Part IV

Sequencer

<Measure 4>

(1) While playing a D7 chord, press the key one time.

(2) While playing a G7 chord, press the key one time.

You can press the INTRO & ENDING button or a FILL IN button on the panel to store the desired pattern at the cursor position. (An INTRO or COUNT INTRO can be stored only at the beginning.)

Store a rest by pressing a note value key without speci- fying a chord.

Control data

The name of the stored function (INTRO, FILL, etc.) is dis- played. You can press the DELETE key to erase the data which is displayed.

TRACK CLEAR

To erase all data from the current track, press the CLR button, and then press the YES button on the confirmation display.

If you wish to cancel the clear procedure, press the NO button.

5.At the end of the chord progression, press the

End key ( ).

This instrument exits the recording mode.

During playback, playback of the recorded chord progres- sion stops at this point. For automatic repeat playback of

the chord progression, press the Repeat key ( ) in-

stead of the End key ( ).

When you play back the track for the CHORD part, the chords of the automatic accompaniment change in ac- cordance with the stored chord progression.

Chords can also be specified with <one finger>.

If the ON BASS button is on, chords such as “C on G” can also be specified (except in the ONE FINGER mode).

The CHORD FINDER feature, which shows you how to finger a specified chord, is available. (Refer to page 50.)

Correct the recorded chord progression

1.Follow the procedure to select the STEP RE- CORD: CHORD display.

2.Use the MEAS buttons to go to the measure

you wish to modify. Use the

and

Cor-

rection keys to move the cursor to the point (*) you wish to edit.

The lengths of rests are indicated by the respective rest value its multiplier.

Example:

....................... 1-beat rest (quarter rest)

....................... 1/2-beat rest (eighth rest)

1 + ......... 1-1/2-beat rest (dotted quarter rest)

10 .............. 10-beat rest

To go to the end of the chord progression, while pressing

the Reset key (

 

 

 

 

), press the

key.

 

 

 

 

3.Correct the chord data.

Chord data

When the chord name is displayed at the cursor position, you can press the DELETE key to erase the data and then store a new chord.

If you do not erase the displayed data before entering new chord data, the new data is inserted at this point, and the displayed data is merely shifted by the note value of the new chord.

Rests can also be erased. Each time the DELETE key is

pressed, the rest is erased in units of 1. The rest is erased last.

If you wish to cancel the REPEAT, enter an END command.

Store a rhythm progression

Changes in the rhythm selection and tempo, as well as the intro, fill-ins and the ending, can be stored by measures with the step recording method.

1.On the SEQ MENU display, use the SONG and buttons to select the song number. Then select RECORD & EDIT.

2.On the RECORD & EDIT display, select STEP

RECORD.

The display changes to the PART SELECT display.

3.Using the balance buttons below the display, select the track to which the RHYTHM (RHY)

part has been assigned.

The display changes to the STEP RECORD: RHYTHM input display similar to the following.

4.Use the MEAS and buttons to go to the measure you wish to record.

5.Store the rhythm data.

Data which can be stored:

START/STOP

Changes in the rhythm selection

COUNT INTRO, INTRO, FILL IN,

ENDING Tempo changes

Be sure to store the START/STOP data in the measure in which the rhythm starts or stops.

If you are storing a COUNT INTRO or INTRO, store this data before the START/STOP data.

If the tempo is changed, the display changes to the con- firmation display. After specifying the desired tempo, Press the YES button to store the specified tempo, or press the NO button to cancel the new tempo value.

6.Repeat steps 4 and 5 to continue storing the rhythm progression.

7.At the end of the rhythm progression, press

the END button.

If the REP button is pressed instead of the END button, during playback the recorded rhythm progression is re- peated.

This instrument exits the recording mode.

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