Korg Sqd-8 User manual

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TRACK

MIDI

RECORDER

OWNER'S

MANUAL

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function

indicates

that

some

data

is

memorized in

the

track.

When "PLAY"

flashes,

it

indicates

that

the

track

is

ready

to

be

played,

if

ST

ARTISTOP

(

..

/.

)

key

4D

is pushed.

During

play,

"Play"

is

lit

continuously.

When

"REC"

is flashing,

it

indicates

that

the

track

is

ready

to be recorded.

During

recording,

"REC"

is

lit

continuously,

if

you begin recording

and

playing

keyboard

and

"REC"

continues

to

flash.it

means

no

MIDI

data

is

being received

on

that

track

.

Please

check MIDI

channel

assignment.

When "ERASE" is

flashing,

it

indicates

that

the

track

is

ready

to be erased.

The *

mark

besides

the

track

number

in

utility-function

indicates

onloff of

each

mode. (It corresponds

with

the

TRACK

KEY number.)

o FUNCTION-MARK INDICATION

It

indicates

which

function

is

selected.

The

function

indicated

by (

..

) is

the

funl::tion selected

at

that

time.

• • • • • • • • • • • • HOW

TO

OPERATE

THE

DISK

••••••••••••

1.

Never

touch

the

magnetic

sheet.

It

can

damage

data

and

make

it

impossible to

read

or

write

to

the

disk.

and avoid storing

them

in

a way

that

makes

them

fold

or

bend.

If

you 'keep them

right

under

the

direct

rays

of

the

sun, they

may

change shape

and

become unusable.

2.

Do

not

fold

or

bend

the

disk.

3.

When

the disk is not

in

use,

put

it

inside the

envelope

and

keep

it

standing

on a shelf.

You

must

keep

the

disk

standing

straight,

4.

Do

not

put

the

disk

near

magnetism

like a

loudspeaker. The

data

written

in the

disk

will be destroyed.

IMPORTANT

SAFETY

PRECAUTIONS

.LOCATION

Do

not

use thiS

unit

for

extended

periods

of

time

where

it

is

exposed

to;

•

directsunlight

•

I"tren-.

of

temper,ture

or

humidity

•

und

or

dll$t

.POWER

SUPPLY

• Use

only

with

rated

AC

Voltage.

If

vou

will ba using this

unit

in an

area

having a

different

voltage, be sure

to

use

a

proper

VOltage

converter,

•

To

help

prevent

noise

end

degreded

sound

quality,

avoid

using the I8lTIe

outlet

as

other

equipment

or

branching

off

extension

cords shared

by

other

ll'Qulpment.

.INTERFERENCE

This

unit

uses microc:omputllr circuitry, LIke all such devic8l,

it

is

subject

to

interference from neerbv electrical devic8l

like

fluorescent

tllmps, appliances with

motors,

and

10 on.

If

operation

becomes erratic

or

unpredictable,

or

if

there

is

no

re'1pOflUl

wherl

VOU

pr$\S I tv..Inor.

on

thl

unit,

thin

intlrference

may

be the cause.

If

this occurs,

try

turning

off

thll pOwer,

then

turning it back

on

again.

Thil

rllllts

(initializes)

the

microcomputer.

-4-

.HANDLE

GENTLVI

Don't

drop

this

unit

or

use

more

force

than

nec:e5Sarv

to

operate

switches

and

kevl,

.CLEANING

EXTERIOR SURFACES

Wipe

the

1)lleTior lightly

with

a

clean,

dry

soft

cloth

to

remove

dun

and

dJrt. NeVltr use

strong

solvents like benZine,

peint

thinner,

rubbing

compoynd

flammable polishing agents.

.KEEP

TH'S

MANUAL

Keep this

manual

ill

a

nf.

place for

future

reference.

48

DATA SLIDER

This

is

available

in

many

ways

in

accordance with the mode.

This

is

usually

used to change tempo

but

can also be

set

to

MIDI

volume,

beat,

MIDI

Channel,

quantization,etc.

~

REW (

..

) KEY

This is used to rewind a

measure.

