Pattern Play mode

Basic Structure (page 67)

In this mode, you can select and play individual User patterns.

nFor details about patterns and their track and memory structure, see page 51.

◆Basic Procedure

Basic Structure (page 67)

1 Press the [PATTERN] button to enter the Pattern Play mode. (The indicator lights.)

PATTERN

Pattern track number and data status

No data has been recorded.

(A Phrase has not been assigned.)

MIDI sequence data has been recorded. (Indicates a MIDI track.)

In addition to MIDI sequence data, the sample data has been recorded. (Indicates an sample track.)

Tempo for the selected style ❒ Setting 010.0 ~ 300.0

Time signature for the selected style

❒ Setting 1/16 ~16/16, 1/8 ~16/8, 1/4 ~8/4

Measure : Beat

(for current playback location)/ Total length of the selected pattern

Transpose setting (for all style data) Can be adjusted in semitones.

For example, when a value of +12 is set,

the pitch of all of the data becomes one octave higher.

❒Settings -36 ~ +36

Currently selected pattern (style and section)

Style number

Style name

Section

Pattern track on/off status

Indicates muted track.

Indicates soloed track (page 218).

Pattern Play mode

2 Select a style and its section.

3 Start/Stop pattern playback.

Stop playback

Start playback

4 Make necessary or desired settings (e.g., transpose, tempo, individual track on/off status, and so on) in the above display.

5 Select the menu you wish to edit by pressing the [F2] - [F6] buttons and edit the parameters in each display.

nCreating patterns is done with the Patch function, selected with the [F4] button. (See page 219.)

nThe Pattern Chain function, selected with the [F6] button, lets create a song by chaining together several different patterns. (See page 219.)

6 Repeat steps #3 through #5 as desired.

7 Press any other mode button to exit from the Pattern Play mode.

•For detailed instructions on steps #2, 3, 4, and 5, see the following explanations.

Style Selection

 

 

 

 

 

 

mode

The explanations here apply to step #2 of the Basic

Pattern

 

Procedure see above.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The method for selecting a style is the same as that for

Reference

selecting songs (page 179), as shown below.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

CATEGORY

 

 

DRUM KITS

PRE 1

PRE 2

PRE 3

GM

USER

PLG 1

PLG 2

PLG 3

SEARCH

BANK

 

FAVORITES

A. PIANO

KEYBOARD

ORGAN

GUITAR /

BASS

STRINGS

BRASS

REED/PIPE

 

 

 

COMMON

 

 

 

PLUCKED

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1

A

B

C

D

E

F

G

H

SECTION

GROUP

 

SYN LEAD

SYN PAD/

SYN COMP

CHROMATIC

DRUM /

SE

MUSICAL FX

COMBI

 

 

 

 

 

CHOIR

 

PERCUSSIONPERCUSSION

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

TRACK

 

 

 

SELECT

 

 

2

ELEMENT/ PERF.PART / ZONE

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

NUMBER

 

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

MUTE

 

 

SOLO

nThe explanations here apply when these four button indicators are off.

You can also select a style by moving the cursor to the style number location and using the [INC/YES] and [DEC/NO] buttons or the data dial.

MOTIF Reference 217