Step Recording - Roland DiscLab CDX-1 Owner's Manual

Arranging audio samples to create a song—Sequence

Step recording

In the explanation that follows, we will assume that pads [1] and [2] contain samples,
and that you wish to record on the sequence track as shown in the diagram.
fig.34-04e
Pad
Pad Pad
Step 1 Step 2
1. Use the REW [
which you wish to begin recording, such as the beginning of the desired
measure.
2. Press PAD SEQUENCING [CREATE].
[CREATE] blinks, and a screen appears in which you select the recording method
and recording-destination sequence track.
fig.34-02
3. Press CURSOR [
(step recording).
4. Turn the TIME/VALUE dial to select the sequence track A–D that you wish to
record.
5. When you have specified the recording method and the sequence track to be
recorded, press [YES/ENTER].
fig.34-05
The step recording setting screen appears.
[CREATE] will light.
6. Make sure that the cursor is locates at the "Step" line. Turn the TIME/VALUE
dial to specify the step (input interval) in terms of a note value.
7. Make sure that "Duration" is set to "100%."
8. When you press pad [1] recording begins simultaneously, and [1] of STEP 1 in the
figure is recorded. When [1] is pressed again, it is also recorded STEP 2.
9. Press [
], and a rest (silence) is recorded in step 3.
10. Press pad [2], and the sound of pad [2] is recorded in step 4.
11. Press pad [1], and the sound of pad [1] is recorded in step 5. Then press PLAY
[ ] and the phrase of step 5 is extended (tied) by one step, doubling the
recorded length.
12. When you finish recording, press PAD SEQUENCING [CREATE].
[CREATE] is turned off, and the Sequence Play List screen appears.
13. Return to the location where you began recording, and press PLAY [
back the performance and hear the results.
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Pad
Phrase
Pad Pad
(rest)
Step 3 Step 4 Step 5
] /FF [ ] or TIME/VALUE dial to move to the location at
] to select "Step"
Phrase
The flow of
Operation
] to play
If [SEQ PLAY] is off, press
[CREATE], and it will be
turned on (lit) automatically.
Also, the [STATUS] of all
audio tracks will go dark.
For details on the "Step" and
the "Duration" parameter,
refer to the column "Parameter
settings for step recording"
(p. 95).
Even if you repeatedly press
[ ] (Tie) to record what
appears to be a long phrase in
the track, the playback will not
exceed the length of the sample
itself. However, in the case of a
pad for which Loop playback
(p. 73) is specified, the result of
step recording will also be
looped, and a single long phrase
will be recorded on the track.
If you want to over record this,
press [UNDO/REDO] (p. 138).
Return to the previous
conditions.