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Song Mode and the Song Editor
Song Mode: The MIXER Page
Forexample,letʹssayyouhavearecordedafourbardrumloopandnowwanttorecordan
eightbarbassline.ThiswouldbeasituationwhereUnLoopwouldcomeinhandy.Whilethe
drumtrackkeepslooping,thebasstrackwillrecordinlinearfashion,andthe
endpointwillbe
movedtothepointatwhichyoupressStop.Actually,thedrumtrackwillalsochange.Itwill
playthroughitslooptwice,butwhiletheinformationisrepeatingintheloop,itwillbe
recordedtothetrack.Sonowifyoulookatthe
drumtrack,youwillseeinformationinbars5‐8
(aduplicateofthe information inbars1‐4).
Metron
TheMetronparameterdeterminestherecordingmodesinwhichthemetronomewillplay.With
MetrosettoOff,themetronomedoesnʹtplayatall.WithMetronsettoRec,themetronomeonly
playswhilerecordingisinprogress.WithMetronsettoAlways,themetronomeplaysduring
playback
andrecording.WithMetronomesettoCountOff,themetronomeplaysonlyduring
countoff(iftheCountOffparameterontheMetropageissettosomethingotherthanOff.)
Song Mode: The MIXER Page
Out
UsetheOutparametertosettherearpanelaudiooutputsusedforeachtrackofthecurrent
song.Thisparameterdeterminestheoutputsettingsforthemainprogramsignalandinsert
effectsofeachtrack(forAuxeffectsoutputsettings,usetheOutputparameterontheSong
ModeAUX1or
AUX2pages.)
AsettingofAutowillmakethattrackoutputaudiobasedonthesettingsfortheprogramused
bythattrack.ProgramoutputsettingsaresetintheProgramEditorusingtheOutputparameter
onthetoplineofPROGFXpage(seeOutput on page 2‐1fordetails)or
theOutputparameteron
thetoplineofLAYERFXpage(seethePC3Musician’sGuidefordetails.)AsettingofPri.
(primary)willoutputtrackaudiototheMAINBalancedAnalogOutputs.AsettingofSec.
(secondary)willoutputtrackaudiototheAUXBalancedAnalogOutputs.