Quick Tour

HINT

When creating a new project, the lowest free project number is automatically selected.

If desired, you can change the project name at this stage. Use the cursor left/right keys to move the flashing position, and turn the dial to select a letter.

4. Press the [ENTER] key once more.

A new project is created.

HINT

When selecting a different project or creating a new project, the project you were working on up to that point is automatically saved.

When performing the shutdown (p.20) procedure for the MRS-1266, the last project is automatically saved.

Step 2: Creating a rhythm song

2-1 Building a rhythm pattern

The rhythm section of the MRS-1266 serves as a built-in accompaniment sound source, providing drum and bass sounds. Using these sounds, you can repeatedly play accompaniment patterns of several measures in length (these are called "rhythm patterns"). For each project, you can use up to 511 rhythm patterns. (More than 400 rhythm patterns are preprogrammed in the unit.) The rhythm patterns can run in synchronization with the recorder, to use as guide rhythm.

By arranging rhythm patterns in the desired order and programming chord and tempo information, you can create the accompaniment for an entire song. (This is called a "rhythm song".) Two methods are available to achieve this: step input where rhythm patterns are lined up one by one, and FAST (Formula Assisted Song Translator), a method which specifies an entire pattern using formulas.

In this section, we will use step input to create the rhythm pattern shown below.

Chord

Dm

G7

Dm

G7

Measure

PATTERN 046

PATTERN 046

PATTERN 046

PATTERN 046

number

1

2

3

4

Chord

Em

A7

Em

A7

Measure

PATTERN 046

PATTERN 046

PATTERN 046

PATTERN 046

 

 

 

 

5

6

7

8

number

Chord

A#

A

Dm

G7

Measure

PATTERN000

PATTERN 000

PATTERN 046

PATTERN 046

 

 

 

 

9

10

11

12

number

Chord

D

 

 

 

Measure

PATTERN 396

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

13

 

 

 

number

 

 

 

HINT

Up to 10 rhythm songs can be created per project.

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