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Front panel
pressthe lefmost buttonofthe STYLEsection. Ames‐
sage window will appear, showing the name of  the
originalbank.Relea
setheSHIFTbuttontoexitthewin‐
dow.
There is a shor
tcut to see all pages of the selected
bank.To cycle all pages for a selected bank, press the
bank’sbuttonunti
lyouseethepagethatyou’relooking
for.
Thesebuttonsdoubleasanumeri
ckeypadoncertain
pages(see“Se
lectingaSongcomposingit
sprogressive
number”onpage70).
16 FADE IN/OUT
WhentheStyle
stoped,pressthisbuttontostartitwith
a vol
ume fade‐in (the volume goes from zero to the
maximum).
When the Style is pl
aying,press this button to stop it
with a
 volume fade‐out (the volume gradually
decreases).
You don’
t need to press START/S T
OP to start or stop
theStyle.
17 VARIATION 1–4 (NOTE LENGTH) buttons
Eachofthese buttonswillselect oneofthe fourvaria‐
tions of the current St
yle. Each va
riation can vary in
patternsandsounds.
ThesebuttonsdoubleasaNOTELENGTHfunction
fortheSongmode(seechapter13).
18 FILL 1–2 (NOTE L
ENGTH) buttons
Thesetwobuttonstriggerafill‐in.Pressthemtwice(LED
blinking) to let them play in loop, and  select any other
Styleelement(Fill,Intro,Variation…)toexittheloop.
 They also double as a NOTE LENGT H function for
theSongmode(seechapter13).
19 COUNT IN / BRE
AK
WhiletheStyle is not running, press this button, then
press ST
ART/STOP. This combination triggers a one‐
barinitialcount,thentheStylestartsplaying.
WhiletheSt
yleisalreadyinplay,thisbu
ttontriggersa
break(anemptymeasurebeginningwithakick+crash
shot).Pressittwicetoletitplayinloop,andselectany
otherStyleelement(Fill,Intro,Variation…)toexitthe
loop.
20 ENDING 1–2 (DOT, TRIPLET) buttons
WhiletheSt
yleisrunning,thesetwobuttonstriggeran
Ending,andst
optheStyle.Pressoneofthem,andthe
Style will stop running with an Ending. If pressed
while the Style is stopped, they act as an additional
coupleofIntros.
Press them twi
ce (LED blinking
) to let them play in
loop, and select any other Style element (Fill, Intro,
Variation…)toexittheloop.
 ENDING1 also doubles as a DOT function, and
ENDING2doubles asa
TRIPLETfunction,tobeused
inSongmode(seechapter13).
Note
:Ending1playsashortsequencewithdifferentchords,
whileEn
ding2playsonthelastrecognizedchord.
21 INTRO 1–2 buttons
ThesetwobuttonssetthearrangerinIntromode.After
pressingoneofthesebuttons,starttheStyle,anditwill
begin wi
th the  selected intro. The INTRO LED will
automaticallygooffattheendoftheintro.
Press them twi
ce (LED blinking)
 to let them play in a
loop, and select any other Style element (Fill, Intro,
Variation…)toexittheloop.
Note:Intro 1 plays a short sequence withdifferentchords,
whi
leIntro2playsonthelastrecognizedchord.
22 START/STOP
StartsorstopstheSt
ylethat’srunning.
You can reset all ‘frozen’ notes and  contr
ollers
on the microARRANGER and any instrument con‐
nectedtoit
sMIDIOUT,byusingthe“Panic”keycom‐
bination. Jus
t press SHIFT + START
/STOP to stop all
notesandresetallcontrollers.
23 SYNCHRO START / STOP (DELETE)
This button tu
rns the Synchro Startand Synchro Stop
functionsonor
off.Pressitrepeatedlytoturnthefunc‐
tions on or off. The LEDs will cycle in this order:
START
START+STOPOFF.
STARTLE
DON
When
thisLEDis
lit‐up,justplayachord
in the chord recogn
ition area (usually
under the split point, see “CHORD
SCANNINGsecti
on”onpage17)toauto‐
matically start the St
yle running. If yo
u
like, you can turn one of the INTROs  on
beforestartingtheStyle.