STEP10 To listen to the song, press the [PLAY] key.

The [PLAY] key LED lights up and the song is played back. The [TEMPO] key LED flashes according to the tempo of the song. During playback, the upper two digits of the display show the current step number, and the lower two digits show the song number.

Pressing the [PATTERN] key during playback causes the display to show the number of measures since the start of the song.

•

By performing step 2 during playback, you can switch to the

HINT

next song without stopping play.

•By pressing the [BASS MUTE] key during playback, the bass track can be muted. To restore the original condition, press the key once more.

•To insert a rest in a song, first create a "rest pattern" in pattern

NOTE

mode and then select this pattern for the desired step in song

 

mode. Note that if an empty pattern is selected as a song step,

 

song playback will stop at this step.

•To create a rest pattern, select an empty pattern in pattern mode and press the [REC] key. The BASS KEY (bass track only), MIX, TIME SIG, BAR LENGTH, and drum kit/bass program settings active at this point will be stored.

PLAY

SONG

 

PATTERN

 

 

MEASURE

BEAT

 

PATTERN(SONG REC)

STEP

 

Song number

Step number

 

SONG

 

 

PATTERN

 

 

MEASURE

BEAT

 

0 1 2 5

 

PATTERN(SONG REC)

STEP

Measure count from start of song

(125 in this example)

Songs Creating

STEP11 Press the [STOP/EXIT] key when wishing to terminate playback.

The LED goes out and the song returns to the start position.

STOP/EXIT

By pressing the [PLAY] key again, you can start playback of the

 

 

 

 

song again from the beginning.

 

 

Pressing the [PLAY] key instead of the [STOP/EXIT] key causes HINT the PAUSE LED to flash, and playback is paused. To resume

playback from the same point, press the [PLAY] key once more.

NOTE Also during playback of a song, you can use the pads for manual play.

12 To play a song from half-way, hold the [SONG] key down and use the [VALUE +/-]

STEP

keys to select the step while the song is stopped.

Mode) (Song

With each push of the [VALUE +] key, the step number shown on the display will advance by one increment. With each push of the [VALUE -] key, the step number shown on the display will decrease by one increment. Pressing the [PLAY] key in this condition will start playback from the selected step.

SONG

PATTERN

MEASUREBEAT

SONG – +

 

SONG

 

+

PATTERN

 

MEASURE

BEAT

PATTERN(SONG REC)

STEP

PATTERN(SONG REC)

STEP

Step number

STEP13 To change the tempo of the song, hold down the [TEMPO] key and use the [VALUE +/-] keys to adjust the tempo value (BPM).

As in pattern mode, the tempo can also be specified by tapping the

TEMPO

 

[TEMPO] key 2 times.

+

 

–

The RT-123 automatically stores a so-called "master tempo" for HINT each song. When a song is switched, the tempo last set for that

song will be used.

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