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Chapter 5 Creating Your Own Patterns and
Playing and Recording
Songs
A set of patterns that are connected in the order of playback
is called a "song."
When you play back a song, the patterns will change
automatically in sequence, so it will not be necessary for you
to select patterns yourself. You can register up to 50 patterns
in each song, in the order in which they are to be played
back.
Playing Back a Song
Procedure
1. Press [SONG] button.
The number and name of the selected song are displayed.
2. Use the [VALUE] dial or [INC/DEC] button to select the
song number that you wish to play.
The song is now selected.
3. Press the [PLAY] button, and the song will begin
playing. When song playback begins, the display will
indicate the current pattern and the next pattern, just as
during pattern playback. And you can also change the
BPM and display the measures in the pattern using the
same procedure as during pattern playback. (P. 18)
4. Press the [STOP] button, and song playback will stop.
Cautions for song playback
Songs do not actually contain the musical data of the
patterns; they contain only the order in which the patterns
are to be played back. This means that if you modify a
pattern that has been registered in a song, the playback of the
song will also be affected. If you delete all of the musical data
of the pattern, playback will stop at the moment that pattern
is selected.
Fast-forward and rewind
Each time you press the [
the beginning of the next pattern.
Each time you press the [
the beginning of the previous pattern.
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] button, the cursor moves to
] button, the cursor moves to
By pressing [
] button, you can return to the beginning of
the song. Also, you can press [
stopped to return to the beginning.
Currently playing step and pattern number
readout
In the SONG screen you can press the [ENTER] button to
display the step and pattern number.
This screen will also appear when you use the[
buttons to move through the steps.
Current Step, Current Pattern
Song Length (Number of Step)
You can press [PTN] button that appears in the screen
in "Step 3" of the procedure to switch to the screen that
also shows the Pattern name.
* Pressing [PTN] button when this screen is
displayed returns you to the screen in Step 3.
Return to the beginning of the
song and play it back
When the currently playing pattern finishes playing, you can
return to step 1 and play it back.
You will find it convenient to play a few measures and set
the turntable and BPM. Then, when the BPM is correct, play
back from step 1.
Procedure
1. Play back the song.
2. If you want to return to step 1, press the [PLAY] button.
The screen will indicate "TP."
When the pattern that was playing in step 2 has finished
playing, it will return to step 1 and play.
] button while the song is
] or [
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