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Enter the Required Notes and Rests, Continue Until the Track Is Complete, Erasing Notes, Switching
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5. Enter the Required Notes and Rests When you've selected the required note length, play the note to be entered on the keyboard. The entered note will appear as a diamond (u) on the step record input display line. The cursor will move to the beginning of the next note. Entered notes appear as diamonds. M001-01 Gate=NORM`Vel=norm[ERASE][PGM]=P¡A1 Press the REST key (PROGRAM key [3]) instead of playing a note if you want to enter a rest of the currently specified length. 6. Continue Until the Track Is Complete Repeat steps 3 through 5 until the required material is entered. You can move the cursor back and forth using the data entry dial, adding notes wherever you like - even on top of other notes to create chords. The SEQUENCER [h] and [j] keys can be used to move backward and forward a measure at a time. q Erasing Notes To erase a note, move the cursor to that note and press the [F6] function key, immediately below "[ERASE]" on the display. The diamond note marker will disappear. If the diamond marks a chord, the entire chord will be erased. q Switching Voices Mid-track You can switch to a different voice anywhere in a track by entering a program change command at the required point. After moving the cursor to the point at which you want to change voices in the step record edit display, press the [F7] function key. Program`Change PFM``¡A1:SP`Makro``[GO]` Use [CS4] to select "PFM" if you want to switch to a performance combination or "VCE" if you want to switch to a voice, select the performance combination or voice in the normal way, the press [F8] (under "[GO]" on the display) to enter the specified program change (or [EXIT] to quit and return directly to the step-record display). The display will return to the step record edit display, and a "p" will occur at the point at which the program change command was entered. Program change commands can be erased in the same was as notes by using the [ERASE] key. 54 5. The Sequencer