Future Retro Mobius Owner's Manual - Manual (Page 11)

OPERATIONS
Setting the loop point for a song
A loop point is recorded into a song step to indicate this will be the last step played before the sequencer goes back
to step 1 and begins to play again. If you want to find what song step is set to loop, you can use the UP/DOWN
keys to step through the song and see which step is set to loop. This is indicated by the LOOP key’s indicator being
on.
To set a loop point for a step, press the LOOP key. In the same way if you wish to remove a loop point you may
press the LOOP key turning the loop point off. You may also clear all the loop points from a song by pressing and
holding the CLEAR key, press the LOOP key. This will be most useful when creating new songs rather than
finding the existing loop point one at a time, and clearing them out.
All changes you make to the loop point settings are automatically saved by the sequencer.
Setting a song’s tempo
Each song records the tempo it will playback. Select the song you wish to change the tempo of, and press the
TEMPO key. As you hold the TEMPO key, the display will show the current tempo setting. Using the UP/DOWN
keys you change the song’s tempo from 20-250 beats per minute. Once the tempo is correct, release the TEMPO
key and the sequencer will automatically save your changes.
Advanced song editing
It is possible to jump from the currently selected song step, to the pattern edit mode and edit the pattern used for
that song step. If a song is at any point other than the first step and you exit song mode, the pattern used for the
current song step will be automatically selected with all it’s song parameters, for editing in the pattern mode.
To clarify, let’s say you are on step 3 of a song and that song step uses pattern 1 in bank 1with a transpose value of
+12. If you exit the song mode, pattern 1 of bank 1 will be the pattern currently selected. If you hold down the
transpose key you will notice it is set for +12, just as it was for the song step. In addition, the tempo the pattern
plays at will be the same as set for the song. This allows you to easily edit a pattern and hear what it will sound like
for the song. You can now make any changes to the pattern or even select a different pattern you would like to use
for that song step. You may change the transpose value for the pattern while in the pattern edit mode, which will
change the transpose setting for that step in the song. If you change the tempo while in the pattern mode, it will
change the entire song’s tempo as well.
Once you are through editing the pattern for the current song step, return to the song mode and all changes will be
accepted and saved by the sequencer. If you are in the song mode and wish to return to the pattern mode without
the sequencer automatically selecting the current song step’s pattern, press the CLEAR key before you exit the
song mode.
Note: to access the MIDI and SYSEX modes you must enter the song mode. Once changes are made in either of
these modes if the current song selected is at any location other than step 1, you will activate the advanced song
editing function. In this case, it would be a good habit to hit the CLEAR key before you exit the song mode, which
will return you to where you previously were in the pattern mode before making adjustments to the MIDI
parameters.
A blank song sheet is provided on the following page. Photocopy it and use it to write down your song
information.
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