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Intro
15
Equip- ment
Prepa- ration
Rhythm Piano Guitar Vocal Mixing CD Spec
Some phrases are just made for step recording!
I
t goes without sa
y
ing that ke
y
board instruments are fundamentall
y
di erent than other t
y
pes of instru
-
m
ents. For example, what will happen when you play the
f
ollowing bass phrase
f
rom the keyboard
?
I
t
l
oo
k
s easy,
b
ut at t
h
is rapi
d
tempo it’s not easy to p
l
ay consistent repeate
d
notes at t
h
e same pitc
h
. It
t
akes a moment to move your

nger o

the key, so it’s rather di

cult to avoid a staccato
f
eeling. Even
p
hrases like this that might be di cult to pla
y
from a ke
y
board are eas
y
if
y
ou use step recording. If
y
ou’re
t
rying
f
or high-precision patterns, you’ll want to take advantage o
f
step recording
.
Access the step recording screen
The procedure until this point has been the same as when you
recorded the
p
iano, but now we’ll shift to a
p
rocedure that is dis-
tinctive o
f
step recordin
g.
In t
h
e MIDI TRACK screen, t
h
e metronome wi
ll
b
egin soun
d
ing
when you press the
[
REC
]
button once, but i
f
you press the
[
REC
]
b
utton once again
y
ou’
ll
enter t
h
e step recor
d
stan
dby
screen.
In the MIDI TRACK screen, press
[REC] twice to access the step
record standby screen.
In t
h
is screen
,
notice t
h
at
“Sta
r
t
P
oi
n
t”
is
“000
1-
0
1-
000”
(
t
h
e
b
e-
g
innin
g
o
f
the

rst beat o
f
measure one). I
f
it’s not, use the
[
Down
cursor
]
butto
n
to
m
o
v
e
the
cu
r
so
r
to
Sta
r
t
P
oi
n
t
,
an
d
t
h
en use
the dial to set it.
Use the [Down cursor] but-
ton to move the cursor. Turn
the dial to change the Start
Point to “0001-01-0000”.
Wh
en
y
ou press t
h
e
[
START
]
b
utton,
y
ou’
ll
see t
h
e step recor
d
ing
screen.
Enter the data
We’ll begin by making some settings that specify the type of notes
w
e want to enter. Set the note len
g
th and volume as shown in the
screen below.
Use the [Left/Right cursor]
buttons to move.
Turn the dial to change the
value.
Setting
E
xplanation
NOTE TYPE
Speci

es the note length (time value)
.
G
AT
E
S
p
eci

es the duration o
f
the actual sound relative to
the note len
g
th. For example even if NOTE TYPE is set to
1/8th notes, this GATE settin
g
will determine whether
the notes are le
g
ato or staccato
.
VEL
O
Speci es the velocity (loudness) of the notes. If you set
t
hi
s
to
“REAL
,
”
the force at which you actually strike
each key will be entered as the velocity. If you specify
a
v
a
l
ue
of
1
–127, that’s the velocit
y
value that will be
entered; the
f
orce at which
y
ou actuall
y
strike the ke
y
wi
ll
b
e ignore
d
.
When
y
ou’ve

nished making these settings, press a ke
y
to enter
t
h
e
 r
st
n
ote.
When you press
a key, the  rst
note will be
entered.
You can use the [STEP]
buttons to move the
location at which your
note will be entered.
(You’ll move in steps of
the length selected by
“NOTE TYPE.”)
When you press a key, a horizontal bar will appear, indicating the pitch
o
f
the note
y
ou entered. Simpl
y
repeat this step to enter the notes
.
When
y
ou’ve  nished, press the
[
STOP]
butto
n
.
For more details on step recording, refer to “Inputting Data
One Step at a Time (Step Recording)” (p. 92) in the owner’s
manual.
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