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3. Set“FromMeasure”to001.
Withthissetting,steprecordingwillbeginfrom
measure1.
4. Pressthemenubutton,andpressmenucommand
“StepRecording.”
Adialogboxwillappear.
5. In“StepTime,”use“Select”tospecifythebasic
timingvalue.
InputthefirstC3noteas.(dottedeighthnote).
Usethepopupbuttontothelefttoselect.
Youcanchooseanotevaluerangingfromawholenote
()toa32ndnote().
Inputadottednotebyselecting“.”withthepopup
buttonsatright.
Youcanspecify“3”toinputatriplet.Ifyouwanttouse
theunmodifiedlengthofthenotethat’sse
lectedatthe
left,choose“–”.
“NoteDuration”indicatesthelengththatthenote
itselfwillsound.Smallervalueswillproduceastaccato
note,andlargervalueswillproducealegatonote.For
thisexample,leavethissettingunchanged.
“NoteVelocity”isthevelocity(playingstrength),and
largervalueswillproducealoudervol
ume.Setthisto
Key.
IfyouselectKeyforthisparameter,thevelocityofhow
youactuallyplaythekeyboardwillbeinput.
6. Onthekeyboard,pressandthenreleasethefirst
C3notethatyouwanttoinput.
Thedatayouinputwillappearinthedisplayas
numericalvalues.Ontheupper
rightside,Measure
001BeatTick01.000willchangetoMeasure001Beat
Tick01.360.Thenextnoteyouinputwillbeplacedat
thislocation.
7. Asdescribedinsteps5and6,inputthenotesand
reststhatfollowthefirs
tC3note.
Inadditiontothemethodsdescribedinsteps5and6,
youcanalsous
ethefollowinginputmethods.
•Toinputarest,presstheRestbutton.Thiswill
inputarestoftheselectedStepTimevalue.
•Toenteratie,sothattwoormorenotesofthesame
pitchwillbeplayedasasingleunbrokennote,
presstheTiebut
ton.WhenyoupresstheTie
button,thepreviously‐inputnotewillbeextended
bytheStepTimelength.
•Todeleteanoteorrestthatyouinput,pressthe
StepBackbutton.Thepreviously‐inputnotewillbe
deleted.
•Toinputachord,simultaneous
lypressthenotesof
thedesiredchord.Evenifyoudonotpressthem
simultaneously,notesthatarepressedbeforeyou
fullyremoveyourhandfromallkeysonthe
keyboardwillbeinputatthesamelocation.
•Toauditionanotewithoutactuallyinputtingit,
pressthePAUSE()button.Nowwhenyouplaya
noteonthekeyboard,itwillsound,butthenote
willnotbeactuallyinput.Inthisstate,playinga
keywillproduceasound,butwillnotinputanote.
PressthePAUSE()buttononceagaintocance
l
therecord‐pausestate,andresumeinputtingnotes.
8. Whenyouarefinishedrecording,pressth
eDone
button.
PresstheSEQUENCERSTART/STOP()button
toplayback.
AccesstheP0:Play/REC–PlayLoopT01–08page,
checkTrackPlayLoopfortrack02,setLoopStart
Measureto001,andLoopEndMeasureto002.track
02willplaymeasures1–2repeatedly.
9. Ifyou’renotsatisfiedwiththeresult,pressthe
COMPAREbuttontoreturntothestatepriorto
recording,andthenre‐recordfromstep4.
Whenyoubeginsteprecording,alldatainthe
trackthatfollowsthemeasurewhereyoubegan
recordingwillbeerased.Youneedtobeawareof
thisifyoubeginsteprecord
ingfromameasure
mid‐waythroughthesong.
Ifyouwanttocopydataintoameasurethat
alreadycontainsdata,performsteprecordingin
anemptytrack,andusetheMoveMeasureor
CopyMeasuremenucommands.(Seepage 179of
theParame
terGuide)
Ifyouwanttoeditoraddtotherecordeddata,you
canusetheEventEditorPianoRollfunction.(See
pages 169,171oftheParameterGuide)