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Song Mode and the Song Editor

Song Mode: The BIG Page

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Time In

TheTimeInparameterdeterminesthestarttimeforLooporPunchInrecording(moreonthis

below).

Time Out

TheTimeOutparameterdeterminesthestoptimeforLooporPunchInrecording.

Song End

TheSongEndparameterdeterminestheendpointforthesong.NotethatwhenTimeOutand

SongEndaresettothesamelocation,changesmadetoSongEndarereflectedinTimeOut.

WhenrecordingbeyondyourinitiallyspecifiedSongEndpoint,you’llnoticethattheSongEnd

location

automaticallymovesandroundstothenextbar,soastoalwaysbeaheadofthe

playhead.ItispossibletomovetheSongEndpointtoalocationbeforeotherMIDIevents(i.e.,

inthemiddleofthecurrentsong)—thesequencerwillignore(butnotdelete)eventsafterthis

point.

Loop

WiththeLoopparametersettoLoop,thesequencerwillloopthesegmentofthesongbetween

TimeInandTimeOut.

RecMode

WiththeRecModeparametersettoLinear,thesequencerwillrecordnormally,fromwhereever

youstart,towhereeveryoustop,oruntiltheSongEndpointisreached.WiththeRecMode

parametersettoPunchIn,thesequencerwillrecordeventsonlybetweenthepointssetforTime

andTimeOutparametersontheBIGpage.

TousetheUnLoopsetting,theLoopparametermustbesettoLoop,andalooplengthmustbe

setwiththeTimeInandTimeOutparametersontheBIGpage.WiththeRecModeparameter

settoUnloop,anyexisting

trackswillbeplayedbackasiftheywereloopingfromtheTimeInto

theTimeOutpoint,buttheyareactuallybeingre‐recordedlinearlyoverabsoluteBarsandBeats

untilyoupressStop.UnLoopallowsyoutorecordalineartrackoverashortloopingsection

withoutfirst

havingtocopythesectionoverandoveragaintoachieveanewdesiredSong

length.TheEndpointoftheSongisextendedtothedownbeatofthe(empty)Barimmediately

followingthelastBaryouwererecordingwhenStopwaspressed.

Forexample,letʹssayyouhave

arecordedafourbardrumloopandnowwanttorecordan

eightbarbassline.Thiswouldbe asituationwhereUnLoopwouldcomeinhandy.Whilethe

drumtrackkeepslooping,thebasstrackwillrecordinlinearfashion,andtheendpointwillbe

movedtothe

pointatwhichyoupressStop.Actually,thedrumtrackwillalsochange.Itwill

playthroughitslooptwice,butwhiletheinformationisrepeatingintheloop,itwillbe

recordedtothetrack.Sonowifyoulookatthedrumtrack,youwillseeinformationin

bars5‐8

(aduplicateofthe information inbars1‐4).

Metron

TheMetronparameterdeterminestherecordingmodesinwhichthemetronomewillplay.With

MetronsettoOff,themetronomedoesnʹtplayatall.WithMetronsettoRec,themetronome

onlyplayswhilerecordingisinprogress.WithMetronsettoAlways,themetronomeplays

duringplayback

andrecording.WithMetronsettoCountOff,themetronomeplaysonly

duringcountoff(iftheCountOffparameterontheMetronomepageissettosomethingother

thanOff.)

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