136 Chapter 2. SONG MODE

1. Beat Graph

• The beat graph indicates the start point for each note event.
• Each dash (–) on the graph represents a 32nd-note interval.
Eight consecutive dashes therefore correspond to a quarter
note, while 32 consecutive dashes correspond to a whole
note.
•A ● mark appears in the beat graph to indicate that at least
one note begins at that point.
• As an example, assume that you are recording in 4/4 time
and your first measure contains the following note pattern:
q | q | e xx | e e . In this case, the beat graph for this
measure will appear as shown below.

2. Piano Roll

• This graphical representation shows the pitch, timing, and
length (gate time) of each recorded note. The vertical scale
represents pitch, the horizontal scale represents time (meas-
ures and beats), and the horizontal bars indicate individual
notes.
• When you select a note (for editing), the graph cursor ap-
pears (as a square highlight) at the left edge of the note bar.
• The left edge of the note bar corresponds to the point at
which the note is “struck,” the right end indicates its point
of release, and the vertical position indicates its pitch.
• You can scroll the piano roll up or down an octave by press-
ing u [OCT UP] or d [OCT DOWN].

3. Point Graph

• This area illustrates the numerical values for note velocities
and for pitchbend and control-change events. For velocity
and controller events, the scale runs from 0 or 1 (bottom) to
127 (top). For pitchbend events, the scale runs from -8192
to +8191, with the center of the graph (the dashed line) cor-
responding to 0.
• Note that the graph will only show values for one type of
control-change event. You can select the type by entering
the appropriate control-change number into the CONTRL
box, as described below.
• On the graph, velocity values are indicated by , pitchbend
values by , and control-change values by . Note that
you can filter out any of these indications by removing the
checkmark from the corresponding area along the right of
the screen; see below.
• You can select a pitchbend or controller event for editing by
moving the graph cursor to the event point on the graph.

4. Event Line

• This line indicates the position (measure, beat, and clock
count), the name, and the parameter values for the currently
selected event. The content is identical to the correspond-
ing entry in the Event List screen.
• You use this line to edit the values that you want to change.
The editing procedure is the same as that for the Event List
screen. (→ p.131)
6. Song Editing
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