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Style Track Edit functions

E-80 Music Workstation

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The CHANGE VELO function allows you to modify the

dynamics (called “velocity”) of a track or excerpt. See

p. 185 for details. Only note events can be changed.

■TRACK (ADrums~Acc6, ALL)

Allows you to select the track you wish to edit. You can

also select “ALL” here, in which case the operation applies

to all tracks.

■MODE

Allows you to select the Mode to be edited: “Major”,

“minor” or “7th”.

■DIVISION

Use this parameter to select the Division you want to edit:

Intro 1~4, Main 1~4, Fill Dwn 1~3, Fill Up 1~3, End 1~4.

■FROM/TO

FROM refers to the position where the edit operation is to

begin. That position is specified as a Bar-Beat-CPT cluster.

TO designates the position where the edit operation is to

end (Bar-Beat-CPT). See page 213 for details.

■BIAS (–99~99)

The BIAS parameter allows you to specify by how much the

velocity values should change. Select a positive value to

increase the velocity (the value is added to the velocity

value of the affected notes) or a negative value to decrease

the velocity values (that value is subtracted). Select “0” if

you prefer to work with the MAGNIFY parameter (see

below).

Note: Even the highest positive or negative VALUE doesn’t

allow you to go beyond “1” or “127”. There is a reason why “0”

is impossible: that value is used to indicate the end of a note

(note-off). “127”, on the other hand, is the highest velocity

value the MIDI standard can muster. Adding a high positive

velocity value may thus lead to all notes being played at “127”.

■MAGNIFY (0~200%)

This parameter works like a “Compander” effect (a dynam-

ics processor that simultaneously acts as compressor and

expander), although it processes MIDI data: by selecting a

value above “100%” you increase the differences between

high and low velocity values in the selected range. Values

below “64” are lowered, while values above “64” are

increased. The result is therefore that the difference

between pianissimo and fortissimo becomes far more pro-

nounced.

MAGNIFY values below “100%” have the opposite effect:

they push all velocity towards the imaginary center of “64”,

thus reducing differences in playing dynamics.

■FROM NOTE/TO NOTE (0 C-~127 G9)

FROM NOTE refers to the lower limit of the note range you

want to change. TO NOTE represents the upper limit. See

also “Fine-tuning the note range” on p. 214.

■EXECUTE

Press this field to confirm your settings and edit the data.

This function allows you to modify the duration of

the notes in the selected time (FROM/TO) and note

(FROM/TO NOTE) ranges. See page 186 for details.

■TRACK (ADrums~Acc6, ALL)

Allows you to select the track you wish to edit. You can

also select “ALL” here, in which case the operation applies

to all tracks.

■MODE

Allows you to select the Mode to be edited: “Major”,

“minor” or “7th”.

■DIVISION

Use this parameter to select the Division you want to edit:

Intro 1~4, Main 1~4, Fill Dwn 1~3, Fill Up 1~3, End 1~4.

■BIAS (CPT) (–1920~1920)

This parameter sets the amount by which the duration (or

gate time) of the selected notes is to change. The shortest

possible GATE TIME value is “1” (used for all drum notes), so

that selecting “–1000” for notes with a GATE TIME value of

“1” in the specified time range still leaves you with the

same value. You cannot use CHANGE GATE TIME to erase

notes.

■MAGNIFY (0~200%)

Use this parameter rather than BIAS to produce propor-

tional changes to the affected GATE TIME values. Values

below “100%” decrease the duration, while anything above

“100%” increases it. Select “100%” if you prefer to work

with the BIAS (CPT) parameter (see above).