Recording Your Performances and Creating Songs — Song Creator

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To enter the note, first specify the length and loudness in this display, then enter the pitch by actually

playing the note on the keyboard.

Moves the cursor position up and down.

Returns the cursor to the beginning of the song (the first note of the first measure).

Use these to move the selected event, in units of measures (BAR), beat, and clocks. For information on measure/beat/clock settings, see below.

A

F

B

G

Determines the velocity

(loudness) of the note to be

 

 

C

H

entered (only when recording

D

I

the melody). For information

on velocity settings, see below.

 

 

E

J

 

Determines the length of the note (as a percentage) from the position at which it is to be entered. (This is available only when recording the melody.) For information on gate time settings, see below.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Each press of this button toggles

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

among the three basic note

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

selectors at the bottom of the

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

display: normal, dotted, and triplet.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(This is available only when

Specifies the type of note to be input next. (Sixteenth

 

recording the melody.)

 

Deletes the event at the cursor.

notes are available only when recording the melody.)

 

This also determines the position to which the pointer

 

 

will advance after a note has been entered.

 

 

 

 

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To close the STEP RECORD display, press the [EXIT] button. Make sure to store the recorded

data by pressing the [I] (SAVE) button (page 44).

 

 

 

Measure/Beat/Clock

Measure

1

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Beat

1

 

2

 

3

 

4

 

1

 

2

 

3

 

4

 

 

 

Clock

000-

000-

000-

000-

000-

000-

000-

000-

 

 

 

 

1919

1919

1919

1919

1919

1919

1919

1919

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Velocity

The table below shows the available settings and the corresponding velocity values.

Kbd. Vel

fff

ff

f

mf

mp

p

pp

ppp

Actual

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

playing

127

111

95

79

63

47

31

15

strength

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Gate Time

The following settings are available:

.......................Normal

 

 

 

 

 

 

80%

........................Tenuto

 

 

 

 

 

 

99%

......................Staccato

 

 

 

 

40%

..............Staccatissimo

 

 

 

20%

Manual .......................

The gate time (note length) can be specified as a percentage.

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