Introducing the MRS-1044

Rhythm section

 

Effect section

 

 

 

The rhythm section of the MRS-1044 has 255 accompaniment patterns (several measures long) that use the internal drum/bass sound generator. (These are called "rhythm patterns.") Rhythm patterns can be played independently, or in synchronization with the recorder.

Recorder section

Track 1

Track 2

Track 3

Rhythm section

 

 

 

Bass sound

Rhythm

Rhythm

Rhythm

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pattern

pattern

pattern

the mixer

Drum sound

HINT

You can also create original patterns by using either the eight pads located on the front panel or through the use of MIDI.

You can arrange rhythm patterns in the desired order of playback, and program chords and tempo to create the rhythm accompaniment for an entire song. (This is called a "rhythm song.") This lets you construct the rhythm accompaniment for a song without using up any audio tracks.

The MRS-1044 provides two types of effect: an "insert effect" and a "send/return effect." These two can be used simultaneously. These two effects have differing characteristics, as described below.

■Insert effect

This effect is used by inserting it into a specific signal route. You can choose one of the following three locations in which to place the insert effect.

(1)Immediately after the input jack (default setting)

(2)The desired channel of the mixer

(3)Immediately before the MASTER fader

By default, the insert effect is inserted immediately after the input jack (1) as shown in the diagram on p.6, allowing it to directly modify the signal that will be recorded on the track. By changing its location to (2) or (3), you can process a specific track or the entire song during mixdown.

■Send/return effect

This effect is internally connected to the send/return of the mixer section. There are two types of effect, reverb and chorus/delay, and they can be used simultaneously.

The depth of the send/return effect is adjusted by the send level of each mixer channel. Raising the send level will produce a deeper reverb or chorus/delay effect for that channel.

Introduction

Mixer section

The output of recorder tracks 1 – 6, 7/8 and 9/10, and the drum + bass sound output of the rhythm section are assigned to mixer section channels 1 – 6, channels 7/8, channels 9/10, DRUM channel, and BASS channel respectively. For each channel, the following parameters can be controlled independently.

•Volume

•Pan

•2-band EQ

•Send level to the send/return effect

•Mute on/off

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