6)

FF

(~)

KEY

This

is used to fast forward a

measure

and

designate a

rest

in

step-recording.

~ START/STOP (

~

/.

) KEY

This is used to

start

and

stop

the

music

as

well

as

to

start

and

end

the

recording.

4D

RESET (

~)

KEY

This

is

used to

return

the

measure

to 0,

to

cancel

the

designated

track

and

to

end

the

recording.

~

DISK-DRIVE

QD

is

inserted

here.

Ci)

EJECT

BUTTON

Push

it

to

take

QD

out

of

drive. Never

push

this,

while

QD

is

in

use. (When QD LED

is

lit.)

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TEMPO INDICATION

Usually

tempo is indicated.

In

case of utility-function,

Clock

displays

INT

or

EXT.

"ST" is displayed

during

step-recording.

~

BEAT INDICATION

.

Beat

of

metronome is displayed.

~

MEASURE INDICATION

~

is

displayed

on

the

left

side,

when

measure-memory is on.

Usually

the

number

of

measures

is

indicated.

In case

of

real

time-recording/data-mix,

the

count

off

is

displayed

just

after

START/STOP (

~

/.

) key is pushed.

Note

and

number

of

measures

are

displayed

alternately

in

step-recording.

The

unit

of

quantization

is

displayed

in

quantize-mode.

"SAVE" is displayed

in

save.

"FILE

ready"

is

displayed

in

data-file

(receiving).

"FILE" is displayed

during

data

receiving.

"LOAD" is displayed

during

load.

"LOAD"

is

displayed

in

data-file

(transmission).

"FILE"

is

displayed

during

data

transmission.

An

error

in QD function,

"Err

1-5"

is

also displayed here.

¢ MIDI-CH INDICATION

Track

number

is

indicated on

the

left

side

and

the

MIDI-CH of the

track

is

indicated

on

the

right

side. '

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MEMORY INDICATION

The

remaining

percentage

of

SQD-8

memory is displayed. F (FULL)

indicates

that

almost

no

memory

has

been

used.

Nearer

to

E

(Empty),

the

remaining

volume ofmemory

is

less.

~

TRACK INDICATION

The

numbers

of

1-8

are

track

numbers.

The

one

with

a

mark

except

in

utility-

-

3-

IFRONT

PANEL

I

o DISPLAY

Seep.

3.

f)

FUNCTION

SELECT KEY

Chooses

the

function

with

the

up

and

down

keys.

The

right

function

mark

(

~

) of

the

display shows

the

selected function.

8 TEMPO LED

In

play

mode

or

real

time-recording

mode,

the

first

beat

is shown

in

red

and

the

other

beats

are

shown

in

green

in

accordance

with

tempo. In QD mode

red

indicates

exclusive

data-transmission-time

and

green

indicates

the

receiving

time.

o MEASURE MEMORY KEY

This

is used to stop

play

in

the

middle of

the

music

and

designate

the

measures

to

be

repeated.

o BEAT

KEY

This

is used to

set

the

beat

of

the

metronome.

o MIDI-CH KEY

This

is used to

set

the

MIDI channel.

o ERASE TRACK KEY

This

is used for

erasure.

o ERASE ALL KEY

This

is used to

erase

aU

data

in

SQD-8.

o LOAD KEY

In

Data

File,

this

is

used

to

transmit

the

system exclusive-data (tone

of

synthesizer,

etc.),

in

sequencer mode,

data

on QD (quick-

disk)

is

put

into SQD-8

internal

memory.

4D)

SAVE

KEY

This

stores

internal

memory

of

SQD-8 to

the

QD.

4D

DATA FILE KEY

This is used to receive the

system

exclusive-

data

from

external

MIDI devices.

When

in

the Step Recording Function,

it

will

be

used

as

the

Tie Key.

CD

TRACK KEY (Note Key.

Utility

Key)

-2-

1.

(c,

) DATA MIX

This

is

used

to

select

track

(1),

to

designate

whole

note

in

step-recording

and

for

data-mix

in

utility-function.

2. ( d )VOLUME CONTROL

This

is

used

to

select

track

(2),

to

designate

half

notes

in

step-recording

and

to

select

volume-control in

utility

function mode.

