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Song Mode and Sequencing
Getting Started with the Sequencer
Record a Drum Loop
Our song will be based around a four measure drum loop that we’ll record now. Then, a little
later on, we’ll “unloop” the drum track and really start jamming.
The length of the drum loop is determined by the current endpoint, so we’ll start by recording
four measures of silence to set the endpoint.
1. Set RecTrk to 1 then press the Record soft button. The Song Status indicator (top right
hand corner of the display) flashes REC|READY.
2. Press the Play soft button. The Song Status indicator now reads
RECORDING.
The K2000’s built-in metronome begins clicking, and the Song mode LED flashes in time
with the current tempo.
Notice the Locat parameter on the right side of the display, which shows the current
measure and beat number. When you begin recording, the K2000 provide you with a four
beat count-off. The Locat parameter shows a negative value during the countoff.
Since we are recording four measures of silence, press the Stop soft button as soon as
Locat reads 4:4.
Note: The sequencer truncates to the nearest downbeat, so as long as you press Stop before Locat
reads 5:2 (but after it reads 4:4) you’ll be OK. Don’t worry about this too much, though, since in
the next step we’ll show you how to check (and change, if necessary) the endpoint.
When you press Stop, you’ll be asked to confirm and name this song. Even though we’ve
just recorded four measures of silence, when you save it and give it a name it’s officially a
song.
For the purposes of this example, we’ll assume that you pressed Stop a few beats too late.
You’ll see how easy it is to correct this sort of thing in the Event Editor.
3. On the MAIN page in Song mode, make sure that the cursor is highlighting any field
other than the Program field, then press the Edit button. (If the Program field is
SongMode:MAIN||Events:186K|||REC|READY||
CurSong:1|NewSong||||||||||||Tempo:120||
RecTrk|:1||||Vol:127|Pan:64||Mode|:Merge
Program:34|Castle|Drums||||||Locat:||1:1
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Track||:R|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|
Channel:1|2|3|4|5|6|7|8|9|10111213141516
Record||Play|||Stop||Erase||MISC||MIXER|
Song status indicator
The Locat paraqmeter
shows the current
measure and beat
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