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Creating songs (Sequencer mode)
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Recording and editing a pattern
Youcanrecordapatternineitheroftwoways:realtime
recordingorsteprecording.However,unlikerealtime‐
recordingtoatrack,youcanselectonlyonerecording
type(looprecording)whenrealtime‐recordingtoa
pattern.
Youcaneditthepatterntocorrectmistakesinthe
recordeddata,oruseeventeditingtoinsertnewdata.
YoucanusetheGetFromTra ckmenucommandto
obtainadesiredregionofperformancedatafroma
trackanduseitaspatterndata.Conversely,youcan
usethePuttoTrackorCopytoTrackmenu
commandstoplaceorcopyapattern’sperformance
dataintoatrack.
How Sequencer patterns are related to Drum
Track patterns
ThepatternsoftheDrumTrackfunctionyouusewith
aProgramorCombinationarerelatedtoSequencer
modepatternsasfollows.
Presetpatternsareacommonlibrarythatcanalsobe
usedbytheDrumTrackfunction.
UserpatternscannotbedirectlyusedbytheDrum
Track function,buttheycanbeconvertedtouserDrum
Track patternsandusedwithaProgramor
Combination.Ifyouconvertauserpattern,itwillbe
storedininternalmemory,andthisdatawillnot
disappearevenwhenyouturnoffthepower.
Cue List
Thecuelistallowsyoutoplaybackmultiplesongsin
succession.TheKROMEletsyoucreatetwentycue
lists.Eachcuelistletsyouconnectupto99songsand
specifythenumberoftimesthateachsongwillrepeat.
ThemenucommandConverttoSongletsyouconvert
thesongsinacuelistintoasinglesong.
Forexampleyoucanuseacuelisttocreatethe
backing,convertthecuelisttoasong,andthenadd
solophrasesonunusedtracks.
Transport control
Thesecontrolsletyouplayback,record,fast‐forward,
orrewindthesequencer.
Front panel buttons
YoucanusethefrontpanelSEQUENCERbuttonsto
controlrecordingandplaybackonthesequencer.
PAUSE ( ) button
Thisbuttonpausestheplaybackofthesong.When
paused,thebutton’sLEDwilllightup.PressPAUSE
()onceagaintoresumeplayback,andtheLEDwill
turnoff.
REW ( ) button
WhentheSongisplayingorpaused,thisbuttonwill
rewindthesong.Whenyoupressandholdthisbutton,
itsLEDwilllightup,andtheplaybackwillrewind.
(Rewindisdisabledduringrecording,andwhilethe
Songisstopped.)
Note:Yo ucanusetheFF/REWSpeedmenucommand
tospecifythefast‐forwardandrewindspeed.
FF ( ) button
WhentheSongisplayingorpaused,thisbuttonwill
fast‐forwardthesong.Whenyoupressandholdthis
button,thebuttonwilllightup,andtheplaybackwill
fast‐forward.(Fast‐forwardisdisabledduring
recording,andwhiletheSongisstopped.)
LOCATE ( ) button
BypressingtheLOCATE()buttonyoucanmoveto
aspecifiedlocatepoint.Bydefault,you’llmoveto
001:01.000.
Tochangethelocatepointthat’sassignedtothe
LOCATE()button,usethemenucommandSet
Location.Alternatively,youcansetthelocatepoint
duringplaybackbyholdingdowntheENTERbutton
andpressingtheLOCATE()button.
START/STOP ( ) button
Thisstartsorstopsrecordingandplaybackin
Sequencermode.
REC ( ) button
Pressingthisbuttonwillenterrecord‐readymode.
Onceyou’reinrecord‐readymode(shownbythe
button’slitLED),youcanbeginrecordingbypressing
theSEQUENCERSTART/STOP()button.For
details,pleasesee“RecordingMIDIinrealtime”on
page60.
Buttons in the display (the transport
bar)
Thetransportbuttonsinthebottomlineofthedisplay
canalsobeusedtocontrolsequencerrecordingand
playbackinthesamewayasthefrontpanel
SEQUENCERbuttons.
Thetransportbuttonswillappearwhenyoupressthe
“<”buttononthelowerrightsideofthedisplayand
dragittowardtheleft.Toclosethem,pressthe“>”
buttonanddragittowardtheright.
RECLOCATE START/
STOP
PAUSE REW FF
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START/
STOP
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