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Song Mode and the Song Editor
Song Mode: The MAIN Page
The Stop soft button halts the playback or recording, and resets the song’s location to either the
default Bar 1, Beat 1 value, or to whatever location you defined with the Locate parameter. If the
location is defined as something other than Bar 1, Beat 1, press Stop twice to reset to 1:1.
Pressing Stop when the Song Status is RECORDING will always prompt the “Save changes to
this song?” 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.
The PC3LE also has dedicated front panel buttons for Record, Play/Pause, and Stop. You’ll find
them just below the six mode buttons. Additionally you can control these functions from any
external sequencer that sends MIDI Machine Control (MMC) messages. The PC3LE will
automatically listen to any MMC messages received at the USB or MIDI in port. The PC3LE will
also automatically send its own MMC messages from the USB and MIDI out port, enabling the
PC3LE’s transport to control an external sequencer. This works from any mode, though in
Program mode you will want to make sure that the Demo Button function is set to off. You can
do this from Master Mode, Page 2. When Demo Button is set to off, you can still hear Program
demos by pressing the cursor up and down buttons simultaneously.
Important Note About External Sequencers:
If using the PC3LE transport controls to record to an external sequencer, you must be in Song
mode with the RecTrk set to None. If this is not done, you will simultaneously record to the
external sequencer and the selected RecTrk if in Song Mode, or activate the Quick Song
Recording function from other modes. This will cause unwanted sequences to be recorded in the
PC3LE’s sequencer.
If you are also triggering PC3LE sounds from the external sequencer, you will run into the same
issue when using the transport on the external sequencer (if it is sending MMC.) In this case,
either turn off outgoing MMC on the external sequencer, or use the same precautions as above.
The
Load
,
Save
, and
Export
Soft Buttons
The Load soft button calls up a scrolling list from which you can quickly locate and load a
sequence. You can select a sequence using either the Alpha Wheel or -/+ buttons, or you can
enter a sequence’s ID number.
The Save button calls up the “Save As” dialog.
The Export button exports the current song to a Computer or USB device as a Standard MIDI
File. Select Standard MIDI File type 1 (saves with multiple channels,) or Standard MIDI File type
0 (saves as 1 channel.)
The
NewSng
and
ClrSng,
and
Delete
Soft Buttons
The NewSng soft button creates a new song using the Default Sequence (specified on Page 2 of
Master Mode) as a parameter template. Pressing this button is the same as selecting 0*New
Song*.
The ClrSng soft button creates a new song whose parameters are set to the default values listed
in the table beneath this section’s header (Song Mode: The MAIN Page). Keep in mind that the
selected program for the new song will be the currently selected program.
Use the Delete soft button to delete a user created or edited song. Pressing the Delete soft
button prompts you to continue by pressing Delete or to return to the previous screen by
pressing Cancel.
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