User guide

Creating a song (Vari Track)

Playing your MIDI keyboard and recording

(RealTime Rec)

1. In the sample list, click to select the sample that you want to record.

When you play your MIDI keyboard you will hear the selected sample.

* If you do not hear sound when you play your MIDI keyboard, make sure that your keyboard is

connected as described in “Connecting MIDI and audio devices” (p. 20). Then click the Options

menu item “MIDI/Audio Settings” ( in MacOS, “MIDI Settings”), and make sure that the

port for your MIDI keyboard is selected in the [MIDI IN Ports (Keyboard)” field.

2. In the Vari Track, select the part that you want to record.

* Click a [Rec] (record-part) button ) to select the part that you want to record. The indicator of

that part will change to (MIDI keyboard is being thru-ed). When the song is played, the

frames placed in this part will not be heard.

* Frames that have already been placed in the part whose [Rec] (record-part) button ( ) is clicked

will be overwritten and lost when you record.

• If you do not press a ( ) button, recording will occur on an empty part.

• The state of each part is shown by the indicator as follows.

3. In the locator, press the record button ( ) and then press the play button ( ) to begin

recording. Perform by playing your MIDI keyboard and turning the PITCH/TIME/FORMANT

knobs of the VariOS.

* If desired, you can first press the play button ( ) to begin playback, and then press the record

button ( ). In this case, recording will begin at the moment you press the record button. You may

find it convenient to use loop playback while you practice, and then press the record button when you

are ready to begin recording.

4. In the locator, press the stop button ([ ]) to stop recording. The frame you recorded will be

created in the Vari Track.

5. If you recorded repeatedly while using loop-playback, a recorded take will be created for each

repetition of the loop. “Take 1” will be the recording for the first iteration, “take 2” for the second,

and so on. Use the Frame Take field in Frame Properties to select your favorite take.

* As an alternative to the recording method described here, you can use “Modify Recording” (p. 85),

in which you will add data while looping a single frame.

Playback: the part can be played back (normal state)

Muted: the part is muted (the [M] button is pressed, or another part is soloed [S])

Record: the indicator will be in this state when you press the [REC] button and then press the

[] button

MIDI thru: the MIDI keyboard is being thru-ed. The part for which you press the [REC] button

will be in this state. (During playback, the frames placed in this part will not sound.) If you

have not pressed the [REC] button, MIDI thru will be assigned automatically. When stopped,

part 1 will be selected as the MIDI thru part. While playing, a part containing no frames will

be selected as the MIDI thru part.