III. FUNCTIONS FOR PERFORMANCE
SEQUENCER MODE
The step sequencer lets you input a note at each of up to 16 steps, and play back the notes as a loop. You can
change the number of steps between 1 and 16. Up to 128 patterns can be stored.
ENTER STEP SEQUENCE MODE
Set the mode select switch to SEQ
STEP BUTTON [1] - [16]
In step sequence mode, the [1] - [16] buttons are called “step buttons”
TO EXIT THE SEQUENCER
Press STOP and set mode select switch to PATCH.
SELECTING/PLAYING PATTERNS
1. Make the function select buttons (NOTE – PERFORM) all go dark.
2. Use the [0] – [9] buttons to enter a pattern number (1–128), or use the [VALUE] knob to select a pattern
number.3. The display shows the pattern number.
3. Press the [PLAY] button to play the pattern.
Each time you press the button, the pattern plays or stops. You can also select the next pattern while a
pattern is playing. When the current pattern finishes playing, the next pattern starts playing.
ENTERING NOTES
1. Press the [NOTE] button to make it light.
2. While holding down the step button at which you want to enter a note, use the [VALUE] knob to select the note
number.
The display shows the note number.
• You can also select note numbers by holding down the step number and playing a key.
• If you want to enter the same note number at multiple steps, press the step buttons at which you want to enter
the note; then hold down the [NOTE] button and turn the [VALUE] knob.
• A lit step button indicates note-on, and an unlit step button indicates note-off.
ENTERING NOTES FROM K-25M OR EXTERNAL MIDI
Now you can use a K-25m (sold separately) or an external MIDI device such as a MIDI keyboard connected to the SE-
02 to enter consecutive notes starting with step 1.
1. Hold down the [PERFORM] button and press the [NOTE] button. STEP NOTE mode is selected, and the [NOTE]
button and step button [1] blink.
2. Play your K-25m or MIDI keyboard to enter notes. Notes are entered consecutively starting with step 1. When
you've entered 16 steps, you exit STEP NOTE mode.
You can turn the [VALUE] knob to move between steps.
When you press a step button, the note data that was entered at that step is deleted, and you move to that step
(the button goes dark).
This function was introduced on V1.10+.
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