Song Mode and the Song Editor
Song Mode: The MAIN Page
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Mode
If Mode is set to Merge you will be able to overdub when recording on a track containing
previously recorded data. You’ll usually want to set Mode to Merge when RecMode (on the BIG
page) is set to Loop. Otherwise, each time through the loop, the previously recorded information
will be erased.
If you set Mode to Erase, the previously recorded data on the record enabled track will be
replaced with the new data only during the Bars and Beats you are actually recording, and the
previously recorded data before and after the newly recorded Bars and Beats will be preserved.
Location (Locat)
The Bar and Beat displayed as the Locate value changes relative to current location of the song
during playback and recording. You can set this to a negative Bar and Beat location to start
playback a set length of time before the beginning of the song.
Whenever you set the Locate point, that location will be used as the return point when Stop is
pressed. Simply press Stop again to reset the song to the top (1 : 1).
Mode Indicators (+ and x):
Mode Indicators appear only for tracks that already contain data.
A plus sign (+) appears above the Track Status Indicator of a track set to record (R) when the
Mode parameter is set to Merge.
An (x) appears above the Track Status Indicator of a track set to Record (R) when the Mode
parameter is set to Erase.
Activity Indicators
A small square above the Track Status Indicator of a track set to Play (P) or Mute (M) means the
track contains data.
During playback and recording, the indicators above tracks containing any MIDI data will ash a
small, lled-in square when any MIDI activity is detected.
Track Status Indicators
Using the Up, Down, Left, and Right cursor buttons to position the cursor onto a Track Status
Indicator, you can toggle an empty track (–) into Record (R) with the Alpha Wheel or Plus/Minus
buttons.
Once a track contains data, it will have a (P) as a Track Status Indicator, and it will be played
during playback. You now will be able to toggle between Play (P), Mute (M), and Record (R).
The track selected as the RecTrk will display an (R), designating it as the recording track. If the
RecTrk is set to Mult, initially all empty tracks will have Record (R) as a Track Status Indicator,
any of which can be switched back to empty (–) if at any time recording on specic tracks is not
desired.
If there isn’t a track with an (R), the RecTrk parameter’s value will be None. (The exception is
when the RecTrk is set to Mult and you have switched all of the tracks out of record enable.)
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