Creating Songs

The ST-224 lets you record and play eight songs. A song is a series of pad actions. The maximum number of

sounds is 5000, and the maximum length of all songs together is 300 bars.

When a song which contains data has been selected, the song number and information about the current position (number of bars and beats) are shown on the display. When a song without data has been selected, the position information shows only "-----".

Song with data was selected

Blank song was selected

BPM/VALUE

 

BPM/VALUE

 

MEASURE

BEAT SAMPLE/SONG

MEASURE

BEAT SAMPLE/SONG

Number of bars Number of beats Song number

 

Song number

Song recording

The following procedure will record a series of pad actions as a song.

Songs Creating

TIME STRETCH

VOLUME/BASS

SCRATCH

 

EXCITER

DELAY

 

TREMOLO

REVERB

 

AUTO PAN

FLANGER

 

LO-FI EFFECT

STEP CRY

 

COMPRESSOR

CHORUS

 

EXTREME EQ

PHASER

 

RESONANCE

PITCH SHIFTER

 

LOW - PASS

DIMENSION DISTORTION

HIGH-PASS

RING MODULATOR

EDIT 2

A

EFFECT

 

 

B

ON/OFF

PAD ENABLE

EFFECT SYNC

EDIT 1

1

 

SOURCE

MIX

 

SOURCE

 

SONG

REC PLAY/STOP

PLAYLIST

TAP BPM

AUTO SYNC

LEVEL

3

BARLENGTH

 

2

TUNING

 

 

QUANTIZE

BPM/VALUE

 

 

 

SAMPLING

 

 

 

 

 

 

GRADE

MONO

RE-SAMPLE

 

 

 

 

 

 

STEREO

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

MEASURE

BEAT

SAMPLE/SONG

 

RECORD

PLAY/STOP

COPY

DELETE

–

+

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

EXIT

 

BACKUP

 

 

PAD ASSIGN CAPACITY ERASE OPTIMIZE

LOAD

SAVE INTERNAL/DATA CARD SPECIAL

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

FUNCTION

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

PAD

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SONG

 

START POINT

5

END POINT

7

REVERSE

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

TIME SIG

 

PRE COUNT

 

CLICK VOLUME

 

 

 

1

 

 

 

 

 

 

BANK

4

OFFSET

6

PANNING

 

 

 

 

 

 

8

 

 

BANK

2

 

SHIFT

 

 

TRIGGER/GATE

 

 

SWING

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

MIDI

 

3

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

BANK

LOOP/MARK

STEP 1

In play mode, use the [-] [+] keys to select an empty song (1 - 8).

 

 

 

It is also possible to select a song which already has data and add

–

+

 

HINT to it.

 

 

 

 

BPM/VALUE

 

[–] [+] keys

 

 

MEASURE

BEAT SAMPLE/SONG

 

 

STEP 2

Press the [SONG FUNCTION] key and then pad 2.

 

 

 

The [SONG FUNCTION] LED flashes and the LED of pad 2 lights up, and the current quantize setting appears on the display. The quantize setting determines the amount of detail with which the notes in a pad action is recorded. Choose the quantize setting with regard to the kind of pattern you want to record. This will automatically ensure proper timing.

FUNCTION

PAD

2

TUNING

BPM/VALUE

SONG

QUANTIZE

MEASURE

BEAT SAMPLE/SONG

 

Quantize setting

48