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ERASE PATT 01
TOMI ERASED
ТОМ 1 is now completely erased from pattern 1. When erasing a single drum it Is not
necessary to press RECORD.
In SONG mode, holding the ERASE button will cause the following display:
ERASE SONG 01
Pressing fhe RECORD button will erase the currently selected song number.
VVhen erasing a pattern or song, the erase is not executed until RECORD is pressed, and
will be aborted if ERASE Is released before pressing RECORD. When erasing a drum,
the erase occurs as soon as the drum button is pressed. The ERASE button has no
effect while a song or pattern is playing.
Erasing Individual drums in RECORD mode (selected beats)
While recording in a pattern, individual drums can be erased by holding the ERASE
button while playing the drum on the desired beat to be erased. If the drum was hit within
a quantize window in which that same drum had been previously recorded, it will be
erased. Holding the drum button down will continue to erase any of the same drum
events that may occur.
This means that a drum button can be held down with ERASE throughout a part of a
pattern while in record in order to erase all of fhat drum's events that occur within the
current quantize step. If eighth notes existed on a snare for example, and erase and
snare were held down in record while in quarter note quantize, only the snare events on
quarter notes would be erased.
Erasing an entire drum button's rhythm (all beats) or erasing and entire
PATTern
While not playing or recording a pattern, the ERASE button can be used to erase all of a
drum's events (regardless of quantize mode) from the entire pattern by holding erase and
hitting the drum. It can also be used to erase the entire pattern by holding ERASE and
hitting RECORD.
STEP EDIT MODE
How to enter STEP EDIT mode
To enter step record / step edit, press and hold PATTERN, and then press RECORD,
then release both buttons. The RECORD LED will light, but the PLAY LED will not.
Indicating that you are in step mode. The display will look as follows:
STEP 001 + 00/96
PERC1 VOLUME:a
The first line of the display shows the current beat number, followed by the sub-beat
shown as a fraction of 96ths of a beat. The + arrow button is used to move forwards in
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