating the beat. Now, the EUROGRAND is set to record mode.

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