Quantize; Restoring The Songs Memory - GEM SK760 Owner's Manual

recording by using the DIAL. The events are
captured in the Master Track, provided that the
appropriate option is active («Controls rec», dia-
log window F3).
The Master Track always contains the initial
Tempo of the Song. The value can be modified
but not cancelled.

QUANTIZE

An auto-corrector of timing errors during the re-
cording phase. The selection values are normal,
triplets or swing.
Value
1/4
1/8
1/12
1/16
1/24
1/32
1/48
1/64
1/96
free
1/8 B...F*
1/16 B...F*
free
* B ... F indicate an adjustment of the Swing feel.
MEMORY PROGRESS BAR
A bar graph which monitors the amount of
memory being used up by the song as it is being
recorded. In Play mode, the parameter changes
to SONG MEMORY, expressed as a numerical
value and is independent of the total amount of
memory remaining in RAM. Each Song is lim-
ited to 400 kb.
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Quantization
triplet
triplet
triplet
(1/64)
(1/64 triplet)
no quantization
. (swing)
. (swing)
no quantization
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Add Segm: Inserts a new segment immediately
If the RAM already contains a large amount of
after the currently selected segment. A maximum
data, a dialog window may appear showing the
of up to 10 segments is permitted.
message «Memory full!», which indicates that the
recording cannot proceed further. The recording
Del Segm: Cancels the current segment.
is instantly interrupted.
You can increase the amount of space in RAM
IMPORTANT:
by deactivating the Undo function.
The Key On Envelope must have at least one
segment, (the Attack phase), which cannot

RESTORING THE SONGS MEMORY

be cancelled.
If you have loaded disk-based Songs or recorded
Songs and used up all the memory dedicated to
Loop Segm: Loops the current segment (enve-
the storage of Songs, a quick and easy way of
lope repetition), provided that the Envelope Fin-
clearing Song memory and making room for other
ish parameter in the Envelope control page is set
Songs is to use the Restore Songs operation.
to "OFF". When it reaches the terminal point, it
Naturally, you must remember to save the Songs
loops back to the beginning. The cycle repeats
that you don't want to lose to disk before pro-
continually until key release. The initial Loop point
ceeding with the restore procedure.
is represented by an arrow [
1. Press GENERAL in the EDIT section to gain
To eliminate the loop, select the segment and
access EDIT GENERAL.
select "Del Segm.".
2. Press RESTORE SONGS, (F6) to cancel all
the Songs (and relative Song-Performances)
SEGMENT, TIME, LEVEL
in RAM.
The Envelope Key On and Key Off Envelopes
You are prompted with a request to recon-
can be defined using the 3 display parameters,
firm your choice.
Segment, Time and Level.
3. Press ENTER to confirm, or ESCAPE to can-
cel.
Segment: Allows you to select the segments with
the Dial. The one selected corresponds to the
With ENTER, the Songs are cancelled from
flashing terminal point.
memory.
With ESCAPE, the song data are retained.
Time: Determines the duration of the Segment.
EDITING YOUR SONGS
The "Edit Song" functions allow you to modify the
recorded song, by copying or moving entire parts
of a song, by correcting timing errors, by insert-
ing events in 'event edit' environments (Micro-
scope and Master Track).
Edit Sound - Amp. Key Off Envelope
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Recording a Song 6•13
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