Roland VS-2480 What the Appearance of Sequenced Data Means, , Phrase Sequencer Undo, The Phrase Sequencer Grid

21—Using the Phrase Pads
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What the Appearance of Sequenced Data Means
Each sequencer track in the playlist on the PHRASE SEQUENCE screen and the Home
screen shows its recorded phrase pad performance. You can see where you struck the
pad, and you can see the shape of the phrase playback produced by each strike.
The recorded phrase data produced by each phrase pad strike
is shown as a black box with a bar at either end. The bar at the
front shows where the phrase starts playing. The bar on the
end shows where it stops playing.
When a pad is re-struck while its phrase is still playing, the
bars show where the first strike ends and where the next
strike begins.
The Phrase Sequencer Grid
The Phrase Sequencer Grid feature allows you to view
the bars and beats of your project’s tempo map in the
phrase sequencer playlist to help you see the timing of
your sequenced data. The grid is a set of vertical lines in
the playlist. You can have a gridline for each measure in
the project’s tempo map or for each beat.
While the grid provides a helpful visual reference when you’re sequencing, it plays an
even more important role when you’re editing a sequence, as described on Page 281.
Turning On the Phrase Sequencer Playlist Grid
Use your mouse to activate and configure the phrase sequencer’s grid.
1. Right-click your mouse on the playlist in either PHRASE SEQUENCE
SCREEN. The Phrase Sequence Edit Pop-Up menu appears. (We’ll discuss
this menu some more on Page 281.)
2. Select GRID from the menu—the Grid Options window opens.
3. Select the desired grid setting. You can select:
• Off —so that the grid is turned off.
• Measure —so that there’s a gridline for every measure in the project.
• Beat —so that there’s a gridline for every beat in the project.
If you select Measure or Beat, the grid appears immediately in the playlist.
Phrase Sequencer Undo
The phrase sequencer has its own one-level Undo feature with which you can reverse
the most recent sequencing or sequence editing action. If you’ve sequenced a series of
phrases, the sequencing of the last recorded phrase is undone. If you’ve edited a group
of phrases, Undo reverses the entire editing action for the entire group. You can also
redo an undone action until you perform a new sequencing or editing action.
Phrase playback starts.
Phrase playback ends.
First
strike
Second
strike
Gridlines
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