Sequencer - Generalmusic 271221 Owner's Manual

11 • SEQUENCER
The on-board sequencer of the Equinox offers 16 tracks with
250,000 events of memory available. Unlike other synth work-
stations, the sequencer in the Equinox has it's own independent
sound generation. This means that, while the sequencer is play-
ing up to 16 tracks, you can still play a 16 part performance using
16 different sounds over the top of it.
In effect, the Equinox is like two instruments in one, with each
instrument having 16 parts or tracks that can be played simulta-
neously. Until now, when working in Performance mode, we've
been viewing up to 16 parts of the instrument at once and using
the slider and button panel in conjunction with the 9-16 button to
adjust the volumes and mutes of these 16 parts. When working
with the sequencer on the Equinox, we will use this exact same
system that we've already worked with in Performance mode,
but we'll be working with a totally separate 16 part sound gener-
ator. Also, in sequencer mode, we will refer to the parts as "tracks"
and the part select buttons will now be referred to as the "track
select buttons".
The most important thing to understand when using the Equi-
nox's sequencer then is, which set of 16 tracks you're currently
looking at - the 16 performance parts or the 16 sequencer tracks.
This can be easily determined by looking at one button - SONG
EDIT.
Whenever the SONG EDIT button is lit, the tracks you see in the
screen and the tracks represented by the slider and button panel
are the 16 tracks of the sequencer engine. If the SONG EDIT
button is not lit, then the tracks you see will be the 16 parts of the
Performance.
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