Chapter 6 Using the Features

Using the Sequencer: Recording, Playing, and Adjusting the Position

This section presents an overview of sequencer operations you will need to use repeatedly when recording and playing songs.

How To Start Recording

1. If the sequencer is not currently in PLAY STANDBY mode, press the or [CAN- CEL] button to set the sequencer into PLAY STANDBY.

2. If necessary, adjust the song to the location at which you want to begin recording. (See “How to Adjust the Location,” below.)

3. Press to set the sequencer into REC STANDBY mode.

The sequencer enters REC standby. The song is stopped at the current location. You can further adjust the location as necessary before starting to record.

4.Press the button to set the sequencer into REC mode, so that recording starts.

The song begins recording from the song location displayed in the MEASURE area. The screen changes to a function screen (the last function screen you were using.)

If you have set a countdown value, the sequencer plays one or two lead-in mea- sures before beginning the actual recording. (→ p.299)

While the sequencer is running in REC mode, all of your knob actions, pad ac- tions, and scene-button actions will be recorded as sequence data into the song, with each event keyed to the song location at which you entered it (as adjusted by quantizing).

Position is now advancing. Pad, knob, and scene button

actions are recorded as sequence data.

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