Using the Pattern Sequencer

3.Use buttons L-13 (INTRO) through L-16 (SYNCHRO/ENDING) to select the accompaniment pattern you want to play. If you want to play the INTRO accompaniment pattern, for example, press the L-13 (INTRO) button.

•Each press of the L-14(NORMAL/FILL-IN)button toggles between NORMAL and NORMAL FILL-IN, and each press of the L-15(VARIATION/FILL-IN)button toggles between VARIATION and VARIATION FILL-IN.

•The indicator for the currently selected accompaniment pattern will flash on the display.

Selecting this accompaniment

Causes this indicator

pattern:

to flash:

INTRO

E

 

 

NORMAL

F

 

 

NORMAL FILL-IN

F G

 

 

VARIATION

H

 

 

VARIATION FILL-IN

G H

 

 

ENDING

J

 

 

4.Press the L-17 (START/STOP) button.

•The specified accompaniment pattern plays back in a loop. To sound bass and chord notes, play a chord on the chord keyboard.

•Each press of the L-17 (START/STOP) button during the following operation starts or stops playback.

5.If you want to hear the notes of a particular instrument part played alone, perform the following steps.

(1) Use the R-17 (u, i) buttons to select the instrument part you want to hear played alone.

•The name of the instrument part you select will appear on the display.

Selecting this

Causes this name to

instrument part:

appear on the display:

Percussion

PERC

 

 

Drums

DRUM

 

 

Bass

BASS

 

 

Chord 1 to Chord 5

CHORD1 to CHORD5

 

 

(2)Press the C-7 (MIXER) button and then press the R-17 (y) button to move the 0 to “Part”.

(3)Press the R-14(–, +) buttons at the same time.

•This changes the “Part” setting to “Sol”, which indicates that the selected instrument part will be sounded alone (solo).

•To return all parts to their original (non-solo) status, press the R-14(–, +) buttons at the same time or press either of the R-17 (u, i) buttons.

6.Repeat steps 3 through 5 as required to determine which accompaniment patterns you want to edit and which parts you want to re-record.

•If you want to proceed directly into the editing operation from this point, perform the procedure under “To edit an existing rhythm” (page E-107). If you do, you can either allow the accompaniment pattern to continue to play, or you can stop playback by pressing the L-17 (START/ STOP) button.

7.To exit this procedure without going directly into the editing operation, press the C-4 (PATTERN SEQUENCER) button.

•If the accompaniment pattern is playing when you press the C-4 (PATTERN SEQUENCER) button, playback will stop, the display will exit the pattern sequencer screen, and the screen that was displayed in step 1 of this procedure will appear.

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