Using song edit to arrange samples or phrases, Moving a sample/phrase, Copying a sample/phrase – Roland Fantom G8 User Manual

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Using Song Edit to Arrange Samples or

Phrases

You can edit your song by moving or copying samples and phrases.

1.

Press [SONG] twice to access the Song Edit screen

Each time you press the [SONG] button, you’ll switch between the Song Play screen and Song
Edit screen.

You can change the location at which a sample/phrase plays back, or move it to a different track.
Use the cursor buttons to select the sample/phrase that you want to move, and perform the following
operations depending on how you want to move it.

If you’re using a USB mouse, you can move a sample/phrase by dragging it with the mouse
(hold down the left mouse button and move it).

You can copy the sample/phrase immediately following its current location in the track.
If you want a phrase loop to play repeatedly for several measures, this provides a way to quickly create
copies of it.
Use the cursor buttons to select the sample/phrase that you want to copy, and press [F3 (Copy)] to copy it to
the immediately following location.

If you’re using a USB mouse, you can copy a sample/phrase by clicking it while holding
down

[SHIFT]

.

You can delete a sample/phrase from the track.
Use the cursor buttons to select the sample/phrase that you want to delete, and press [F2 (Delete)] to delete
the sample/phrase.

Moving a sample/phrase

To move by

Button operation

Measures

[SHIFT] + cursor (left/right) buttons

16th notes (120 ticks)

[SHIFT] + [VALUE] dial

Single tick

[SHIFT] + [INC] [DEC]

Between tracks

[SHIFT] + cursor (up/down) buttons

Copying a sample/phrase

Deleting a sample/phrase

Editing a copied phrase will modify the content of all copies of that phrase. If you want to edit only a copied
phrase, you should Duplicate it before editing it.

1.

In the phrase list, duplicate the phrase that you want to edit.
➝ Owner’s Manual “Duplicating a Phrase (Duplicate)” (p. 215)

2.

Edit the duplicated phrase.

3.

Assign the edited phrase to the song.
➝ Owner’s Manual “Inserting a Sample/Phrase at a Specified Location (Insert)” (p. 233)

To make detailed edits to the
performance data (MIDI)

Edit it in the Microscope screen (Owner’s Manual p. 250)

To overwrite-record onto a phrase

Select the phrase in the phrase list, and press [REC] to overwrite-record
(Owner’s Manual p. 221)

To transpose

Use the Transpose function (Owner’s Manual p. 245) to transpose.

To switch the sound (part) of a
phrase, e.g., Piano

Bass

Use the Change Channel function (Owner’s Manual p. 246) to change
the MIDI channel. Set the Src Channel to “1” (the piano part) and the Dst
Channel to “2” (the bass part), and then execute (F8 Execute).

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