Pa800 EasyStart
Saving your settings (Performances)
When you find a Style that you like, and have selected sounds that you enjoy using with that particular Style, you can save all of these settings together as a Performance. Other settings saved with a Performance are the tempo, any needed effects and transpositions and the Vocal Processor preset and volume settings. Up to 320 Performances can be saved to internal memory!
1.To save a Performance, press the STYLE PLAY mode button. Press the ▼popup in the upper right of the display and select “Write Performance”.
2.You can name your Performance by pressing the T next to “Name:”, and entering characters in the display. When finished, press “OK”.
3.For now, let’s select an empty user location to save your performance, so that you don’t overwrite the presets.
4.For “Perf. Bank:” select 19 – User 2. Next, for “Performance:” select
Quick Recording with the Backing Sequencer
The Backing Sequencer (Quick Record) function lets you record a Style with all of its elements quickly and easily. This is a great feature for getting ideas down, as well as taking advantage of the
1.Press the STYLE PLAY button, and select the desired Style.
2.Press the SEQUENCER button. The upper region of the DISPLAY will indicate “New Song”.
3.Press the RECORD button (the red button to the left of the DISPLAY).
4.Press the “Backing Sequence (Quick Record)” radio button in the display, and then press “OK”.
5.Press the BIG RED START / STOP button. You’ll hear a one bar
6.Start Playing!
7.Press the Sequencer 1 PLAY / STOP button to stop recording. (Pressing the Start/Stop button will NOT stop the sequencer!)
8.Press the PLAY / STOP button again, to hear your sequence. Ta – Da! You (and the Pa800) have just created a SONG! Congratulations!
One of the great features of the Backing Sequencer is the ability to change what you’ve recorded easily. For instance, if you like what you’ve recorded, but decide to use a different style - or want to change a chord(s) in your progression, it can be done quickly, without having to
9.Press the RECORD button to the left of the DISPLAY then select “Step Backing Sequence”, and then press “OK”.
10.In the lower region of the display, you can move one event, measure or step at a time and change the Style, Tempo, Chord, etc. of your song with out having to
11.To exit, press “Done”, and then press “Yes”.
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