Owner's manual

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Creating a Song by Arranging the Sections
This shows you how to create a “song” by arranging sections. With this feature, you can use the songs you create as backing tracks for recording
vocals, to make a full song with vocals (p. 37).
Creating a Song
Here’s how to arrange the sections to match the structure of your
song.
1. Press the [SONG] button to set the workow to “SONG.”
2. Press the [SECTION SELECT] button to switch the pads to
Section Select mode.
* Check whether a track aside from the VOCAL track is selected.
* Press a pad to preview the corresponding section.
3. Press the [REC] button to make it light.
The SONG REC screen appears.
Selected position
4. Press the STEP SEQUENCER [1]–[16] buttons to specify where
to place (position) the section.
The button you press blinks.
* The sections are arranged in order, beginning with the position selected
with the STEP SEQUENCER [1] button (POS 1). Sections must be arranged
continuously without leaving blank space.
* You can rearrange sections by specifying a position that already contains a
section.
5. Press pads [1]–[16] to select the sections.
This arranges the section in place.
5 Deleting an Arranged Section
While holding the [CLEAR] button, press the STEP SEQUENCER [1]–[16]
buttons to select the position that you want to delete.
5 Inserting Sections Between Other Sections
Press the STEP SEQUENCER [1]–[16] buttons to specify where to insert the
section. Hold down the [SHIFT] button and press pads [1]–[16].
6. Repeat steps 4–5.
You can arrange up to 99 consecutive sections (POS 1–99).
* Press the MEASURE [<] [>] buttons to move the position.
7. Once you nish the song, press the [REC] button to make the
button go dark.
Press the [
A
] (START/STOP) button to play back the song you
created.
Making Song-Related Settings
This shows how to make song settings such as volume, SONG
template function settings and so on.
1. Press the [EDIT] button, and then the [SONG] button.
The SONG screen appears.
2. Use the [VALUE] dial to select a parameter, and edit the value.
&For details, refer to the “Parameter Guide” (PDF).
Category Explanation
GEN
Sets the song’s volume, key and scale.
About the key and scale settings:
If you set the key and scale of a song and then load (p. 21) or
import (p. 21) a clip, the key and scale of the clip is automatically
changed to match the song.
* The TRANSPOS parameter also needs to be set.
TEMPLATE
Sets the section to assign for the structural elements of a song (like
the intro or the chorus) when using a song template.
TRANSPOS
Sets whether the clip’s key/scale are automatically changed to follow
the key/scale that are set for the song. Set this to “ON” to make the
clip’s key/scale follow the song’s settings.
* This is only enabled when the track type is “tone.”