Using the sequencer
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Using the sequencer
Recording MIDI and audio
Auto Song Setup
The Auto Song Setup feature copies the current Program or
Combination into a Song, and then puts the system in record-
ready mode. When inspiration strikes, you can use this
function to start recording immediately. To do so from
Program mode:
1. Hold down the ENTER key and press the
SEQUENCER REC/WRITE key.
The Setup to Record dialog box will open and ask “Are you
Sure?”
2. Press OK.
The system switches to Sequencer mode, with record already
enabled.
3. Press the START/STOP key to start the sequencer
and begin recording.
With the default settings, there will be a two measure count-
down before recording starts.
4. Play what you’d like to record, and then press
START/STOP to stop recording.
The sequencer will automatically return to the beginning of
the Song (beat 1 of measure 1, as shown in the upper right-
hand corner: 001 : 01 . 000).
5. Press START/STOP to hear what you recorded.
Since you started in Program mode, your playing will have
been recorded on Track 1. If you used the Drum Track, it
will have been recorded on Track 10. For Combinations,
more tracks are used as needed.
Adding another MIDI track
1. If KARMA was on, press the front-panel KARMA
button to turn it off.
2. Turn off the Multi REC check-box, in the upper right
of the display.
Auto Song Setup turns this on to record the Program’s Drum
Track, or multiple MIDI channels in a Combination.
3. Below the Song name, open the Track Select popup
and select MIDI Track 02.
This controls both the track that you play from the keyboard,
and (with Multi REC turned off) the track that’s recorded.
4. Using the Category or Bank/Program Select popup
menus, select a Program for Track 02.
5. Press LOCATE to go back to the start of the Song.
6. Press REC/WRITE to enable recording, and then
press START/STOP to start.
7. Play what you’d like to record, and then press
START/STOP when you’re done.
Adding an audio track
Continuing from above, let’s record an audio overdub.
1. Connect a dynamic microphone, guitar, bass, other
synth, etc. to AUDIO INPUT 1.
For more details on connecting different types of mics and
guitars, see “MIC/LINE switches” on page 10.
2. If you’re using a mic, set the input’s MIC/LINE
switch to MIC; otherwise, set it to LINE.
3. Go to the Audio Track Mixer tab of the Sequencer P0:
Play/Rec page.
4. Turn the Multi REC check-box on again.
In general, Multi REC is the best choice when recording
audio.
5. Press Track 1’s PLAY button once, so that it turns red
and says REC.
Note that the Input is already set to 1 by default.
Next, we need to set the level.
6. Press the Preference tab.
This takes you to the Preference page, which includes a
meter for the record-enabled audio tracks.
7. Keeping an eye on the meter, adjust the rear-panel
LEVEL knob until the level is high but not clipping.
Use the rear-panel LEVEL knob, and not the on-screen
slider. If the signal clips, you’ll see the message “ADC
OVERLOAD!” appear over the meter.
8. Press LOCATE to go back to the start of the Song.
9. Press REC/WRITE to enable recording, and then
press START/STOP to start.
10.Play what you’d like to record, and then press
START/STOP when you’re done.
Un-saved audio files
When you record audio tracks, they’re initially stored in a
folder named “TEMP” on the internal disk. If you then turn
off the power before saving the Song, the Song will be lost,
but the audio files will still be on the disk. The next time that
you start up, you’ll see the following message:
/TEMP folder detected.
This folder may contain unsaved WAVE files from a
previous audio track recording session.
Do you want to restore the /TEMP folder, or delete it
from the disk?
[Restore] [Delete]
Since the Song was not saved, all the track audio event data
and region data is gone, but you can still restore the WAVE
files and use them to create a new song.
If you want to keep this data, press Restore. If you want to
delete this data, press Delete.
For information on how to save Songs, see “Saving data” on
page 25.
Multi REC
Track Select
Bank/Program
Select Popup
Category
Select Popup
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