SQ-80 — Musician's Manual
The
TEMPO Control is still active, but any changes you make to a Sequence during a Step of a Song
will be immediately forgotten as soon as the next Step comes around, unless you Stop the Song during
the Sequence you changed.
READOUTS AND ACTIVE CONTROLS:
1. SONG NAME
The name of the current song is
displayed here.
2. STEP=
This Segment of the Display shows the Step that the Song is on, and which Repeat of that Step it
is on. For example, if
STEP= 02 .03, it is on the third repeat of Step 2.
4. SEQ=
Tells you which Sequence is currently playing: or, if the Sequencer is in Song Stop Mode, which
Sequence will play from if you press
Stop•Cont.
5. BAR=
Tells you which Bar of the Sequence is playing: or, if the Sequencer is in Song Stop Mode, which
Bar it will play from if you press
Stop•Cont.
6. TMP= The Tempo of the Sequence that is currently playing is displayed
here.
7. TIME SIGNATURE
The Time Signature of the currently playing Sequence is displayed here. Sequences with
different Time Signatures can be put together into Songs.
UTO-LOCATE CONTROLS:
8. GOTO GOTO allows you to Play the Song from any Step within the Song. To reach a particular Step:
____ > Press
GOTO. The Display shows the following:
____ > Use Data Entry Slider and the Up and Down Arrow Buttons to adjust the
GOTO Step number
to the Step at which you want
to start. You can choose any
Step within the current Song.
> Press
GOTO again. You are
returned to the
SONG LO-
CATE Page, with the new
Ste
number showin
on the
Display. Or press
*EXIT* to return to the LOCATE Page without changing your current
location in the Song (which is useful if you pressed
GOTO by accident).
9. BACKUP Each press of this button backs the Song Location up One
Step .
10. BEGIN Pressing this button resets the Song to the beginning of Step
1.
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