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12. CHAINS AND SONGS
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12. CHAINS AND SONGS
Chains are sequences that consist of one or more patterns. Chains are used to form songs.
256 pattern entries are available to the 64 chains. For example, one chain can consist of 256 patterns or
two chains can consist of 128 patterns each.
One song is always active and worked on. Songs contain two main forms of entries, song rows, and a
scratch pad row. The active song row is visible in the bottom left part of the LCD. If a scratch pad row is
active, the graphics will show “_ _:”. The scratch pad row is by default placed after all song rows.
Each song row contains a chain. These entries are saved together with the song. The scratch pad row also
contains a chain or a pattern and is also saved as part of the song. The purpose of the scratch pad row is to
enable experimentation with chains and patterns without aecting already programmed song rows.
12.1 CHAINS
If the active song row or scratch pad row contains a chain, all patterns of the chain will be played when
activating the CHAIN mode by pressing [CHAIN MODE] . When deactivating the mode, and SONG mode
is not active, the currently active pattern will be played over and over. The active pattern, and any other pat-
terns in the chain are visible at the bottom of the screen. The active pattern is shown with inverted color.
There are two ways to create chains: Detailed chain mode and Quick chain mode.
12.1.1 DETAILED MODE
CHAIN mode must be active if you want to create chains in detailed mode. Create chains in detailed
mode by pressing [CHAIN MODE] + [LEFT]/[RIGHT] to move the chain cursor. It can either be placed
before a pattern, on a pattern or after a pattern. If the cursor is placed before a pattern and a new pat-
tern is selected by pressing [BANK] + [TRIG], the selected pattern will be inserted before the pattern
located after the cursor. If the cursor is highlighting a pattern and a new pattern is selected, the high-
lighted pattern will be replaced. When activating CHAIN mode, the patterns in the chain will be played in
sequence. The chain will be looped once the final pattern of the chain has played.
12.1.2 QUICK MODE
To create chains in quick mode, press [BANK] and then press the [TRIG] key for the pattern you want
the chain to start with. As long as you keep the first [TRIG] key pressed, subsequent [TRIG] keys
pressed will add patterns to the chain. In quick mode, it is only possible to chain patterns from the same
bank. Please note that the previous chain will be erased when using quick mode. PATTERN mode must
be set to SEQUENTIAL if you wish to create chains in quick mode.
Pressing [CHAIN MODE] + [NO] will, depending on the location of the chain cursor, either erase the pattern
located before the cursor or the one highlighted by it.
Pressing [FUNC] + [CHAIN MODE] will create a new, blank, scratch pad row. The scratch pad row will be
placed at the very bottom of the song row list (which can be seen when opening the SONG EDIT menu).
The content of the previous scratch pad row will be added as a new song row following the last song row.
See SONG EDIT MENU on how to relocate song rows (including the scratch pad row) within the song.
CHAIN mode is ideal when improvising live. When CHAIN mode is deactivated and only the
currently active pattern is looping, create a chain and then activate CHAIN mode. At any time,
exit CHAIN mode to loop one pattern only. Add and remove patterns to create a completely
new chain and activate CHAIN mode again. By creating new chains through pressing [FUNC]
+ [CHAIN MODE], improvised songs can quickly be created.
12.2 SONGS
Songs are essentially patterns and chains structured to form a longer sequence. To enter SONG mode,
press the [SONG MODE]
key. The [SONG MODE] key will light up, indicating SONG mode is active. The
active song will start to play, row by row. If the active song row is the scratch pad row (in its bottom-of-the-
stack default position) it will play through its chain of patterns once, then stop. If the scratch pad row has
been moved within the song, it will play the following song row. The song row playing is shown in the lower
left corner of the screen.
12.2.1 SONG EDIT MENU
Songs are created in the SONG EDIT menu, which is accessed by pressing [FUNC] + [SONG MODE].