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Editing Songs

4.Press or to move the cursor to the location where you want to input a character.

5.Turn the VALUE dial or press [INC]/[DEC] to select a character.

6.Repeat steps 4 and 5 to assign a song name.

You can press [8 (Name)] and use the Name window to assign a song name (p. 30).

Assigning a Name to a Pattern (Pattern Name)

You can assign or modify the pattern name of each pattern. A pattern name of up to 10 characters can be assigned.

1.Load the song containing the pattern for which you want to assign a name (p. 136).

2.Access the Song Setup window (p. 137).

3.Use or to select “Pattern Name,” and then press [8 (Select)].

The Pattern Name window appears.

4.Move the cursor to “Pattern,” and select the pattern for which you want to assign a name.

5.Move the cursor to the pattern name.

6.Press or to move the cursor to the location of the character that you want to input.

7.Turn the VALUE dial or press [INC]/[DEC] to select a character.

8.Repeat steps 6 and 7 to assign the pattern name.

You can press [8 (Name)] and use the Name window to assign a pattern name (p. 30).

Assigning Markers (Locate

Positions) to a Song

Markers can be assigned to any location in a song. These are called Locate Positions. Normally, locations in a song are indicated as “measure-beat-clock,” but a locate position is also displayed as an absolute time of “hours:minutes:seconds:frames.”

Assigning a Locate Position

Up to four locate positions can be assigned in each song.

It is not possible to assign a locate position to a pattern.

1.Load the song in which you want to specify a locate position (p. 136).

2.Access the Song Setup window (p. 137).

3.Use or to select “Locate,” and then press [8 (Select)].

The Locate window appears.

4.Move the cursor to the “measure” or “beat” value of the locate number that you want to set.

5.Turn the VALUE dial or press [INC]/[DEC] to set each value.

At the bottom of the Song Edit screen, you will see the locate numbers ( – ) of the locate positions you have specified.

When you press [7 (Set)], the locate position will be stored as the current location of the song. You can also set this by pressing [7 (Set)] while you listen during song playback.

Moving to a Locate Position

Use the following procedure to change the song location to a Locate Position.

1.Access the Locate window.

2.Use or to move the cursor to the locate number of the locate position to which you want to move.

3.Press [8 (Jump)].

You will move to the specified locate position.

You can hold down [SHIFT] and press [BWD] to jump to the preceding location position, or hold down [SHIFT] and press [FWD] to jump to the next locate position.

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