Using the Song Sequencer

5.Use buttons R-1 (5) to R-4 ( • ) and buttons R-7 (6) to R-10 (,) to specify the length of the note you want to input.

•For information about how to specify note lengths, see step 4 under “To insert an event” (page E-94).

•You can perform the following operations during step input to insert ties and rests.

To do this:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Perform this operation:

Tie the note at the

1.

At the current cursor position, specify the length of the note you want to tie with the immediately

current cursor position

 

preceding note event.

 

 

with the note event

2.

Press the R-11 (.) button.

 

 

immediately before it

•

This adds the length of the note you specified in step 1 to the length of the note immediately

 

 

preceding it. At this time, the cursor will move forward by the timing of the added amount.

 

 

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A Preceding note event

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

B Current cursor position

 

 

 

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A

C

C Cursor position after process

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Insert a rest before the

1.

At the current cursor position, specify a note that is the same length as the rest you want to insert.

current cursor position

2.

Press the R-5 (REST) button.

 

 

 

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The cursor will move forward by the length of the note you specified in step 1.

 

 

 

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B Current cursor position

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

B

 

 

 

 

 

 

C C Cursor position after process

6.Press the keyboard key that corresponds to the note you want to input.

•The note is input as soon as you press the keyboard key, and the cursor will move by the length you specified in step 5 to the next measure:beat:tick. From there you can input the next note, if you want.

7.Repeat steps 5 and 6 to input the notes you want.

•If you want to input a series of notes of the same length, skip step 5 and perform step 6 only.

8.After inputting all of the notes you want, press the R-15 (EXIT) or R-17 (t, y) button.

•This returns to the event editor screen.

Input Menu Setting Items

Pressing the C-17 (MENU) button while holding down the R-13 (FUNCTION) button during step input will display the input menu. The following explains the meanings and setting ranges of the input menu items. The settings marked with an asterisk (*) in the “Setting Range” column are initial defaults.

Item name

Description

Setting Range

GateRate

Specifies the gate rate as a percentage of the actually input gate length for the

001% to 080%* to 100%

(Gate Rate)

length (gate length) of the note event that was specified using buttons R-1 (5)

 

 

through R-4 ( • ) and R-7 (6) through R-10 (,). Specifying a GateRate of

 

 

080% and inputting a quarter note (96 ticks), for example, will result in a GATE

 

 

setting of 00:76 (96 X 0.8 = 76.8, cut off to 76).

 

 

 

 

Velocity

Specifies the velocity value of an input note event or chord event. Specifying

KeyOn, 001 to 100* to 127

(Velocity)

“KeyOn” inputs a velocity value in accordance with applied key pressure.

 

 

 

 

SysTrack

Selects either note event input or chord event input when inputting to the

note*, Chord

(System Track)

system track.

 

 

 

 

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