Shuffle - Generalmusic 271221 Owner's Manual

Changing the Groove Play
direction
In Shuffle mode, the small arrow to
the left of each track name indi-
cates the play direction. You can
change the direction for each track
by pressing the left or right cursor.

Shuffle

In simplest terms, the SHUFFLE function is a automated "idea
generator". Drawing from the 16 factory groove families and the
8 user families, the SHUFFLE function can instantly create a multi
track groove, (up to 8 tracks), by randomly selecting a drum
groove, a bass line, a guitar riff and more, and letting you hear
how they sound together. The results from this simple but pow-
erful feature can be quite astonishing.
Up to 8 tracks can be "shuffled together", but sometimes the best
results come from just using two or three tracks.
For each track listed there are three options:
SHUFFLE: The track will randomly select a new groove from
the libraries each time the MAKE button is pressed
OK: The current groove is locked into this track. It will
not change when the MAKE button is pressed.
OFF: The track is muted.
Try this example. Set Drum 1, Bass 1 and Synth 1 to SHUFFLE.
Then press MAKE.
You will instantly hear a three track groove created by three ran-
domly selected tracks. To re-randomize everything, simply press
MAKE again.
If you hear something you like, for example, maybe you like the
drum track but the bass line doesn't seem right, set the Drum 1
track to OK. The next time you press MAKE , the drum track will
not be changed.
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