Creating a song

You can create a song by arranging patterns in the desired order.

If while editing a song, you switch to a dif ferent song, the data you had been editing will be lost. If you want to keep the song you edited, you must perform the W rite operation. ( ☞p.73 “Saving a song”)

Specifying a pattern for each position

POSITION

............................................................... 001...256

PATTERN ..........................................................

A01...D64, End

Here's how to specify a pattern for each position. Make sure that the Keyboard function key is off (dark).

1.Use the [ ]/[ ] cursor keys to select “Position” in the display. Notice that the display indicates “001.”

2. Press the [ ] cursor key until the display reads “Pattern.”

3.Use the dial to select the pattern that you want to assign to position “001.”

4. Press the select [ ] key to advance to the next position. The display will indicate “End.”

5.Use the dial to select a pattern. The pattern you select here will be the pattern for position “002.”

6.When you select a pattern for position “002,” the next position will be “End.” Continue steps 4 and 5 to input as many patterns as you need.

To play back the completed song from the beginning

Press the PLAY/PAUSE key, and then press the STOP/CANCEL key. Alternatively, use the [ ]/[ ] cursor keys to select “Position” in the display and use the dial or the select keys to set the position to “001,” and then press the PLAY/PAUSE key.

You can check the patterns assigned to each position of the song, or change the pattern assigned to a certain position. Call up “Pattern” in the display and use the select keys to move backward or forward through the positions. Use the dial to change the pattern number that is displayed at each position.

Alternatively, when the display reads “Position,” you can use the dial or the select keys to choose the position you want to check, and then make the display show “(pattern name)” so that you can check or edit the pattern.

Transposing the pitch of a Pattern for a specific Position

NOTE OFFSET ............................................................

-24...24

This lets you offset the pitch of the synth parts played by the pattern

at a particular position of the song.

Note Offset merely adjusts the pitches that are played at that position of the song; it does not change the pitches within the pattern itself.

1.If the song is playing, press the STOP/CANCEL key to stop play- back.

2. Use the [ ]/[ ] cursor keys to select “Position” in the display

3.Use the dial or the select keys to select the position where you want to offset the pitch.

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