Editing song data using Microscope Edit
E-80 Music Workstation
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• Press the numeric button icons to enter the desired
value. (Use [Delete] to delete the last figure you
entered.)
• Press the [+10%] or [–10%] field to increase or
decrease the current value by 10%.
• Press [ENTER] to confirm the value.
—or—
Press [CLOSE] to close the numeric pad window with-
out changing the value.
(4) Press the DATA ENTRY [®] button to select the next
value and change it.
(5) When you’re done, press the [Back] field to return
to the main Sequencer page and save your song.
The parameters you can change are:
● Note and velocity messages—These messages always
come in pairs (see the illustration of step (2) above). The
first value (“Note Number 127 G9”) refers to the note
itself and the second (“On Velocity 127”) to the velocity
(playing dynamics).
The MICRO EDIT page adds a third message to that pair
(“65535”). It describes the duration of the note in ques-
tion. You may remember this value from the TRACK EDIT
environment, where it is called “Gate Time”.
● Control Change—These messages usually add some-
thing to the notes being played, like modulation, a dif-
ferent volume, a new stereo position… The E-80 recog-
nizes all available control change numbers (CC00~127)
and displays their “official” name wherever possible (not
all control change numbers have universally accepted
functions). The value can be set between “0” and “127”.
● Program Change��These messages are used for select-
ing sounds within the current bank (1~128).
● Pitch Bend—These messages are used for temporary
changes to the pitch of the notes being played at that
time. Pitch Bend messages can be positive (higher) or
negative (lower). Setting range: –128~128.
● Poly Aftertouch—This refers to aftertouch messages the
E-80 does not generate (it uses channel aftertouch). Its
sound source recognizes them, however. The difference
between polyphonic aftertouch and channel aftertouch
is that the former is related to a single note, while the
latter applies to all the notes the track is currently play-
ing.
● Channel Aftertouch—See above. These messages are
generated by the E-80’s keyboard.
Editing events
■Editing Pitch Bend messages
Pitch Bend messages can be positive or negative (the
range is –128~128). The value “0” means that the
pitch of notes being played in that area is not altered.
If a Pitch Bend occurrence is not reset to “0” at some
stage, all notes will keep sounding flat when you no
longer want them to.
■Editing control changes and aftertouch messages
These messages (CC, Poly Aftertouch and Channel
Aftertouch) can be set to the desired value (0~127)
when the corresponding effect is needed – but they
also need to be reset to “0” to avoid unpleasant sur-
prises.
The E-80’s keyboard does not generate Poly After-
touch messages, but its sound source understands
them. Poly Aftertouch messages are always related to
a given note, which is why you first need to tell the
sequencer which note the event applies to: “0 (C–)”~
“127 (G9)”. Next, specify the desired Aftertouch value
(0~127).
■About the “Note” messages
As stated above, note messages comprise a note
number, a velocity value and a Gate Time value.
The range for note numbers is “0 (C–)”~“127 (G9)”.
Velocity messages can be set anywhere between “1”
(extremely soft) and “127”. The value “0” cannot be
entered, because it would effectively switch off the
note.
After selecting the Gate Time entry, pressing the
[DATA÷ENTRY] dial calls up the following pop-up:
Here, you can either set the required length as a CPT
value (q= 120CPT) or use the note icons to avoid
lengthy calculations. The maximum duration a note
event can have is 65,535 clocks.
Drum parts usually use the Gate Time value “1” for all
notes. Increasing it to “20”, for example, has no audi-
ble effect on the sound durations.
Other edit operations
The fields in the right half of the MICRO EDIT page
allow you to reduce or expand the number of events of
the track you selected.