Playing An Arrangement; Changing The Tempo Of The Arrangement; Copying/Erasing An Arrangement; Copying - Boss MICRO BR Owner's Manual

Section 4. Using rhythm

Playing an arrangement

Here's how to select a desired arrangement and
play it.
1.
Press [RHYTHM].
The rhythm screen appears.
2.
Press [TR2] to make the display indicate
"AR:" (Arrangement mode).
The display will indicate "AR:". Each time
you press the button, the indication will
alternate between "PT:" and "AR:".
fig.Disp-ar-P01.eps
3.
Press [TR1] to turn on the rhythm.
Press [TR1] to make the "RHYTHM"
indication appear. Rhythm will be on. Each
time you press the button, the "RHYTHM"
indication will light or go dark.
4.
Use VALUE [-] [+] to select the number of
the song arrangement (S01–S05) that you
want to create.
fig.Disp-ar-S01.eps
5.
Press [EXIT] to return to the Play screen.
6.
Press .
The recorder begins its playback, and the
arrangement also starts playing.
* With the factory settings, each song arrangement (S01–
S05) contains only P314 4/4 Metro.
Changing the tempo of the
arrangement
You can temporarily change the tempo of the
arrangement in the same way as described in
"Changing the tempo of the pattern" (p. 87).
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Copying/erasing an
arrangement

Copying

If you want to slightly modify a preset arrangement to
your liking, or if you want to create a variation of an
existing arrangement, you can copy that arrangement
to a song arrangement and then edit it freely.
1.
Perform steps 1 through 6 of "Specifying
the pattern for the first measure" (p. 88),
to select the song arrange you want to
copy.
2.
Press [TR3] (CPY).
3.
Use VALUE [-] [+] to select the copy-
destination arrangement number.
4.
Press [TR4] (EXE).
The message Copy S**→S** OK? will appear.
* "**" stands for the copy-source and copy-destination
arrangement number.
5.
Press [TR4] (YES).
The arrangement will be copied to the
destination.
* You can't copy to a preset arrangement.

Erasing

This operation will erase arranging steps-2 and
following of the currently selected song arrangement.
Arranging step-1 will remain without being
erased, and will be set to "Metro" (metronome).
1.
Perform steps 1 through 6 of "Specifying
the pattern for the first measure" (p. 88),
to select the song arrange you want to
erase.
2.
Press [TR4] (ERS).
The message Erase S** OK? will appear.
* "**" stands for the arrangement number to be erased.
3.
Press [TR4] (YES).
The arrangement will be erased.
* You can't erase a preset arrangement.