Song Mode and the Song Editor
Song Mode: The MAIN Page
12-5
highest numbered zone that uses that channel will set the volume for tracks that use that channel.
If ExitVolume is set to NONE, the value for EntryVolume is used. If EntryVolume and
ExitVolume are set to NONE, then the track for that channel uses the volume set for that channel
in MIDI mode on the Channels page. If there is no zone that uses certain channels used by your
song, then those channels in your song will use the volume setting of those channels in MIDI
mode on the Channels page.
Pan
You can set an initial pan position (the balance between the Left and Right audio channels) for the
playback and recording of each track as a value between
0
and
127
. A value of
64
is center. If the
channel of the RecTrk or the control channel contains any panning data (controller 10), the
change will be reflected as the
Pan
parameter’s value in real time, as well as on the MIXER page.
Also, changing the
Pan
value while recording will write Pan automation (controller 10 messages)
to the current RecTrk’s event list.
Initial Pan Settings
Each song file does not automatically save your Pan setting for each track. To make a song save
your Pan settings for each track, you must write an initial Pan value for each track. Initial Pan is
the Pan setting that will be used when your song is played back from the start of bar 1. An initial
Pan setting is essentially a Pan automation message that is written before the first tick of a track.
Initial Pan settings are not automatically written during recording because they make it harder to
try out different Pan settings for a track. For example, an initial Pan setting will reset any Pan
adjustments that you make during playback each time the song is stopped and played from the
start of bar 1, or if the song is stopped and played from any point if the
Control Chase
parameter
set to
On
on the Song:MISC page (see
Song Mode: The MISC Page
on page 12-17
.) If you plan to try
out different pan positions, it is easier if you write an initial Pan after you have found the desired
setting.
Setting Initial Pan Per Track
Follow these steps to change the current
RecTrk
’s initial Pan. While the sequencer is stopped,
press
Record
, change the value of Pan, press
Stop
, and save the song (follow the same method to
quickly set initial program or volume settings.) Initial program, pan, and volume can also be set
at the top of each track’s event list (see
Song Editor: The EVENT Page
on page 12-31
.)
Setting Initial Values For All Tracks
An important last step before saving a finished song is to store initial values of Program, Volume
and Pan for all tracks. This can be done at any time, but is best done as a last step if you plan to
make a lot of adjustments to these settings. To write initial settings for all tracks, press the Keep
soft button on the Song:MIXER page (see
Song Mode: The MIXER Page
on page 12-12
.) After
pressing the Keep soft button you must save your song to save these settings (you are
automatically prompted to save upon exiting the Song:MIXER page.) Pressing the Keep soft
button stores the current value of each track’s Program, Volume and Pan settings as initial
settings. Be sure that these values on each track are set to the value that you wish to store, as the
settings may have changed if you have written any automation.
Note:
Don’t use the
Keep
soft button if you would like certain tracks to not be stored with initial values. In
this case, only set initial values for each desired parameter as described above (see Setting Initial Pan Per
Track.)
Pan Sources When An Initial Pan Is Not Set
If an initial Pan is not stored with each track, the Pan for each track of your song will be set
depending on what mode you were in previous to loading the song. If you are in Song mode and
have played a song, and then you load a song without initial Pan settings, the Pan of each track of
the newly loaded song will be set by the previously played song. Pan settings are tied to MIDI
channels, so the Pan of each track will be dependent on which MIDI channel is assigned to each
track in each song. If you are in Song mode and you load a song that does not have initial Pan
