SQ-80 — Musician's Manual
"UNSELECTING" a Track — Straight Synth Mode
Pressing the "Soft" Button above or below any of the eight Track locations on the Tracks Select Page
selects that Track. Pressing the same Button again "Unselects" the Track, so that no Track locations on
the Page are underlined. When no Track is selected, you are in the Straight Synth Mode. This is a state in
hich the Keyboard and the current Program are independent of the Sequencer.
Like each of the eight Tracks. the Straight Synth has its own Program — the Current Program — which
as the last one you selected before selecting a Track. The MIDI Channel selected on the MIDI Page
in the Synth Section is its MIDI Channel. The Straight Synth Mode is another way of saying the
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nthesizer Section of the SO-80 as it would behave if there were no Sequencer built in.
Straight Synth operation = No Track selected.
henever you call up a Program Select Page (from anywhere other than the Tracks Select Page) and
select a Program in the usual fashion. the SQ-80 is automatically put into this Straight Synth Mode, to
avoid inadvertently changing Sequencer settings from the Synthesizer.
Being in the Straight Synth Mode does not in any way disable the Sequencer. however. A Sequence
or Song can be Played when no Track is selected, and you can play along, with the Current Program,
hich is independent of all eight Tracks. The elusive Ninth Track!
hen no Track is selected. if you enter Record. the SQ-80 will automatically put you on the Track that
as last selected, and will record on that Track.
TRACK DISPLAYS
On the Tracks Select Page. the Display tells you a number of things about each Track. The illustration
below shows a typical Tracks Select Page for a Sequence that has been recorded:
DOT = DATA
Notice that there is a Dot to the left of Track Locations 1, 2. 3 and 5. The other four locations have
no Dot. As with the Sequence Locations, a Dot to the left of a Track Location means that there
is Data recorded on that Track. Absence of a Dot means that nothing has yet been recorded on
the Track. This allows you to tell at a glance whether a given Track contains any recorded Track
Data, or whether it has simply been defined, but not yet recorded.
*CART*
When a Cartridge Program has been selected for a particular Track, it will play that Program and
display the Program's name as described earlier, for as long as the Cartridge remains inserted. If,
however, the Cartridge is removed, that Track Location will display the word *CART* instead of
the Program Name, as in the case of Track 4 above. This is to remind you that the Track is "pointing
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