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Power User
RM1x Quick Start Guide
It is the purpose of this short guide to introduce
you to the basic skills necessary to immediately
start to create your own remixes using the RM1x.
The RM1x is a creative tool and therefore no
single guide or manual will be able to fully
explore all the possibilities. How you finally wind
up using the RM1x will depend greatly on your
own imagination and music.
What is a
Sequence Remixer
? Within this one
device you have a MIDI synthesizer
tone
generator
, a professional
sequencer
program,
and a real-time MIDI
controller
surface. As a
tone
generator
the RM1x features a 16-part multi-
timbral, 32-note polyphonic, synthesizer. The
tone generator section features a powerful sound
set designed specifically for today’s dance-
oriented music genres with 654 sounds, 46 drum
kits, 3 fully editable on-board effect processors, a
real-time controllable LPF per part, editable
voicing parameters, all with real-time access via
the knobs. The
sequencer
section features a high
resolution (480 ppqn), 20 Song, 20 Pattern
Chain, and 110
Pattern Styles
. Maximum
memory is 110,000 notes. Pattern Styles are
divided into 60 Presets and 50 User. Think of a
Pattern Style as a set of 16 Patterns all within a
particular ‘style’ of music. Each Pattern Style has
16 musical sections. Each Section is itself a
Pattern. Each individual recording is called a
“Phrase”. When you record a bass line or a kick
drum part it is stored in a Phrase. Up to 16
Phrases can be combined to make up a Pattern
Section. The sequencer offers you a complete
array of editing jobs, many featuring real-time,
non-destructive access to the results via the
front panel knobs. The RM1x also is a
sophisticated MIDI
controller.
It can send its
magic out via MIDI. Each function is MIDI
transmittable so you are not limited by the sound
set of the built-in synthesizer. In addition, the
RM1x floppy disk drive adds the benefit that no
matter what sequencer program originally
created the data, you can perform your remix in
the RM1x. It reads both type 0 and type 1
Standard Midi Files. You can then use the RM1x’s
many features to remake the tracks. Data can be
freely moved back and forth from Song mode
(linear tracks) to the looped-based Pattern tracks
(maximum loop length = 256 measures). This
allows you to “import” data from any SMF songs.
Perhaps you really like a drum pattern you
created 4 years ago that you found on an old
diskette. Even if you created it using a computer
sequencer… doesn’t matter… you can save the
data as a SMF then load it into the RM1x. You
can define and grab data from linear tracks and
use it in constructing your original beats.
Basic Skills: Pattern Mode
The first RM1x skills you need to learn concern
the Pattern mode functions.
Section
mode (real-
time rearrange), the
Mute
mode (change the
active instruments), and
Track selection
(real-
time and/or stand-by editing).
Make all appropriate connections to a great
sound system. A system with a sub-woofer is
highly recommended for
full effect
(lighting, fog
and additional atmosphere enhancement,
optional). Set the PA’s EQ to flat – you will
control the EQ from the RM1x Sequence Remixer.
Remove any effect processing from the external
sound system – you will control all effects from
the RM1x.
Fig 1: The Main Pattern mode screen
Section mode tutorial
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Select [PATTERN] mode, if not already
selected, and choose a Preset Style (P01-
P60) via display knob #1 or the cursor
arrows along with [YES/+1], [NO/-1]
RM1X SEQUENCE REMIXER
Current Section
[A] - [P]
