92 Song operating mode
Step Record procedure
page 94 for more information on each parameter of this
page).
The first two lines (a) are the latest inserted event. The
second two lines (b) are the event currently in edit,
ready to be inserted.
The “Empty” event marks the beginning of the Song,
when there are no events inserted. It is automatically
inserted when entering the Record mode. It will be
removed when an event is inserted.
4. The “Maaa.bb.ccc” parameter in (b) is the current posi-
tion. This is the place where the note in edit will be
inserted.
• If you don’t want to insert a note at this position,
insert a rest instead, as shown in step 6.
• To jump to the next measure, filling the remaining
beats with rests, press the >> button.
5. To change the step value, use the NOTE VALUE buttons,
on the lower left area of the control panel.
6. Insert a note, rest or chord at the current position.
• To insert a single note, just play it on the keyboard. The
inserted note length will match the step length. You may
change the velocity and relative duration of the note, by
editing the V (Velocity) and D (Duration) parameters.
See “V (Velocity)” and “D (Duration)” on page 94.
• To insert a rest, just press the REST button. Its length
will match the step value.
• To tie the note to be inserted to the previous one, press
the TIE button. A note will be inserted, tied to the previ-
ous one, with exactly the same name. You don’t need to
play it on the keyboard again.
• To insert a chord or a second voice, see “Chords and
second voices” below.
7. After inserting a new event, you may go back by pressing
the < button. This will delete the previously inserted
event, and set the step in edit again.
8. When finished recording, press SEQ1 PLAY/STOP to
turn off its LED. The Main page of the Song Record
mode appears again.
9. From the Main page of the Song Record mode, press
RECORD to exit the Record mode. While in the Main
page of the Song mode, you may press SEQ1 PLAY/
STOP to listen to the Song, or select the Save Song com-
mand to save the Song to the card.

Chords and second voices

With Pa50SD, you are not obliged to insert single notes in a
track. There are several ways to insert chords and double
voices. For more information, see the “Chords and second
voices in Step Record mode” section on page 10-60 of the
“Style Record mode” chapter.

Step Owr

M---.--.--- Empty
--
M001.01.000 Meter: 4/4
key? V:64 D:85%
(a)
(b)
Previous event Event to be inserted
Current position
Waiting for a keystroke…
Step value
Rec:Overdub Trk:1 98%
S: E: Metro:On1
Resol: Meter:4/4
Sel.Tempo Tempo:Auto
Rec:NewSong