Creating A Song Using Real-Time Input - Zoom RhythmTrak RT-223 Operation Manual

Creating Songs (Song Mode)
to select "PTN", and use the VALUE [+]/[-] keys
to select a new pattern number. To return to the
step input screen, press the [EXIT] key. For
details on event input/editing, see page 42.
When the pattern is switched within a measure,
the new pattern will normally start playing at
this point from the beginning. However, you
can also have the new pattern start playing
from a point other than the beginning. This lets
you do things such as inserting the fill-in
portion of the new pattern at the third beat of a
measure.
To do this, press the [REPEAT] key when the
new pattern number is displayed, so that a dot
(.) appears next to the pattern number.
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Pressing the [REPEAT] key once more turns
the dot off. The pattern will be playing from the
start.
• To insert a new pattern in a song
Move to the point where the pattern is to be
inserted and carry out steps 4 - 7. This inserts a
pattern at the current position, and shifts all
later patterns back by the duration of the
inserted pattern.
Insert
PATTERN D
PATTERN A PATTERN B PATTERN C
PATTERN A PATTERN B
• To delete a pattern
Use the cursor left/right keys to move to the
pattern to delete, and press the [EDIT] key to
switch to the event editing screen. Now use the
cursor left/right keys to select "PTN", and press
the [DELETE/ERASE] key. When pattern
information is deleted, the "PTN" indication
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Dot
PATTERN D PATTERN C
changes to "¨←PTN", which means that the
preceding pattern will continue to play. For
details on event input/editing, see page 42.
Erase
PATTERN A PATTERN B PATTERN C
PATTERN A
• To delete a specific measure
Move to the start of the measure to delete, and
press the [DELETE/ERASE] key. The measure
is deleted and subsequent events are shifted by
one measure forward.
Delete one measure
PATTERN A PATTERN B PATTERN D PATTERN C
PATTERN A PATTERN B
9.
To terminate song step input, press
P
the STOP [ ] key.
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The REC [ ] key goes out, and song step input is
terminated.
Creating a song using
real-time input
In song mode, you can assign different patterns to
the 13 pads and play the patterns with the pads.
This allows you to play the accompaniment to a
performance by hitting the pads to switch
patterns. It can also be used to line up patterns for
a song in real time, as described below.
PATTERN C
PATTERN C
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