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Editing with Step Write

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114 (7) Editing with Step Write To enter sounds with Step Write: 1 Raise the rhythm volume, and turn off all the Upper and Lower keyboard voices by setting each section's volume to MIN. 2 Select the EDIT page with the Page buttons. 3 Select the percussion sound you wish to enter. There are two ways to select percussion sounds in the Step Write mode: [1] Press the key on the Upper or Lower keyboard that corresponds to the sound. The instrument name automatically appears at the top right of the LCD when the key is pressed. The selected instrument is automatically assigned to an available empty rhythm track. [2] Use the leftmost Data Control buttons under the rhythm track number to step through the available sixteen rhythm tracks. The name of the instrument currently assigned to the selected track is displayed at the top right of the LCD. (Since this method allows you to select only from among the assigned instruments, use the Change function described with the LCD below to change instrument assignments.) * This method is especially useful when editing an exisiting rhythm, preset or user. EDIT Page-Step Write 1 Rhythm Track Selects from among the sixteen rhythm tracks and displays the currently selected rhythm track number. 2 CHANGE Replaces the instrument assigned to any given track with the others. 1. Select the track using the Rhythm Track control above. 2. Simultaneously hold down the Data Control button corresponding to CHANGE and press the key on the Upper or Lower keyboard that corresponds to the instrument you want to use.

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(7) Editing with Step Write
To enter sounds with Step Write:
1
Raise the rhythm volume, and turn off all the Upper and Lower
keyboard voices by setting each section’s volume to MIN.
2
Select the EDIT page with the Page buttons.
3
Select the percussion sound you wish to enter.
There are two ways to select percussion sounds in the Step
Write mode:
[1] Press the key on the Upper or Lower keyboard that
corresponds to the sound.
The instrument name
automatically appears at the top right of the LCD when the
key is pressed.
The selected instrument is automatically
assigned to an available empty rhythm track.
[2] Use the leftmost Data Control buttons under the rhythm
track number to step through the available sixteen rhythm
tracks.
The name of the instrument currently assigned to
the selected track is displayed at the top right of the LCD.
(Since this method allows you to select only from among
the assigned instruments, use the Change function described
with the LCD below to change instrument assignments.)
* This method is especially useful when editing an exisiting
rhythm, preset or user.
EDIT Page—Step Write
1
Rhythm Track
Selects from among the sixteen rhythm tracks and displays the
currently selected rhythm track number.
2
CHANGE
Replaces the instrument assigned to any given track with the
others.
1.
Select the track using the Rhythm Track control above.
2.
Simultaneously hold down the Data Control button
corresponding to CHANGE and press the key on the Upper or
Lower keyboard that corresponds to the instrument you want to
use.