PERFORMANCE FEATURES
53.3 CHORD MEMORY
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Any intewal or chord formation of up to 6 notes (WHOLE
mode) or 4 notes (DOUBLE mode) can be
“memorized”
and
then reproduced by playing a single key. In CHORD MEMORY
Mode, the DISPLAY shows the following:
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The dot
lights up in
DOUBLE MODE
PROGRAM NO.
PARI\METER
NO.
VALUE
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When a chord containing 5 or more notes is memotized
in WHOLE mode, and you then change to a program us-
ing DOUBLE mode, only
lhe
first 4 notes memorized will
be reproduced. If you reselect a program using WHOLE
Mode, the full memorized chord will be restored.
. Storing a single note into Chord Memory allows you to play
monophonic lead or bass lines with lasl-note priority. This
is very useful for trills, and for playing fast, clean lines with
a long RELEASE time selected. The choice of Single or
Multiple Keyboard TRIGGER
(
?s
)
provides further con-
trol over monophonic lines.
USING CHORD MEMORY
1.
Press
HOLO
to select the Hold function.
2.
Play the desired interval or chord.
3.
Press the CHORD MEMORY button. The interval
01
chord sustained by the Hold function is now stored into
Chord Memory.
NOTE:
Once
a
chord
irprogmmmed
into
ChordMemory. if will nor-
molly
remain
in memory until
a
new chord
is
pmgrornmcd
, or
rhe
power
is
turned
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However. the memorized chord
will
bc
changed
if
Chord Memory mode
is
selected
and you
press
either
/he POLY
or
rhe HOLD
burron
WHILE YOU
ARE PLAYING THE KEYBOARD.
1
1
.
ihe
Polyphonic Sequencer can store and play back up to 256
notes. which can be monophonic lines, chords or any com-
bination of the
two.
You can “play along” with the Sequencer
during play back.
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In WHOLE Mode, the sequencer can record and play back
chords of
up
to 6 notes.
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In DOUBLE Mode, you can record chords of up to 4 notes
Trying to play back, in DOUBLE Mode. a sequence
thaf
you
recorded
in WHOLE Mode will result in some “lost”
notes wherever more than 4 simultaneous notes were
recorded.
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The Sequencer will only operate in the POLY Key Assign
Mode. Pressing CHORD MEMORY or HOLD while
recor-
ding a sequence will create unpredictable effects.
5.4.1 TIMING VALUES
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The
Poly-600
Sequencer is a STEP TIME Sequencet
.
.
A STEP is a basic time unit. which is usually the same
as
lhe
shonest note or rest in the sequence.
It doesn’t matter how long you hold down notes when
you’re recording a sequence. All notes will be played back
with the same length. So, if you play a line using quarter
notes. eight notes. etc., it will be played back es all eighlh
notes
-
unless you use the STEP button to make some
notes longer than other ones.
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To have notes with different lime values. you must TIE
two
or more steps fogether for each of the longer notes. using
the STEP switch.
For example. assume you want to record a song that uses
16th notes, half notes and everything in between.
A 161h note is the smallest lime
value.
so it only
requires
.
1
“step” (the smallest amount of lime the sequencer
recognizes).
A half note equals eight 16th notes. and therefore lasts for
8
steps.
Notes in between use smaller amounts. An 6th note = 2
steps: a quarter note
,-
4 steps, and so on.
Rests are just “silent notes”, so they take up the same
number of steps es notes (6lh rest
=
2 steps. etc).
To work with triplets, you must use a different set of
step
values. A
triplet
16th note would be
1
step.
but an
8th
note
would be 3 steps, a quarter note 6 steps,
etc.
(2 steps would
now be a triplet 6th
nole).
By doing a little planning before recording your sequence.
you can
work with almost any set of timing values.
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