3. ( : ) REPEAT

This

is used to

select

track

(3)

and

to

designate

quarter

notes

in

step-

recording

and

to switch

repeat

on or off

in

utility-function.

4. (

_r

)KEY TRANS

This

is

used

to

select

track

(4),

to

designate eighth notes

in

step-recording

and to switch key transposition on or off

in

utility-function.

5. (

:=)

ECHO BACK

This

is

used

to

select

track

(5),

to

designate

sixteenth

notes

in

step-

recording

and

to switch echo back on or

off

in

utility-function.

6. (

:=

)METRONONE

Thi~

is used to select

track

(6), designate

thirty-second

notes

and

to

switch

metronome on or off

in

utility-function.

7. (

,)

QUANTIZE

This

is

used

to

select

track

(7),

to

designate dotted notes in step-recording

and

for

quantization

in utility-function.

S.

(

JJJ

)CLOCK INTIEXT

This

is used to select

track

(8), designate

triplet

in

step-recording

and

to

set

the

operation

to

either

internal

clock

or

external

clock in utility-function.

CONTENTS

Front

Panel

........

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2

Key

Transpose

.....................

15

Display

..............................

3 Echo Back

.........................

15

How to

Operate

the

Disk

................

4

Quantize

..........................

16

Important

Safety

Precautions

...........

4 Clock

Internal/External

.............

17

SQD-8 Basic Knowledge

................

5

Save

to Disk

.......................

17

Recording

.............................

6

Data

File

(Receiving)

...............

18

Example

of

Setting

.................

6 Load

From

Disk

....................

18

Real

Time

Recording

................

6

Data

File

(Transmission)

............

19

Metronome

......................

7

Error

Indication

Concerning

QD 19

Step

Recording

.....................

9

Play

..

. . . . . . . . . . .

..

. . .

..

.

..

. .

..

.

..

19

Erase

..............................

10

Example

of

Setting

.............

. . . . 19

Single

Erase

.......................

10

Play

..............................

20

All

Erase

..........................

11

If

the

sound

does not stop

..........

20

Punch

In/Out

.............

. . . . . . . . .

11

Measure

Memory

................

20

Other

Function

and

Operation

.. . . . . . . . . 12

About

the

Data

Slider

...............

21

Data

Mix

..........................

12

About

the

Memory

Indication

........

21

Volume Control

....................

13 Specs

and

Options

......................

22

Repeat

............................

14

Rear

Panel

............................

23

Befol'e

putting

on the power

switch

at

the

rear

panel,

be

sure

to

confirm

that

AC

adaptor,

MIDI

cable,

and

others

are

correctly

set.

•

••.•••..••.

•SQD-8

BASIC

KNOWLEDGE·

••..••••••.•

SQD-8

has

two

input

methods,

i.e.

real

time

recording

and

stepwrite recording.

• REAL TIME RECORDING

In

real

time

recording

the

SQD-8

records

much

like a tape-recorder.

The

difference is

that

on

the

SQD-8

the

pitch

is

not

changed,

if

the

playback speed

is

varied,

and

MIDI

DATA

like

control-change

and

program-

change

can

be memorized

along

with notes.

•

STEP-RECORDING

Step-recording

on

the

SQD-8

inputs

pitch

and

velocity from the keyboard

and

timing

values

by selecting a

value

on

the

SQD-8.

This

method

resembles

data

input

to

a

computer. Music which is impossible to

play

can

be

played

by

the

SQD-8

by

using

step-

recording.

Note: Once

the

power

supply

of

the

SQD-8

is

shut

ofT,

all

the

already

recorded

data

will

be

completely

erased.

Don't

fail

to

conduct

the

save

operation

(see

p.

17)

before

cutting

off

the

power supply.

To

put

power supply on,

turn

the

switch

on

rear

panel

power

supply,

after

confirming

that

AC cord, MIDI

CABLE,

etc.

are

correctly

connected.

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I

RECORDING

I

EXAMPLE

OF

SETTING

SQD-8 records

data

of

outside

MIDI

instrument

and

controls tempo.

