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Tutorial: Song Mode

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Part 7: Learning More About Song Mode

Factory ROM Songs

ThePC3LEincludesanumberofpre‐recordedsongsstoredinthefactoryROM.Investigate

thesesongstoseethepossib ilitiesofSongmode.Feelfreetoeditoraddtoanyofthesesongsin

ordertolearnmoreaboutsongmode.Youcansavethedemosongsyou’ve

experimentedwith

undernewIDnumberssothatyoucancomparebetweenyourversionandtheoriginal.Also,if

youreplaceafactoryROMsong,youcanreverttotheoriginalsongbydeletingthesongusing

theSongModeDelete softbutton.

Quantizing

Quantizingisamethodofadjustingthetiming

ofnotesrecordedintoasequence.Itcanbeused

toadjustnotetiminginordertofixmistakesinaperformance,ortomakenotesadheretoa

stricttiminggridasastylisticchoice(asinmuchmodernelectronicmusic.)Quantizednotes

havetechnicallyperfecttimingbuttendto

soundlesslikeahumanperformance.Quantization 

canbeappliedautomaticallytoeachtrackasitisrecorded,oritcanbeappliedafterrecordingto

onlyspecificselections.FordetailsseetheQuantparameteronpage 10‐17intheSongMode:The

MISCPagesection,andtheQuantizefunction

onpage 10‐27intheSongEditor:TrackFunctions

section.

Creating Loops With The Big Time Page

OntheBigTimepageyoucansetthesequencertoloopaselectionofbars.SettheLoop

parametertoLoop,andsetatimefortheTimeInandTimeOutparameters.Now,pressing

Play/Pauseonthefront

panelwillcauseyourselectiontoplayrepeatedlyandseamlessly.You

willmostcommonlywanttosetyourTimeInandTimeOutpointstoequalanevennumberof

barssuchas2,4,8,etc.Recordingintoaloopedsectionofbarsisacommontechniquefor

recording

sequencebasedmusic.Forexample,withadrumprogramselectedforatrack,you

couldrecordadrumpartbyplayingonedrumsoundeachtimethrougha2barloop,untilthe

entire2bardrum“beat”soundscomplete.

Next,youcouldsettheRecModeparametertoUnloop.(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.SeeRecMode on page 10‐11fordetails.

Youcanalsocopy,paste,duplicate,ordeletesectionsofthesong

ifyouwanttoreusesectionsor

makesectionsshorterorlonger(seeSongEditingAndStructureWithTrackFunctionsbelowfor

details.)Keepinmindthatyoucanloopanylengthofasong,andrecordintoaloopwith

multiplelayersofinstrumentsondifferenttracks.Thisisalso

acommonmethodforrecording

sequencebasedmusic,inwhichyoucreateeachsectionofyoursongfromloopedsequences,

andthenarrangetheloopsintothedesiredorderforyoursong’sstructure.Afterwardsyoucan

makevariationstoeachsectionifyouwantthesongtohavelessof

a“looped”sound.

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