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About the sequencerOs main page
13. Using the 16-track sequencer
Your E-60/E-50 contains a powerful sequencer with a Note: The MUTE function is not available while the SOLO func-
tion is on. You can, however, select another track at that time,
host of edit functions. Even so, you will quickly notice
that the 16-track Sequencer is as simple to operate as which is then played back in isolation. The SOLO function, on the
other hand, can be activated while the MUTE function is on.
it is powerful.
Soloed tracks are flagged with an S , while muted
When you press the RECORDER [16-TRKYSEQ.] button, tracks use the letter M . The remaining indications in
the display changes to:the second column from the left are:
q (note symbol): The track is currently playing. If you
look at the example above, you will notice a vertical line
16-TRKon top of several horizontal bars. The vertical line refers SEQ.
to the current position within the song (which is also
indicated in the MEAS field). The horizontal bars indi-
cate that a track contains musical data in that position.
Now look again at the illustration: only the tracks that
contain note data at the current position and that are
not muted have the q symbol.
If, while the page above is displayed, you press the
RECORDER [RECY] button, track 1 (which is currently
selected) will be flagged with an R (for Record ). You
can only record one track at any one time.
The button icons in the right-most column are:
TRACK EDITsee page 129
Important notesMICRO EDITsee page 143
" If you use the 16-track Sequencer to edit a song that MASTER TRACKsee page 139
already contains Cover modifications, the Cover set-INITIALIZE SONGsee page 125
tings are ignored and erased when you save the
STYLE CONVERTER see page 147
edited version of your song. We therefore recom-
mend freezing the Cover settings before continuing
(see p. 107).
" While in this mode, the [BALANCE] knob does not General considerations
allow you to set the balance between the Song and The 16-track sequencer can be used to record sequen-
Keyboard parts (it only affects the volume of the tially onto 16 tracks (one track after the other). Since
Song parts).the 16-track sequencer and the Recorder share the
" While the E-60/E-50s 16-track Sequencer is selected, same RAM memory (they are, in fact, different incarna-
the notes played on the keyboard are not transmitted tions of the same concept), you can lay down your first
via MIDI.tracks using the Recorder (with or without Arranger)
and then select the 16-track sequencer to add new
tracks or change existing ones. The Recorder allows for
simultaneous multitrack recording, which is not possi-
About the sequencers main page
ble with the 16-track Sequencer. While you are working
Let us first look at the information shown on this page:with the 16-track Sequencer, the Arranger is not avail-
The [SOLO] button icon allows you to listen to the
able.
selected track in isolation (it mutes all other tracks). The
selected track is highlighted. To select another track, Tracks and MIDI channels
simply press its row in the left column of the display. Tracks are assigned to MIDI channels on a 1 : 1 basis
(You can also use the [�][ ] buttons to select a track.)(i.e. Track 1= MIDI channel 1,& Track 12= MIDI channel
The [MUTE] button icon allows you to temporarily 12, etc.). Since the Keyboard parts have been assigned
switch off the selected track, which may be useful to the MIDI channels in such a way as to allow for easy
when you want to record or edit additional parts with-Minus-One playback using the Recorder (page 35), you
out being distracted by already existing parts.should take a minute to study the table below.
SOLO and MUTE need to be set as follows: First press
the [SOLO] or [MUTE] field, then press the fields of the
tracks you want to solo or mute (you can mute several
tracks).
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