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Song Mode
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9.5 Creating and Editing a Song
The pre-requisite to creating a song is to have a series of patterns
available, although technically blank patterns can also be added to a song
slot. Editing and creating a song is performed in ‘Red’ mode i.e. when the
[Rec] mode is selected as on. Otherwise the song mode page just presents
the playback of patterns and the song as options. Track muting is not
applied in Song Mode, but is set in the Pattern or Track Mixer Pages.
▌ CREATING A BASIC SONG FROM SCRATCH
1. Press [Song] to select song mode. The step / pattern cursor will be
displayed by a green bounding box. Also only 1
st
and 2
nd
screen buttons
to control play are available in ‘green’ mode - [Rec] off.
2. Press [Rec] to toggle editing on, ‘red’ mode. The step / pattern cursor
will be displayed by a red bounding box. Also all of the screen button
options are shown as available in ‘red’ mode - [Rec] on.
3. Navigate to the slot location desired, Turn (Jog). The location selected
is shown with the green or red bounding box over the slot number and
pattern number. Alternatively Press [Up] and [Down] to also navigate
through the slots. Press [Shift] + [Insert] to jump to the top slot.
4. To add a new song slot, Press [Add Slot], 4
th
Screen button. Song slots
represent a pattern and are displayed as a row on the song mode page.
5. When adding a new slot row, it will
• Be added directly below the currently selected row.
• The newly added slot replicates the previously selected row.
• The new slot row is also automatically selected.
6. To change the pattern on the selected row, Press the [Left], 6
th
Screen
button or [Right], 7
th
Screen button or hold [Shift] + Turn (Jog). All 255
patterns that are available in a project will be selectable in a song, even
if no steps or data has been created in the chosen pattern.
7. More slots can be added to develop the song further and expand its
length and duration.
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