Editing Sequencer Data One At A Time (Microscope Edit); Viewing The Microscope Display - Roland XP-60 Owner's Manual

Editing sequencer data one at a
time (Microscope Edit)
Microscope Edit allows you to modify individual MIDI mes-
sages, tempo data and other minute sequencer data recorded
on a song.

Viewing the Microscope display

On the Microscope display (SEQ/Micro), you can confirm
recorded sequencer data one at a time. For Microscope edit-
ing, call up this display.
Song position
(measure-beat-clock)
Each line shows the Song position (measure-beat-clock) at
which sequencer data is recorded and the data type. To use
screen space effectively, Song position without sequencer
data will not normally be displayed. A "*" symbol at the left
of the sequencer data shows other data exists at the same
Song position.
For details regarding each sequencer data, refer to
"Sequencer data handled by Phrase tracks/
Patterns," "Data handled by the Tempo track," and
"Data handled by the Beat track."
<Procedure>
Make sure that the Play display (SEQ(Song)) is up.
Move the cursor to the song number and select the
song for which the Microscope display (SEQ/Micro)
will be displayed.
Press [F4] (Micro) to call up the Microscope display
(SEQ/Micro).
If you have selected a song saved on disk in step 2, a
window asks "This Song is not Internal Song. Load
anyway?" If you want to erase the song from the inter-
nal memory and load the new song, press [F5] (OK). If
you decide not to erase the song from the internal
memory, press [F6] (Cancel).
Select the track or Pattern you wish to view.
If you wish to select a Phrase track, press TRACK/PART
[1]–[16].
If you wish to select a Pattern, press [PATTERN] to open the
Pattern Select window and specify the Pattern number.
When selecting the Tempo track or Beat track, press
[TEMPO/BEAT]. Each time [TEMPO/BEAT] is pressed, the
selection will cycle through the Tempo track, Beat track, and
Phrase track, back to the Tempo track, and so on.
Press [u] or [d] to move ">" up and down to view the
recorded sequencer data successively.
When the cursor has been moved to the Clock, you can also
move through the data by pressing [INC]/[DEC] or turning
the VALUE dial.
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Sequencer data
Phrase track/Pattern
Chapter 5. Editing a song
[SEQUENCER] [F4] (Micro)
If you wish to move ">" in steps of a measure, move the cur-
sor to the measure and press [INC]/[DEC] or turn the
VALUE dial. You can also move in steps of a measure by
pressing [BWD]/[FWD].
If you wish to move ">" in steps of one beat, move the cur-
sor to the beat and press [INC]/[DEC] or turn the VALUE
dial.
To return to the Play display (SEQ(Song)), press
[EXIT]. Pressing [EXIT] when a Pattern's Microscope
display (SEQ/Micro) is up will return to the Play dis-
play (SEQ(Pattern)). In that case, press [EXIT] again to
return to the Play display (SEQ(Song)).
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<Transmitting MIDI messages (Test Out)>
Test Out transmits data for which ">" is displayed from
MIDI OUT connector. This is useful when checking chords.
<Procedure>
Make sure that the Microscope display (SEQ/Micro) is
up.
Move ">" to the data which you want to perform Test
Out with.
Press [ENTER].
That data will be transmitted from the MIDI OUT connector.
For Note messages, notes will continue to sound as long as
[ENTER] is held down. When you release [ENTER], the
Note-off message will be transmitted.
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Sequencer data handled by Phrase tracks/Patterns
A Phrase track or Pattern contains the following nine types
of sequencer data. Each has various parameters.
Parameter names (OnV, OfV, etc.) will be shown for
the data with ">." Display of parameter names will be
omitted for other data, and only values will be shown.
Note
This MIDI message is recorded each time you press a key or
release a key. Note name will be shown in parentheses ( ).
MIDI channel Note (note name)
1-01-000 16 Note(C#4)
OnV (On velocity): Force you press a key with
Gt (Gate time): Time from key press to key release (note
length)
OfV (Off velocity): Force you release a key with
Poly Aft (Polyphonic aftertouch)
This MIDI messages applies aftertouch to each note. The
note name will be shown in parentheses ( ).
Polyphonic aftertouch
MIDI channel (note name)
1-01-000 16 Poly Aft(C#4) Note= 61 Val=127
Note number
On velocity Gate time Off velocity
61 OnV=127 Gt=65535 OfV=64
Note number Value