I.

Setting

to

receive

data

from

outside

MIDI

instrument

Is

Q 0 -

sH

Keyboard I

IN

OUT

II.

Setting

to

record

and

playback

data

on

the

SQD-8.

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OU

T

IS Q 0 - s

Hr"-Ke-y"-bo-a-rd-'I

OUT

IN

IKeyboard H S Q 0 - sH

f',;~Prlument

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OUT

IN

THRU

IN

Note

1:

Don't

connect

or

disconnect

MIDI cables

during

playing

or

recording

on

the

SQD-

8

or

while

playing

keyboard

of

connected

MIDI

instrument.

Note

2:

When

using

MIDI

keyboard,

please

take

care

not

to

apply

transposition

to

the

keyboard

or

to

change

the

tuning.

When

using

drum-machine,

etc.,

which

can

designate

the

note

number

with

keypad

instead

of

keyboard,

please

confirm

the

note-number

with

the

manual

of

the

instrument.

o

To

playback

after

recording

is

finished,

please

see

"Play"

(p. 19).

I

REAL

TIME

RECORDING

I

*

Please

confirm

that

SQD-8

and

outside

MIDI

instrument

are

correctly

connected

and

the

power

supply

is

on.

CD

Push

Function

Select

Keyf}(Down

Key)

and

set

display

function

mark

(

~

) to

REAL

TIME

REC.

(Real

Time

Recording-

Function)

00

PLAY

• REAL TIME

REC

STEPREC

ERASE

UTILITY

®

Choose

a

track

number

to

be

used

for

recording

using

the

Track

Key.

"REC"

flashes

on

the

chosen

track

number

in

the

track

indication

display.

I 2

I 3

'I,

-REe-

I

I)

4

) 5

I 6

If

a

mistake

is made,

push

Reset

( M )

key

4Jj

for

cancellation

and

push

another

track

key.

*

Only

one

track,

at

a

time

can

be

designated

for recording.

®

Setting

and

changing

beat.

1.

Push

BEAT

KEY

0.

2.

Move DATA SLIDER

~

up

and

down to

confirm

or

change

beat.

.

Beat

indication

will be changed.

.

Time

signature

that

can

be

set

by

the

SQD-8

are

2/4, 3/4, 4/4, 5/4

and

6/4.

3.

Push

Beat

Key

again

after

confirmation

or

change

is

finished.

*

Setting

or

changing

beat

is

not

possible

unless

MEASURE

indication

is

O.

-

6-

®

Setting

and

changing

MIDI

channel

o

This

function

is

used

to

select

MIDI

channels

for

the

tracks

so

that

many

MIDI

instruments

can

be

controlled

simulta-

neously

by

the

SQD-8

with

each

unit

receiving

data

on

only

one

MIDI

channel.

Be

sure

MIDI

channel

selection

of

Devices

correspond

with

MIDI

channel

setting

on

SQD-8.

o

Each

of

the

MIDI

channels

from 1 to 16 on

the

SQD-8

can

be

selected

for

each

track.

(one

channel

per

track)

1.

Push

MIDI-CH key

0.

2.

Push

Track

key

(1-8)

to

select

MIDI

channel

display.

3.

Use

Data

Slider

to

change

MIDI

channel.

MIDI-CH

f I

:'

TR

,- I

:J

CH

4.

Push

another

track

key

0-8)

to

select

channel

display.

5.

Use

Data

Slider

to

change

MIDI

channel.

Push

MIDI-CH key

again

after

settings

or

changes

are

finished.

* In

the

following

cases

neither

setting

nor

changing

is

available.

During

playing

(when

already

started)

...

Set

or

change

MIDI

channel

after

pushing

START/STOP (

~

/ • ) key

ID.

During

recording

(when

already

start-

ed) ...

The

same

as

above.

In

utility-function

mode

...

First

push

function select key to

change

to

another

function.

@

Push

START/STOP (

~

/.

) key.

Measure

indication

shows

-8

in

case

of

4/4

and

-6

in

case

of

3/4.

N/4

means

that

count

starts.

(before 2

measures).

Metronome

starts

to sound.

