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Contents
Main Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1
Installing Batteries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3
Panel Descriptions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4
Turning On the Power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Basic Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .8
Selecting a Phrase Memory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Selecting the Current Track . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Recording . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
One-Shot Playback . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Overdubbing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Loop Playback . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Stop . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Saving a Phrase . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Deleting a Phrase . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Specifying How a Phrase Will Play/Stop
(Stop Mode/One-Shot Playback) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Cancelling an Overdub
(Undo/Redo/Track Clear) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
11
Auto Recording/Count-In Recording Functions . . 11
About Rhythm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Sounding a Rhythm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Setting the Tempo. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Setting the Rhythm Type . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Setting the Time Signature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Using LOOP FX . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Turning LOOP FX On/O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Specifying the LOOP FX Type . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Connecting to Your Computer via USB . . . . . . 14
Connecting to an External Footswitch . . . . . . . 16
When Connecting an FS-5U . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
When Connecting Two FS-5Us or an FS-6 . . . . . . . . 16
Other Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
About Sleep Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Disabling Sleep Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Enabling Sleep Mode (default setting) . . . . 17
Changing the Switching Order of
Recording g Overdubbing g Playback . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Formatting the Internal Memory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Simplifying the Operation of the Built-in
Pedals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Troubleshooting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Error Message List . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Other Display Indications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Specications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
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