Future Retro Revolution Owner Manual - Manual (Page 25)

SEQUENCER OPERATIONS
SELECTING SONGS
Selecting a song is done in the same way patterns are selected, except you must be in the Song
mode. To enter the Song mode, first stop the playback of the unit and press the Song key. The Song
key indicator will turn on showing Song mode is currently selected.
To select a song, press the Step key indicator (1-16) to select one of the 16 songs locations. If the
sequencer is already playing a song and another song is selected, the newly selected song’s Step key
indicator will be on at half brightness showing that it is cued up and will begin its playback as soon as
the first song reaches its loop point.
PLAYING SONGS
You must be in the Song mode to play songs. Select a song to play by pressing one of the 16 Step
keys. Press the Play key to begin playback of the song. The display will show the current step of the
song playing. If you press the Play key while the song is playing, playback will stop but remain on
the current step of the song. Pressing the Play key again will resume playback from the current step.
If you want to start playback from the beginning of the song, press the Shift/Clear key before starting
playback.
EDITING SONGS
All song editing is done in the Song mode. To enter the Song mode, stop the sequencer, and press the
Song key so that its indicator turns on. All song editing must be done while the sequencer is stopped.
Song editing is used to arrange your patterns into a song. There are 16 song locations available and
each is capable of arranging up to 3580 measures of patterns. Each song step records the pattern that
will play for that step, how much the pattern is to be transposed from its original pitch, and whether
or not it will be the last pattern played in the song before it starts over again or loops. Each song also
records the tempo that it will play at.
SELECTING PATTERNS FOR A SONG STEP
When in the song mode, the display will show the current step being edited or played. You can select
the desired song step by using the Up/Down keys. You can also reset the song to step 1 at any time
by pressing the Shift/Clear key.
To edit a song, you simply select the patterns in the order they are to play in the song, change the
transpose setting if needed, and set a loop point on the last step you wish to play in the song. To
change the pattern a song step will play, select the song step you wish to edit, and then press and hold
the Pattern key. The display will now show the bank and Step keys 1-16 are used to select the a
pattern within that bank. While holding the Pattern key, use the Up/Down keys to select the bank and
then press the Step key to select a pattern within that bank. Release the Pattern key once you have
made your selection. Select the pattern for each step in this way until all the patterns are in their
correct order.
To see how your song sounds so far, press the Shift/Clear key to reset the song to step 1 and
press the Play key to begin playback. Press the Play key again to stop the song’s playback
when you are finished. If you need to make changes to the song, use the Up/Down keys to
select the step to edit and make the necessary changes.
All changes you make when editing the song are automatically saved by the sequencer.
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