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Playing samples and recording your performance (Pattern Sequencer)
When you play samples and record your performance as a
pattern, recording will occur repeatedly for the number of
measures you specify (i.e., “loop recording”), allowing you
to continue layering (overdubbing) additional samples onto
the pattern.
1. Press [PATTERN SELECT] so the button is lit.
The display will indicate “Ptn” and the pads to which a
pattern is assigned will blink.
2. Press [SAMPLING] so the button is lit.
All pads to which no pattern is assigned will blink.
3. Press one of the BANK [A]–[F/J] buttons to select the
pattern bank into which you want to record.
If no CompactFlash card is installed, you won’t be able to
select pattern banks C–J.
4. Press the pad to which you want to assign the pattern
you’re going to record.
The pad you pressed will light, and the remaining pads
will go out. [SAMPLING] will blink, and the metronome
will begin sounding.
5. Press [START/END/LEVEL] so the button is lit.
6. Turn the CTRL 3 (LEVEL) knob to adjust the metronome
volume.
7. Press [TIME/BPM] so the button is lit.
The display will indicate the pattern tempo (BPM).
8. Specify the pattern tempo, either by holding down [TAP
TEMPO] and turning the CTRL 2 (BPM) knob, or by
pressing [TAP TEMPO] several times at the desired
tempo.
BPM range: 40–200. If the BPM is in the 40–60 or 160–180
ranges, it can be set only in even-numbered values. If the BPM
is above 180, you can set it to either 180, 183, 186, 190,
193, 196, or 200.
9. Press [LENGTH] so the button is lit.
The display will indicate the length (number of
measures) of the pattern that will be recorded.
10. Turn the CTRL 3 knob to specify the length of the
pattern.
The display will indicate the pattern length you specify.
Range: 1–99
If the pattern already contains data, you can’t make it
shorter than its current length.
You can specify the pattern length in one-measure units
for the range of 1–20 measures, and in four-measure
units for longer patterns.
11. Press [QUANTIZE] so the button is lit.
[LENGTH] will go out, and the display will indicate the
quantize setting.
What is quantization?
Quantization is a function that automatically corrects the slight
inaccuracies in timing that can sometimes occur when you are
pressing pads and playing samples to produce a recording.
Once you’ve specified a quantize setting, your performance
will be recorded at accurate intervals of quarter notes, eighth
notes, or sixteenth notes. This function is particularly useful
when you’re creating groove-based music and need the timing
to be tight. This is also useful when you’re creating rhythm
patterns.
12. Turn the CTRL 3 knob to specify the desired quantize
setting.
The display will indicate the quantize setting you
specify.
The indication has the following significance.
S.8:
Quantize to 8th notes using shuffle quantize.
S.16: Quantize to 16th notes using shuffle quantize.
4:
Quantize to quarter notes.
4.3: Quantize to quarter-note triplets.
8: Quantize to eighth notes.
8.3: Quantize to eighth-note triplets.
16: Quantize to sixteenth notes.
16.3: Quantize to sixteenth-note triplets.
32:
Quantize to thirty-second notes.
oFF: Quantize will not be used. The actual timing at
which you pressed the pad will be recorded.
If you use shuffle quantize, use the CTRL 2 knob to specify the
rate. The rate specifies the proportion by which the backbeats
will be separated from the downbeats of the quantization
you’ve specified. If this is set to “50,” each backbeat will be
exactly between two adjacent downbeats. If this is set to “0,”
each backbeat will be at the same timing as the preceding
downbeat. If this is “100,” each backbeat will be at the same
timing as the following downbeat.
13. Press [QUANTIZE] to extinguish the button.
14. Press [SAMPLING].
[SAMPLING] will change from blinking to lit, and
recording will begin.
There will be a one-measure count before recording
actually begins, so wait for one measure while listening
to the metronome. During this time, the display will
indicate a count of -4, -3, -2, -1.
When the count ends, recording will begin, and the
display will indicate the measure and beat.
Pads you play during the count will not be recorded.
Recording a pattern
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