Editing Sequences' Accompaniment - Pearl Red Box RBM 20 Owner's Manual

5. You can use the following controls to edit your Sequence in this screen:
• CURSOR UP / DOWN scrolls up or down, allowing you to view other parts of the editing grid.
• You can move through the Sequence in several ways:
• by bar: Press and hold STOP and press either PLAY
the Sequence bar by bar.
• by event: Use CURSOR < / > (F3 and F4) or press and hold STOP
and use the DEC- / INC+ to step through the Sequence event by event. Each event will play as it is selected.
• "Scrubbing": Press and hold STOP and turn the VALUE / TEMPO DIAL to move fluidly through the Sequence.
The Sequence will play back at the speed with which you rotate the VALUE / TEMPO DIAL.
• DEC- / INC+ or the VALUE / TEMPO DIAL will either shift the event
in time (earlier or later) or adjust its velocity (higher or lower),
depending on the setting of the F2 button.
• TIME / VELO (F2) lets you toggle between two views of the editing
grid. When TIME is selected, using the DEC- / INC+ buttons
or the VALUE / TEMPO DIAL will adjust the timing of the selected event,
moving it forward or backward in the Sequence (the current "click"
number will be shown in the upper right-hand corner of the LCD).
When VELO is selected, using the DEC- / INC+ buttons or
the VALUE / TEMPO DIAL will adjust the velocity of the selected event,
moving it higher or lower (the current velocity will be shown in the
upper right-hand corner of the LCD).
• DEL (F1) will delete the selected event from the
Sequence. A window will ask you to confirm this choice before
deleting it – select YES (F4), NO
(F3), or TRAK (F1), which will delete the entire Sequence.
6. When you have finished making your edits, you can press EXIT or any button that will enter another screen
(e.g., KIT SELECT, UTILITIES, etc.). Your edits will be retained in the Sequence for this session. If you want to save
your changes for future sessions, though, you will need to store them (see STORING & COPYING DATA for more
information).
EDITING SEQUENCES (ACCOMPANIMENT)
The editing screen for a Sequence's Accompaniment is different
from the one used to edit drums.
1. Press SEQ/SONG to enter the main screen of the Sequencer.
2. Use the CURSOR UP / DOWN buttons to select the "Seq"
field at the top of the LCD, then use the DEC- / INC+
buttons or the VALUE / TEMPO DIAL to select the Sequence you
want to edit.
3. Press REC (F1). Use the CURSOR UP / DOWN buttons to
select the "Track" field, then use the DEC- / INC+
buttons or the VALUE / TEMPO DIAL to select "ACCOMP."
4. Press EDIT (F2). You will see a table of values.
Each row represents a note or "event" in the Sequence.
Each column represents the events' positions and parameters:
• Bar / Beat / Clk * : The position of that event in the
Sequence by bar, beat (within that bar), and click (within
that beat). As you move down the table, you move
through the Sequence.
• Note: The MIDI note being sent. (See next page for an
explanation of how the sequencer refers to MIDI note numbers.)
• Velo: The velocity of the note (1-127).
• Dur: The duration of the note, measured in clicks (1-9999).
or RECORD to step through
subdivision of a quarter note in the
RBM-20's sequencer, which defines
its resolution. The RBM-20's resolution
is 96 PPQN (pulses per quarter note),
meaning each quarter note contains
96 clicks. This is helpful to know while

editing Sequences' Accompaniment

tracks if you are trying to shift a note
into a precise position within a beat
* Note:
A "click" is just a
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