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Song Mode and the Song Editor
Song Mode: The MAIN Page
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.
Stop halts the playback or recording, and resets the songÕs location to either the default
Bar 1, Beat 1 value, or to whatever location you deÞned with the Locate parameter. If the
location is deÞned as something other than Bar 1, Beat 1, press Stop twice to return to 1:1.
Pressing Stop when the Song Status is RECORDING will always prompt the ÒSave changes to
this song?Ó dialog (described below), and provides you with the opportunity to listen to the new
song and compare it with the old, previously saved, song before answering Yes or No.
Here are some useful alternatives to using these button presses:
¥ Keyboard models have dedicated front panel buttons for Record, Play/Pause, and Stop.
YouÕll Þnd them just below the eight mode buttons.
¥ Footswitches can be assigned to Play/Stop and Record/Stop. On the MIDI-mode
TRANSMIT page, assign either footswitch to controller number 102 or 103. Using controller
103, you can even record from within the Song Editor.
¥ Double button presses allow Song Play, Pause, and Stop soft button functions from most
places where these buttons are not available. Use the cursor Left+Right double-press for
Play/Stop, and use the cursor Up+Down double-press for Play/Pause.
Erase removes all channelized data from the track on which the cursor is currently positioned
(on either the Track or Channel parameters) or from the record-enabled track if the cursor is
positioned elsewhere. As described on page 12-32, a dialog appears that allows you to verify
your intentions before permanently erasing any data. Once youÕve conÞrmed the erasure, it
takes place immediately, so be sure you really want to erase the track before pressing the OK
soft button. You will not be able to revert to a version of the song that includes the erased
tracksÑunless youÕve saved the earlier version to another ID. So before you start removing data
that you may not want to lose permanently, you should also check out Delete on page 12-53, and
Song Editor: Track Functions on page 12-51.
The Erase function doesnÕt show a dialog or erase any data if an empty track is selected.
MISC accesses more sequencer control parameters found on the Song-mode MISC page. These
miscellaneous controls include record- and play-mode settings, auto punch-in points,
quantization on input settings, tempo, and click attributes, as documented later in this chapter,
starting on page 12-32.
MIXER lets you view a graphic representation of knobs and level faders for each track on the
MIX page. You can modify program changes, volume and pan position on this page. Record
status can also be selected here. The section on the Mixer begins on page 12-39.
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