Manual Song Creation (Song Step Edit Mode) - Akai XR 20 Reference Manual

MANUAL SONG CREATION (SONG STEP EDIT MODE)

Another way to sequence your Song is to use Step Edit Mode. In this mode, you can manually
enter Pattern numbers for each step of the Song.
1. Select Song mode (the display should indicate SONG in the upper right corner) and select a
desired Song number with the number keypad, INC / DEC buttons or the VALUE dial. For
the purposes of this example, let's assume that you are starting a fresh Song (the display
should say EMPTY SONG).
2. Press the STEP EDIT button to enter Step Edit
Mode. The REC led will illuminate and you will see
the screen shown on the right.
3. Now use the number keypad, INC / DEC buttons,
or the VALUE dial to select the first Pattern for the
Song. If desired, choose between the A/B
variations and Preset/User options.
You will see the screen on the right, where the
second line indicates the Pattern which you have
selected for the first step (step 00).
4. Press the PAGE RIGHT button to go to the next
Song step.
5. Enter the Pattern for the next step.
6. Continue in a similar fashion until you have entered
all the Patterns for the Song.
You can always change the Pattern associated
with a particular step by navigating to the step with
the PAGE RIGHT / LEFT buttons and entering a
new Pattern.
Adding a Fill to Your Song
1. With the XR20 in Step Edit Mode, use the PAGE RIGHT / LEFT buttons to select the
step where the Fill is to be added.
2. Press and hold the FILL button.
3. Enter the number of beats and sub-beats after the start of the current step in which the
Fill is to start playing with the number buttons and INC/DEC buttons respectively.
It is not necessary to press PLAY; the step will remember where the Fill is to occur. As
the Song plays the step where the Fill occurs, the display will show FILL when the Fill
begins playing.
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