Song Mode and the Song Editor
Song Mode: The MAIN Page
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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.
Track Status Indicators
Using the Up, Down, Left, and Right cursor buttons to position the cursor onto a Track Status
Indicator, you can toggle an empty track (–) into Record (R) with the Alpha Wheel or Plus/
Minus 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 display an (R), designating it as the recording 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), 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 1–16
of a new song are assigned to Channels 1–16 respectively, although a track can play or record on
any channel and the same channel can be used for more than one track. Keep in mind, however,
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’ll play the same program—the one on the higher-numbered
track, since that’s the most recent Program Change command received on that channel.
Soft Buttons on the MAIN Page
This section contains descriptions of the functions of the function soft buttons, that is, the
buttons with labels not in all-caps. As with all other modes, the soft buttons in Song Mode that
have labels in all-caps call up different pages. See the following sections for descriptions on how
these pages work.
The
Rec
,
Play
, and
Stop
Soft Buttons
NOTE: These buttons are similar to the transport controls on a tape deck. Some of those decks require you
to press Play and Record simultaneously to begin recording. The PC3LE’s transport buttons aren’t like
that, however. It’s important that you press only one of these soft buttons at a time to insure proper
recording start points, and to always be sure of the current sequencer status.
The Rec soft button 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 Rec.
The Play soft button 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.
The Play soft button functions as a Pause button, but only when the Song Status is PLAYING or
RECORDING. Pressing Play while the song is playing will stop the playback, 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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