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to“SHUFFLE16”or“SHUFFLE8.”
[SHIFT]
button+
[CTRL3]
knob
METRO
VOL
0‒5 Setsthevolumeofthemetronome.
[VALUE]
knob
QTZ
(QUANTIZE)
Off,GRID32,GRID
16.3,GRID16,GRID
8.3,GRID8,GRID
4.3,GRID4,
SHUFFLE16,
SHUFFLE8
Whentheplayerpressesthepadandthe
sampleplaysback,inevitablythetimingvaries.
Quantizationisafunctionthatautomatically
correctstheseinconsistenciesintimingwhen
yourecordapattern.
Whenquantizationisset,youcanrecord
patternsinwhichthenotessoundwithin
specifiedintervals.
Pressthe[REC]button.
Thepatternisrecorded.ThepatternrepeatedlyrecordsatthelengthspecifiedintheLENGTH
parameter(looprecording).Youcanrecordandoverdubdifferentandmultiplesamples,without
overwritingthepattern.
Whileyouʼrerecordingapattern,theunitswitchesbetweenrehearsalandrecordingmodeeachtime
youpressthe[REC]button.Wheninrehearsalmode,loopplaybackcontinuesfortherecorded
patternwithoutbeingrecorded.Thisisusefulfunctionwhenyouwanttopracticewhattoplay
beforerecordingapattern.
Youcanpressthe[REC]buttonwhileapatternisplayingbacktoswitchtopatternrecording.Note
thatrecordingstartsatthebeginningofthepattern.Ifyouʼvepressedthe[REC]buttoninthe
middleofthepattern,themessage“WaitforREC”appears.
Whilethepatternisrecording,pressthe[PATTERNSELECT]buttonwhileholdingdownthe[SHIFT]
buttontoundothedatayoujustinputted(recorded).Thisisusefulwhenyoumadeamistakein
timingwhenrecordingapattern.
Ifyoupressthe[RECORDSETTING]buttonwhilethepatternisrecordingorduringrehearsalmode,
theRECORDSETTINGscreenisshown.NotethatyoucanʼtsettheLENGTHparameteratthistime.
SettheLENGTHparameterbeforerecordingapattern.Pressthe[EXIT]buttontoreturntothe
previousscreen.
Pressthe[DEL]buttonwhilerecordingapatterntoentererasemode(whichletsyouerasea
pattern).Ifyouholddownpads[1]‒[16],theperformancedatarecordedinthepatternforthatpad
(sample)iserased.Pressthe[DEL]buttonagaintoreturntothepreviousscreen.
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Whenyouarefinishedrecordingthepattern,pressthe[EXIT]button.
Thepatternsyourecordisautomaticallysavedinthepad.
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