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CHAINS AND SONGS

it will play through its chain of patterns once, then stop. If the scratch pad row has been moved within the song,
it will play the following song row. The song row playing is shown in the lower left corner of the LCD screen.

SONG EDIT MENU

Songs are created in the SONG EDIT menu, which is accessed by pressing

[FUNCTION]

[SONG MODE]

Songs are played row by row, starting from the top and moving towards the bottom. If a song row contains a
chain, all patterns in the chain will play before the song play position moves to the next row. The song play posi-
tion is indicated by inverted pattern number graphics. In the top right corner of the LCD screen the BPM and the
amount of played bars and beats is shown.

To navigate between song rows as well as patterns assigned to the song rows, use the

[ARROW]

keys. When

the song cursor highlights a pattern position, the pattern number becomes enclosed by a square. When the
song cursor is placed before or after a pattern, it will form a thin line.

To start playing a Song from the beginning, double-press

[STOP]

. The song play position will automatically be

moved to the first pattern of the first song row. Songs can, however, start playing from any pattern position. High-
light a pattern position by moving the song cursor using the

[ARROW]

keys. Press

[YES/SAVE]

to select this

position. The graphics will become inverted, indicating this is the song play position. Press

[PLAY]

to start play-

ing the Song from this position.

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Copy, paste and clear commands can be executed on the song rows.

ADDING SONG ROWS AND ASSIGNING PATTERNS AND CHAINS

Press

[FUNCTION]

[YES/SAVE]

to add a song row. The new song row will be inserted below the row on

which the cursor is, and the pattern A01 will automatically be assigned to the new row. To assign another pattern
to the song row, use the

[ARROW]

keys to move the song cursor so the pattern assigned to the row becomes

highlighted and then press a

[BANK X/X]

key + a

[TRIG]

key. In general, the pattern assigning procedure is the

same as when selecting a pattern, covered in the section “SELECTING A PATTERN” on page 32.

To add a chain to a song row, select a song row and press the

[RIGHT]

arrow key. The song cursor will move

from the pattern position and form a thin, standing line. Press a

[BANK X/X]

key + a

[TRIG]

key to select the

pattern that will be added to the chain.

Remove a pattern in a chain by highlighting it with the song cursor and pressing

[FUNCTION]

[NO/RELOAD]

If a song row contains a chain, individual patterns can be rearranged in the chain. Select the pattern by highlight-
ing it with the song cursor and press

[FUNCTION]

[LEFT]

[RIGHT]

Move a song row up or down in the song by moving the song cursor to the song row and pressing

[FUNCTION]

[UP]

[DOWN]

. Note that the scratch pad row “_ _:” can be moved up or down in the list in the same way. The

position of the scratch pad row is important, because it determines where the new song row will be located,
when a new chain (and a new scratch pad row) is created outside of the SONG EDIT menu. The new song row
will be inserted above the new scratch pad row, and it will have the same number as the song row below the pre-
vious scratch pad row.

Erase an entire song row, one pattern at a time, by repeatedly pressing

[FUNCTION]

[NO/RELOAD]

ADDING REPEATS, MUTES AND TRANSPOSE INFORMATION

Various extra information can be entered for song rows and pattern or patterns assigned to the song rows.