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Recording Patterns:
Step Record a 1-bar pattern: Select an empty pattern (try d.28 or later) make sure the Keyboard light is on )
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CURSOR to Step Rec
Press the desired Keyboard keys to enter a melody pattern data for that part; the display shows the current Target Step,
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and automatically advances. turn DIAL or press the Rest/Tie (TAP) key to skip steps
step, or you can press STOP at any time. Press Play to audition the results.
Realtime Record a 1-bar pattern: Select the empty Part not used in the above example with the Part Select key
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change the octave of this part with the left and right Select keys
Turn on the Metronome: Press GLOBAL, then CURSOR
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press PATTERN
press STOP when finished. Note that you can also Step Record in this mode, by pressing the step keys as the pattern
loop-records, or on pattern playback.
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When the Keyboard key is on, the keys are laid out so that #1=A, #4and #16 are C; black keys are labeled as such.
Pattern Sets:
Work with Pattern Sets:
Press Pattern
select any pattern
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new pattern pre-assigned to that step key. When the current pattern finishes, the new pattern will begin to play. The
Pattern Set you are working with contains 16 patterns - assigned to the 16 step keys.
Hold down Shift and press Pattern Set (flashing). This holds the current pattern set, and lets you select patterns within
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the pattern set group - simply by pressing the step keys – for one-touch recall of patterns!
Press the Pattern Set key again. This defeats the hold function
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keys. This takes you to another Pattern Set (of 16 patterns), and you can continue selecting patterns as above. The
selected group will be indicated by the red LED's in the Select section
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For more information on registering patterns to your own Pattern Sets, see the EA-1 Owner's Manual, page 32.
More EA-1 Features!
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You can arrange the patterns in desired playback order, complete with knob movements, to create songs and store up to
16 songs in memory.
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Tap Tempo and MIDI clock and be used to sync the EA-1 to external turntables, sequencers, etc.
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The EA-1 can be controlled externally and used as a MIDI tone generator.
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The MIDI dump function lets you save data on external computer, data filer, or sequencer!
press REC.
press REC
press PLAY press PLAY
Assign and trigger patterns with step keys (up to 64) for instant recall
press PLAY
Two ways to record patterns: Step or Realtime recording
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or
to Metronome rotate DIAL to "r – 1" (1-bar lead-in)
strike desired notes in realtime to record the pattern
hold down Pattern Set key and press any step key to switch to a
hold down Pattern Set and press one of the Select
press STOP when finished.
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EA-1 EasyStart
REC light goes dark after final
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