Song Mode
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During playback and recording, the indicators above tracks containing any MIDI data will
flash a small, filled-in square when any MIDI activity is detected. The filled-in square also
flashes over a track any time that there is incoming MIDI data on that track’s channel, even
while the sequencer is STOPPED.
Track Status Indicators
Using the Up, Down, Left, and Right cursor arrows to position the cursor onto a Track Status
Indicator, you can toggle an empty track (-) into Record (R) with the Alpha Wheel or
Increment/Decrement 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 have an (R) in this field, designating it as the record
enabled 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 specific tracks is not desired.
If there isn’t a track with an (R) in this field, 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.)
Track Channels
Each track has a MIDI Channel that it uses to receive and transmit data. By default, tracks 1
through 16 of a new Song are assigned to channels 1 through 16 respectively, although a track
can play or record on any channel and the same channel can be assigned to more than one
track. However, keep in mind that only one program can be assigned to a channel at a time, so
if you have more than one track assigned to the same channel, they will be playing the same
program.
Soft Buttons on the MAIN Page
Although these soft buttons may look similar to the transport controls on a tape deck that
might require that you hold down play and record simultaneously to begin recording, they do
not operate in the same fashion. It is important that you only press one of these transport style
soft buttons at a time to insure proper record start points, and to always be sure of the current
sequencer status.
Record|Pause|||Stop||Erase||MISC||MIXER|
Record changes the Song Status to REC READY if the current Song Status is STOPPED. If the
current Song Status is PLAYING, it will be switched to RECORDING when you press Record.
If the RecTrk is set to None, pressing Record will select the first available empty track for
recording, thus setting the RecTrk to the newly record-enabled track number and placing an (R)
in that track's status display. Song Status will change to REC READY or RECORDING,
depending on the previous Song Status as described above.
Play plays back any recorded data when pressed while the song status is STOPPED. Playback
will begin from the bar and beat specified in the Locate parameter.
When the Song Status is REC READY, pressing the Play soft button will begin recording.
Pause and Play share the same soft button. Pause appears only when the Song Status is PLAYING or
RECORDING. Pressing Pause while the song is playing will stop the playback (soft button switches to
Play), and the location remains at the current bar and beat, allowing you to continue from that location
by pressing Play again.
Pressing Pause while recording will stop the recording process as if you had pressed Stop.
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