Zoom RT-123 Creating Songs (Song Mode), What is a song, Song, Step, Step, Step, Step

Creating Songs (Song Mode)

This section describes how to line up user patterns in a desired order to create the backing for an entire song. This mode of operation is called the song mode.

What is a song?

A song is a sequence of user patterns (preset patterns cannot be used). A song consists of multiple slots (called "steps") each of which contains one pattern. The maximum length of a song is 99 steps. The maximum number of songs that can be stored in the RT-123 is 99. (The actual number of available steps and songs will depend on the number of distinct sounds used for user patterns and other songs.) In song mode, you can change also the tempo and volume during a song.

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	Song
NOTE	The number of steps is not equal to the number of measures. The
	length of each step depends on the pattern that is contained in the step.

Besides the pattern number, each song step can contain the following settings:

•Tempo change: In song mode, the tempo is stored individually for each song. (The tempo is set with the [TEMPO] key, as described on page 38.) Using this tempo as reference, the tempo for each step can be varied in the range from -30 to 0 (no change) to +30 BPM (beats per minute = number of quarter notes per minute).

•Volume: The volume of the pattern as contained in the step can be set in the range from 0 (no change) to -30.

•Transpose: The bass track can be transposed in semitone steps in the range from -6 to 0 (no change) to +6.

Step 0	Step 1	Step 2	Step 98
• Pattern number	• Pattern number	• Pattern number
• Tempo information	• Tempo information	• Tempo information
• Volume information	• Volume information	• Volume information
• Transpose information	• Transpose information	• Transpose information

Mode) (Song Songs Creating

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