Roland CDX-1 Finely Adjusting the Timing of Each PhraseAdjust Timing

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Arranging audio samples to create a song—Sequence
Finely Adjusting the Timing of Each Phrase—Adjust Timing
The positioning of phrases on the sequence tracks is determined with the following
formats.
• From which measure, beat, and tick number (Start)
• The length of expression in beats and ticks (Duration)
The Adjust Timing function is for changing these values.
Adjust Timing comprises three screens. The first screen is for selecting phrases, and
the second and third screen is changing settings.
1. Press PAD SEQUENCING [EDIT].
[EDIT] lights, and the Sequence Edit menu are displayed as icons.
fig.34-10
2. Make sure that the cursor is located at the
Adjust Timing icon.
3. Press [YES/ENTER].
fig.34-10
The Adjust Timing screen appears.
4. Press CURSOR [ ].
fig.34-21b
A sequence track select mini-menu appears.
5. Turn the TIME/VALUE dial to select the sequence track (A–D) that you wish to
edit, and press [YES/ENTER].
A mini-menu disappears.
6. Use the REW [ ] /FF [ ] or the TIME/VALUE dial to select the phrase that
you wish to adjust.
The currently selected phrase will be highlighted in black.
7. When the phrase to be adjust is highlighted, press [YES/ENTER].
fig.34-21b
That phrase is selected, and the Edit screen
appears.
8. Press CURSOR [ ] [ ] to select “Start“ or “Duration“, and press CURSOR
[] [ ] and turn TIME/VALUE dial to change the setting.
● Start: Setting the point where the beginning of the phrase on the sequence
track.
fig.34-21c
● Duration: Setting the phrase length.
fig.34-21d
9. If required, press CURSOR [ ] repeatedly until the third screen is displayed,
and turn the TIME/VALUE dial to change the value “WaveOffset” or “WaveEnd.”
For details refer to “Offset and End Point”(p. 105), below.
10.When you are finished editing the sequence track, press [DISPLAY].
[EDIT] goes out (extinguished), and the display returns to the Basic screen.
If [SEQ PLAY] is off, press
[EDIT], and it will be turned
on (lit) automatically. Also, the
[STATUS] of all audio tracks
will go dark.
In step 5, also press
[NO/EXIT], a mini-menu
disappears.
measure–beat–tick
number of beats and ticks
The extend to which the “Start“
and “Duration“ of a phrase can
b
e changed is limited by the
phrase before and after it; that is,
phrases on the same track cannot
b
e overlapped. In addition, one
b
eat, as indicated here, always
means a quarter note (96 ticks).
This is not affected by the
rhythm in each measure.