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3.3
COPY FUNCTIONS
The following Copy functions assume that you are copying a Main Pattern to a Main
Pattern (remember, copying a Main Pattern to another Main Pattern copies the Fill
along with it). Other combinations take the following rules into account.
• Copying a Main Pattern to a non-empty Pattern or to itself appends the Fill to the
existing Fill, as well as appends the Main Pattern to the existing Main Pattern.
• If you copy from Main to Fill (or vice-versa) within a particular numbered Pattern, the
destination will be erased and replaced with the source Pattern since Main and Fill
Patterns must have the same length. This is useful if you want the Fill to contain
variations on the Main Pattern—just copy the Main to Fill and make your
additions/changes.
• Copying a Fill to a Fill follows the same rules as copying a Main Pattern to a Fill.
• The only copy technique that appends a Pattern to another Pattern is copying a Main
Pattern to another Main Pattern.
3.3A
Copy, Append, and Double Patterns
1.
The Performance Pad should be in Pattern mode and stopped.
2.
Select the Pattern to be copied.
3.
Press and hold the COPY button, and keep holding it down
until step (6). The
display says
COPY TO PATT
.
4.
Enter the destination Pattern number into which the current Pattern will be copied
with the INC/DEC or number buttons.
• Copying a Pattern to a blank destination Pattern replaces the blank Pattern with the
original Pattern data.
• Copying to a Pattern that already contains data appends the original data to the end
of the data in the destination Pattern. If this would result in a Pattern with more than
128 beats, the display will say
TOO MANY BEATS
.
• Copying a Pattern to itself doubles the length.
• The Drum Set assignment and Pattern name are copied along with the drum data
only if the destination Pattern is empty.
5.
Press PLAY. The display says
COPY DONE
.
6.
Release the COPY and PLAY buttons.
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