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been selected. Now press the +1/ҮЕ$ key to move on to the next
part. Enter another pattern number, and press +1/YES. You can
enter blank
pattern numbers,
but of course
you won't hear
anything when they're played. Use the +1/YES and -1/NO keys
to scroll backwards and forwards through the song. If you have
made a mistake in the pattern number, use the number keys to
correct it.
To listen to the song, press the SONG key, and then START. The
STOP/CONTINUE
key will stop the song, which may be re-
started from the beginning by pressing START. Alternatively,
you may continue the song from the point at whch you stopped
it by pressing the STOP/CONTINUE key. To re-enter parts into
the song, press JOB and 2 followed by +1/ҮЕ$ again.
Repeats
If a song contains many similar structures (eg every 12-bar verse
is to have the same drum part), life could get very tedious, and the
chance of making mistakes goes up. To reduce this tedium, the
RX8 contains a repeat function, which allows parts to be re-
peated. The repeat begin mark (1:) is placed at the beginning of
the section to be repeated, and the repeat end mark (ЇЇ) at the end
of the section. Additionally, you can specify the number of times
that the section is to be repeated. Scroll forward to the end of the
song
The repeat begin mark (ll:) can be entered instead of a pattern at
this part of the song. Use the № key to start the "Il:" flashing, and
notice the change in the display:
Press the +1/YES key, and enter a few drum pattern numbers.
Now it's time to end the repeated section. Use the > key to start
the "ПР" mark flashing:
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Accel
Use the number keys to select the number of repeats (remember
that if a section is repeated once, it will be played twice) and then
press +1/YES to move to the next part.
Speeding up and slowing down (Accelerando and
Ritartando)
The RX8 can speed up and slow down playback automatically in
the middle of a song. Here's how you do it. At the end of the song,
select either "Accel" or "Rit" (with the » key):
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(In this case, we've chosen to speed up). Now enter the amount
in quarter notes (crochets) per minute that the song is to speed up,
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using the number keys, and then press +1/YES:
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The second set of zeroes indicates the number of beats (quarter
notes) over which the change in tempo is to take place. A value
of 00 means an instant change, and a value of 08 means a change
over 2 bars (assuming 4/4 bars). Enter this value with the number
keys and the +1/YES key, enter a few patterns as the next few
parts and listen to the results by playing your song. Slowing
down (ritartando) is handled in exactly the same way.
Volume changes
The Vol+ and Vol- functions work in much the same way as the
Accel
and Rit functions, except that they work
instantly (a
gradual crescendo or diminuendo is not really possible). Use the
> key to select either Vol+ or Vol- (here we've chosen Vol-):
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Enter a number with the number keys, and confirm it with the +1/
YES key. Now enter a few patterns, and play back the song to
listen to the results.
Edit Song sub-jobs
In addition to these functions (which only allow you to add parts
to the end of a song, there are four sub-jobs which allow you to:
1) jump to a part (SEARCH).
2) COPY sections of a song to the currently selected part.
3) DELETE the currently selected part, and.
4) INSERT а new part at the currently selected part.
NOTE:
To enter any of these sub-jobs from the Song Edit job (the job
you're currently in), press the JOB and appropriate number
key (1 through 4) together.
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To re-enter the Song Edit job from these sub-jobs, press START,
and to re-enter the Song mode from them, press STOP/CON-
TINUE.
Of course, if you're in an empty part, at the end of a song, you
can't delete or inset at this point, so only sub-jobs 1 and 2 are
available to you.
Searching
Enter this sub-job by pressing JOB and 1 together from the Song
Edit job.
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Rather than having to use the +1/YES
and -1/NO keys to scroll
through a long song, you can use this subjob to jump to a
particular part of a song. Enter the part number as a three-digit
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