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Arranging audio samples to create a song—Sequence

What is a sequence?

You can create a song by consecutively playing pad samples. The CDX-1 is able to
record pad operations; i.e., “which pad was pressed,” “in what order,” and “how
long.” Data for pad operations that have been recorded in this way is called a
sequence.
The CDX-1 provides two ways of recording a sequence: Realtime recording and step
recording.
When creating a sequence by arranging samples that are recorded to the pads, the
sounds comprising the sequence and the original samples do not effect each other
directly. For example, if the sounds on the pad samples used as source material for
a sequence are deleted, those sounds, once saved as a sequence, are not lost.

About the sequence tracks

The CDX-1 has four tracks (A–D) for recording sequences. When you access the
Sequence Play List screen, the arrangement of samples in a sequence track will be
shown by the location and length of the boxes (rectangles). The vertical dotted lines
in the screen indicate measure divisions.
The Sequence Play List screen will be displayed when you press [DISPLAY] to
switch screens. It will also be displayed when you press PAD SEQUENCING [SEQ
PLAY] to turn the sequence on.
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When the graphic of “ “appears in the display, the area indicated on the screen
can be widened by pressing CURSOR [] and narrowed by pressing CURSOR
[].

About the tempo of the sequence

Setting the tempo of the sequence
The CDX-1 uses the measure (MEAS), beat (BEAT), and tick (TICK) * as the units of
its basic system for measuring the current location in a sequence.
Thus, sequences on the CDX-1 are based on the concept of tempo, and in changing
the tempos of sequences containing multiple phrases, the intervals between the
beginning of one phrase and the beginning of the next are lengthened and shortened.
The overall tempo a sequence is changed in the Rhythm Guide setting screen. If you
want the tempo to change midway through the sequence, set the tempo map to
specify the tempo.
For details on setting the tempo, refer to “Changing the tempo” (p. 117).
For details on setting the tempo map, refer to “Setting the tempo and rhythm pattern
of the song—Tempo Map” (p. 117).
track select box (A–D)
: The track is selected as a playback destination.)
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During sequence recording/
Playing, indicates the current
time location of the song in
“Measure/Beat/Tick.” In the
Big Time Screen, the units
indicated can be switched
“Measure/Beat/Tick” or
“Hour /Minute/Second.”
→ Column “Switching the Big
Time display” (p. 38)
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