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Advanced Operations
Pattern Loop This plays the Song repeatly until the STOP button is pressed
1 SHOT This plays the Song one time and then stops
Percussion Loop This is a Song with just the Percussion part that plays repeatedly
Hit This plays a short musical phrase one time
TAP This plays a step of a musical phrase each time you play a pad
USER This is song created by the user and stored in a user location
Editing Songs
1. Press the [SONG] Button.
2. On song screen, press [MENU]. You will see “SETUP”
displayed on the screen.
3. Press the [SAVE/ENTER] button.
4. Press [PAGE +] or [ - ] to move between parameters for the Song.
5. Press the [–/+] buttons to move between the Pages for the settings of the song - Tempo,
Time Sig/Mode,Pre Count, Kit Link, Tap Sync. See the definitions below.
NOTE - The parameters of Pre Count, Kit Link, Tap Sync are global settings cannot be saved
to a user song.
Time Signature/Time-Sig
For the preset songs, this parameter shows the current song’s default value. For the user
songs that have material already recording on them the default value is 4/4 and cannot be
changed.
1. Each Song has its own mode as default.
2. If current song is the type of Loop/1Shot, the parameter can be changed and the
modification takes effect at real time. If current song is the type of TAP/HIT, the parameter
cannot be changed.
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