Specifications

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Tutorial: Song Mode
PressingRetryrestartsrecordingfromthesamepointyoulaststartedrecordingfrom.
Yessavesthesongwiththeperformanceyoujustrecorded.Whateverwasplayedbackwhen
youpressedPlayNewwillbetheversionofthesongsavedwhenyoupressYes.The“saveas”
dialogwillbedisplayed:
Use
theAlphaWheel,‐/+buttons,orAlphanumericPadtochooseafreeID#locationtosavethe
song,orchooseausedID#locationtooverwriteapreviouslysavedsongwithyournewversion.
For this example we will save the song under ID# 1025 (seeabove.) Whenoverwritingasongfile,the
“saveas”dialogdisplays“Replace”followed
bythenameofthefilebeingreplaced.PressSave
tosavethesongwiththecurrentname,orCanceltoreturntothepreviousscreen.
PressRenameifyouwouldliketochangethesong’sname.Thisbringsyoutothe
SongMode:namepage.For this example we will rename the song My Song (seebelow.)Formore
detailedinstructions,
seetheEditingConventionschapter,“SavingandNaming”section.
IfyoudecidenottosaveorrenameontheSong:SaveChangespage,pressingtheNosoftbutton
returnsyoutotheSongmodepageinwhichyouwerelastrecording.Changestothecurrent
songarenotsaved,thoughthe
sequencerwillrememberchangestocertainsettingsfromthe
MAINandBIGpages.ThesesettingsareTempo,Merge/EraseMode,Locate,trackmutestatus,
TimeIn,TimeOut,SongEnd,Loop,Recmode,andMetron.Topermanentlysavethesechanges
withthesong,makesuretochooseSavefromthesoftbutton
menubeforepoweringoffor
loadinganewsong.Alternatively,youwillbepromptedtosavethesechangesuponloadinga
newsongiftheMAINpagesettingswerechangedwhilerecordingorwithrecordingarmed,or
ifanyoftheBIGpagesettingswerechanged.
About ID#s
Whensaving,youmustchoose
anID#.AnID#givesyouawaytolocateasongasidefromits
name(youcanstoreupto2,56 0uniqueID#sforeachobjecttype:songs,setups,programs,etc.,
thoughmanyID#sarealreadyusedforfactoryROMobjects.)ID#salsoallowyoutosavesongs
with
thesamenameunderdifferentID#s,andrenamethematalatertimeifdesired.Choosean
unusedID#tosaveanewsong.ThenextavailableunusedID#isautomaticallyselectedwhen