Song Mode and Sequencing
Song Mode: The MAIN Page
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triggering steps using keystrikes, you’ll hit the triggering key somewhere in the last bar of
the current step. This causes the new step to start right after the end of the current step.
You can also cause steps to start as soon as you hit the triggering note. To do this, go to the
TRANSMIT page in MIDI mode, and assign a control setup that has a value of Off for the
Sync parameter on the COMMON page of the Setup Editor.
6. Set the Latch parameter to a value of On. Now the steps will continue playing after you’ve
released the triggering note.
7. Set the VelTrk parameter to a value of Off if you want the step to play back at the level at
which you recorded it. Set it to On to vary the playback level according to the velocity of
the keystrikes that trigger the step.
Song Mode: The MAIN Page
The Song Mode MAIN Page allows real time recording and playback, song and track selection.
From this page you can view and edit the tracks' channel, program, volume and pan settings, as
well as other useful items.
SongMode:MAIN||Events:186K|||STOPPED||||
CurSong:1|NewSong||||||||||||Tempo:120||
RecTrk|:1||||Vol:127|Pan:64||Mode|:Merge
Program:2|Stereo|Grand|||||||Locat:||1:1
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Track||:R|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|
Channel:1|2|3|4|5|6|7|8|9|10111213141516
Record||Play|||Stop||Erase||MISC||MIXER|
The Events field on the top line displays the amount of free RAM space 186 K in the above
example represents maximum available memory with P/RAM installed. The maximum without
P/RAM is 30 K. This field is replaced by the Used field, as shown below, when the Song Status
is REC|READY or RECORDING, to display the percentage of the recording buffer (not RAM)
being used.
SongMode:MAIN||Used:||0%|||REC|READY||
Parameter Range of Values Default
CurSong (Current Song) Song ID & Name 1 NEWSONG
RecTrk (Recording Track) 1 – 16, None, Mult 1
Program Program ID & Name Current Program
Setup Setup ID & Name Current Setup
Track (Track Status) - (Empty), R, M, P - (Empty)
Channel 1 – 16 1 – 16
Vol (Volume) 0 – 127 127
Pan 0 – 127 64
Tempo 1 – 255 BPM 120 BPM
Mode Merge, Erase Merge
Locat (Locaiton) 1:1 – 9999:9 1:1