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The Controls
Now play the micro keyboard. You should hear the voice
that is currently assigned to sequencer track 1.
In the SONG mode, the micro keyboard plays the voice
assigned to the currently selected track (unless you’re
recording the chord track, in which case it is used to spec-
ify chords).
!3 Octave Buttons
Since the 2-octave range of the micro-keyboard is not
enough for serious music programming, the [OCT DOWN] and
[OCT UP] buttons allow the pitch of the keyboard to be shifted up
or down in octave steps, over a range of 8 octaves. Each time the
[OCT DOWN] button is pressed the pitch of the keyboard is
shifted down by one octave, until the lower limit is reached. The
[OCT UP] button shifts the pitch of the keyboard up in the same
way. The number of octaves the pitch of the micro-keyboard has
been shifted down or up is shown by the octave indicator in the
upper left corner of the display — the number of arrows indicates
the number of octaves shifted in the corresponding direction.
Pressing the [OCT DOWN] and [OCT UP] buttons simulta-
neously shifts the pitch to ±0.
When recording the accompaniment chord tracks in the
step mode, the [OCT DOWN] button is used to specify the bass
note for chords, while the [OCT UP] button is used to enter syn-
copated chords.
While playing a note on the micro-keyboard, the [OCT
DOWN] button will shift the pitch of the note up while held, and
the [OCT UP] button will apply modulation while held.
Octave indicator