Advanced Sequencer Edit Function
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SCALE
Selects one of the tuning presets from the SYSTEM / TUNING
& SCALE MENU.
KEY SIGN
Inserts a change of key signature into the score track.
A TUTORIAL IN MICROSCOPE EDITING
This MICROSCOPE menu allows you to precisely modify any
event which has been recorded into one of the 16 tracks.
What is an event ?
If you are already familiar with the concept of MIDI events,
(as used in many software sequencers), then you can skip to
the next section - Using Microscope
Anything that can be recorded into a MIDI sequencer or song
recorder is called an event. The simplest example of an
event would be the pressing of a key on the keyboard. In
order to correctly play back that keypress the sequencer has
to memorize a number of important pieces of information;
1. At what point during the song was the key pressed ?
2. Which key was it ?
3. At what speed was it pressed ?
4. At what speed was it released ?
5. After what period of time was it released ?
Armed with these five essential pieces of information, the
sequencer will be able to accurately reproduce the key exactly
as it was played. The above information can be represented
in a single line of our EVENT LIST. Thus:
All of the information described in the earlier list is represented
in one single line of the above event list. Lets step through
the first line of the list and examine the information it contains.