SQ-80 — Musician's Manual
SEQUENCES AND SONGS
What is a Sequence?
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Sequence on the SQ-80 is comparable to a Pattern on a drum machine. Each Sequence has a defined
length (though you can change it at any time). A Sequence can be as short or as long as you want (within
the limitations of Memory). Within a given Sequence, each of the eight Tracks has its own Internal
Program and MIDI configuration (MIDI Channel, Status. Program number. etc.), all of which is
"remembered" by the
SQ-80 for each Sequence.
Each time you select a new Sequence, each Track used within a Sequence will send out a Program Change
and MIDI Volume instructions on its designated MIDI Channel. unless the Track has been assigned
LOCAL only Status — in which case you can have the new Track play a new Internal Program. Internal
Program, MIDI Channel, MIDI Program, etc. for each Track do not change within a given Sequence —
that is what the
SQ-80's Song Mode is for.
In Song Mode, Sequences will play consecutively in any order, with up to 99 Steps, and up to 99
Repetitions of each Step. Whenever a new Sequence begins to play as a Step in a Song, the effect is the
same as when you select the Sequence — each Track will send out a Program Change on its MIDI
Channel, change its Internal Program, or whatever you have programmed that Track of that Sequence
to do.
You'll find that you can control all your MIDI instruments — playing, recording, and changing Sounds
without ever leaving the SQ-80 Keyboard.
Sequencer Master Bank
The Button labeled
SEQ. above the three Program Master Bank Buttons, selects the Sequencer Master
Bank. The Sequencer Master Bank contains 60 Sequence Memory Locations, and 20 Song Memory
Locations. Not all of these locations necessarily contain a Sequence or Song at a given time.
Sequencer Banks
Press the
Sequencer Master Bank (SEQ) Button. The four Bank Select Buttons now access the
Sequencer Memory rather than the Program Memory. There are six Banks of ten Sequences and two
Banks of ten Songs.
84 Section 4 — The Sequencer
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