ION iDM02 Manual page 27

Add a Fill
1. With the iDM02 in Song and Compose modes, 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.
4. As the Song plays the step where the Fill occurs, the display will show FILL when
the Fill begins playing.
Remove a Fill
While in Compose mode, there are two ways to remove a Fill from a Song:
When the Fill step appears, press the A button for an A Pattern or press the B
button for a B Pattern and the Fill will be removed.
When the Fill step appears, press and hold the FILL button and press ERASE.
Insert a New Step Between Two Existing Song Steps
1. The iDM02 should be in Song and Compose modes.
2. Use the INC/DEC buttons to select the step number that the inserted step should
occupy. Example: To insert a step after step 04, select step 05.
3. Press and hold COPY, and keep holding it down until step (6). The display says
INSERT.
4. Enter the two-digit Pattern number to be inserted.
5. Press PLAY. The new step is inserted, and all subsequent steps are automatically
re-numbered to reflect the addition of the inserted step (e.g., what used to be step
05 is now step 06, what used to be step 06 is now step 07, etc.).
6. Release the INSERT and PLAY buttons.
Delete a Step
1. The iDM02 should be in Song and Compose modes.
2. Use the INC/DEC buttons to select the step number to be deleted.
3. Press and hold ERASE. The display says ERASE STEP?
4. While continuing to hold ERASE, press PLAY. The step is deleted, and all
subsequent steps are automatically re-numbered to reflect the deletion of the
inserted step (e.g., what used to be step 06 is now step 05, what used to be step 07
is now step 06, etc.). The display says STEP ERASED for as long as the ERASE
and PLAY buttons are pressed.
5. Release the ERASE and PLAY buttons.
Replace a Step
1. The iDM02 should be in Song and Compose modes.
2. Use the INC/DEC buttons to select the step number to be replaced.
3. Enter the new Pattern number (with appropriate A or B, Fill, or User/Preset
options). Since the step is replaced, no renumbering of subsequent steps occurs.
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