User Manual

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Editing a Pattern
In addition to using the preset patterns, you are also free to create
and use your own patterns.
You can save your edited content as a user pattern.
1. Select the pattern that you want to edit (p. 36).
2. In the RHYTHM PATTERN screen (p. 36), hold down the
[SHIFT] button and press the [6] (Ptn Edit) button.
The PATTERN EDIT screen appears.
About the PATTERN EDIT screen
Function button operations
Button Explanation Page
[2] (Setup)
Species the pattern’s time signature
and length.
p. 50
[3] (Note Setup)
Species the note type, length and
loudness.
p. 51
[4] (Clear Step)
Deletes all notes from the vertical axis at
the cursor location.
p. 51
[5] (Clear Note)
Deletes all notes from the horizontal axis
at the cursor location.
p. 51
[6] (Scale) Species the scale of the grid. p. 50
[7] (Write) Saves the pattern. p. 51
[SHIFT] + [7]
(Initialize)
Initializes the pattern. p. 50
Other controllers
Controller Explanation
Cursor
Selects the location at which you want to input a
note.
Keyboard
Species the pitch (same as the cursor [
] [ ]
buttons).
[ENTER]
Enters/deletes a note.
[DEC] [INC]
[
]
Plays the pattern.
[
]
Stops pattern playback.
Initializing a Pattern (Initialize)
Initialize the pattern if you want to create a pattern from scratch
rather than starting with an existing rhythm pattern.
1. In the PATTERN EDIT screen, hold down the [SHIFT]
button and press the [7] (Initialize) button.
A conrmation message appears.
If you decide to cancel, press the [7] (Cancel) button.
2. Press the [6] (OK) button.
The pattern is initialized.
Specifying the Time Signature and
Length (Setup)
Here’s how to specify the time signature and length of the pattern.
1. In the PATTERN EDIT screen, press the [2] (Setup) button.
2. Use the cursor buttons to select a parameter, and use the
dial to edit the value.
Parameter Value Explanation
Pattern Time
Signature
2/4–7/4, 5/8–7/8, 9/8, 12/8,
9/16, 11/16, 13/16, 15/16, 17/16,
19/16
Time signature of
the pattern
This can be specied
only for an empty
pattern.
Measure Length
1–32 Pattern length
* This cannot be shorter than the number of measures
that contain data.
3. To close the setup window, press the [6] (Close) button or
the [EXIT] button.
Specifying the Grid Scale (Scale)
Here you can specify the scale of the grid.
1. In the PATTERN EDIT screen, press the [6] (Scale) button.
The scale of the grid changes each time you press the button.
Parameter Value
Scale
Sixteenth note, thirty-second note, eighth-note triplet, sixteenth-
note triplet