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Chapter 7 Creating and Editing Songs

■Transposing Individual Parts (Transpose)

A screen like the one shown below appears.

You can transpose specified parts and tracks individually.

At Step 3 of “Selecting the editing function” (p. 135), select <Transpose>.

A screen like the one shown below appears.

Item	Content
From	Measure number of the first measure of the
	segment to be transposed
For	Number of measures to be transposed
	Track button or part number to be transposed
Tr/Pt	When “All” is selected, the same portion of all
	parts is transposed.
	The range of transposition
Bias	You can select the range to transpose the data,
	from -24 (two octaves down) to +24 (two
	octaves up), adjustable in semitones.

*You cannot transpose performances of the drum sets and sound effect sets (such as the Rhythm Track).

■Making Measures Blank

(Erase)

You can delete the performance data in a specified block of measures, turning them into blank measures without reducing the length of the song. This process is called “erasing.”

Ex. To erase measures (bars) 5-8

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

Blank measures

Follow the steps in “Selecting the editing function” (p. 135) to choose <Erase>.

Item	Content
From	Measure number of the first measure of the
	segment to be erased
For	Number of measures to be erased
	Track button or part number to be erased
Tr/Pt	When “All” is selected, the same portion of all
	parts is erased.
	Select from the following types of performance
	data to erase:

	All
	All performance data, including notes, tempos,
	tones switches, volume changes, etc., are erased.
	Tempo
	Tempo data is erased. Erasing the tempo data for
	all measures results in a single, constant tempo.
Event	Prog.Change
	Erases the data for switching Tones (p. 136).
	Note
	Erases only notes.
	Except Notes
	Erases all of the performance data except for the
	notes.
	Expression
	Erases Expression (volume change) information.

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