SQ-80 — Musician's Manual
____> Select a Memory Location. Use the Data Entry Slider and the Up and Down Arrow Buttons to
select which Sequence Memory Location you wish to create the new Sequence in. Only the
numbers of empty, or undefined, Locations are available for selection.
− Adjust the Time Signature. If you want the new Sequence to have a Time Signature other than
4/4, press the "Soft button below the Time Signature and then use the Data Entry Slider and the
Up and Down Arrow Buttons to adjust it to the one you want. If you want 4/4 Time you don't
have to adjust anything — the Page always appears with 4/4 Time selected.
− > Press *YES* to Create a Sequence, with the selected Time Signature. in the selected Sequence
Memory Location. You will then be returned to the Sequence Select Page that the new Sequence
is on, and the new Sequence will
be selected. Or Press *NO* to cancel the procedure for any
reason.
3. CREATE NEW SONG
The SQ-80's Song Mode allows you to chain Sequences together in any order, with up to 99 Steps
and up to 99 Repetitions of each Step per Song. There are 20
Song Locations which, unlike the
60 Sequence Locations, have Names instead of numbers. You name the Song when you create
it. (You can change the name of a song later if you want to. from the
Song EDIT Page.)
When you create a new Song, it is automatically put in the first empty Song Memory Location
on one of the two
Song Select Pages. If there are no empty Song Locations, you must Erase a
Song (see below) before you can create a new one.
To CREATE a New Song
___ > Select CREATE/ERASE Page
> Press NEW SONG. The Display shows the following:
− Select a Name for the New Song. In the middle of the upper row of the Display is the six-lette
Song Name, with a Cursor beneath the first letter. Use the Data Entry Slider and the Up and Down
Arrow Buttons to change the first letter to the one you want. Press the "Soft" Button labeled
RIGHT to move the Cursor to the next letter, and change that letter the same way.
Do the same for each space, using the Data Entry Slider and the Up and Down Arrow Buttons
Section 4 — The Sequencer
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