TEMPO

LED

@)

flashes

with

red

for

the

first

accent

and

green

for

the

alternate

counts.

*

Tone

of

metronome

can

be

monitored

with

headphone.

(headphone

jack

fl)).

*

Please

conduct

the

following

operation

when

metronome

is

not

required.

1.

Push

Function

select

key

after

the

operation

® to

set

function

mark

(

~

) to

utility.

"REC"

display

(utility-function)

stops flashing.

OD

PLAY

REAL TIME

REC

STEP

REC

ERASE

~

UTIliTY

2.

Push

metronome

key

(track

key0)

and

confirm

that

*

on

track

0

display

has

disappeared.

3.

Push

function

select

key

f)

to

return

to

real

time

recording

function.

® Move

data

slider m

to

get

right

tempo.

(J)

Push

START/STOP (

~

/.

) key

ID.

@

Continue

to

push

REW

(

~

) key

4D

until

measure

indication

returns

to

O.

*

Omit

operations

@,

®,

0,

and

@,

if

no

confirmation

of

tempo

is

required.

®

Push

START/STOP (

~

/.

) key

ID

to

start

recording.

Once

data

is

input,

"REC"

display,

which

was flashing,

remains

lit.

If

you

begin

recording

and

play

MIDI

keyboard

and

"REC"

continuous

to

flash

no

data

is

being

received

by

track.

Please

check

MIDI

channel

assignment

to

ensure

SQD-

8

track

and

MIDI

keyboard

are

set

to

the

same

channel.

-7

-

3

REC

4

5

Ih

(j])

Start

playing

with

the

metronome

after

a

two

measure

count-off.

*

Inserting

program

change

in

count-off

is

advisable.

@

At

the

end

of

recording

1.

Push

START/STOP

(

~

/.

)key

4D,

and

"REC"

will

begin

flashing.

(SQD-8

will

stop

at

the

end

of

the

during

which

START/STOP

is

pushed.

2.

Push

RESET

(

~

)

key

4D,

and

*

and

"PLA

Y"

will

start

flashing

the

track

number

which

has

been

recorded.

The

performance

is

now

stored

in

the

internal

memory

of

SQD-8

and

MEA-

SURE

will

be

reset

to

o.

5 I

6 I

3.

Playback

is

easily

achieved

by

pushing

the

START/STOP

(

~

/.

)

key

4D.

4.

To

record

another

track,

select

a

new

track

using

track

keys

and

press

START/STOP.

Be

sure

to

confirm

proper

MIDI

channel

selection

first.

*

Sometimes,

you

will

want

to

select

which

tracks

are

monitored

during

playback

and

recording.

1.

Push

function

select

key

(Down Key)

and

set

function

mark

(

~

) to PLAY.

(play

function)

2.

Choose

track

numbers

which

you

want

to

hear

during

playback

and

recording

using

track

keys. Choose

from

the

tracks

with

a

*

mark

in

track

indication

display

as

recording

has

been

finished

on

them.

You

can

choose

as

many

as

you

want

if

they

have

a *

mark.

I 2 *I-PLAY-

I 5 I I -

Me-

<I

16

I

@ To

stop

recording

in

the

middle

of

the

song

and

REC

over

again.

1.

Push

START/STOP

(~~)

key

4D.

"REC"

will

begin

flashing.

2.

You

can

rewind

to

where

you

want

to

record

over

using

REW

( ..... ) key

tD

.

(The

measure

number

will

be

shown

in

the measure

indication

display)

Return

to 0,

when

you

want

to

play

over

again

from

the

beginning.

3.

If

START/STOP

(

~

/.

)

key

4D

is

pushed,

recording

of

the

song

will

start

after

playing

two

measures

before

where

you

stopped. (a two

measure

"Pre-roll"

is

the

studio

term.)

@

When

another

track

is

in

"PLAY"

("PLAY"

is

flashing

in

display),

playback

of

the

track

during

the

two

measures

count-off

is

available.

*

MEASURE

indicates

the

number

of

beats

only

during

count-off

and

the

number

of

measures

during

playing

and

recording.

*

REW

(.....

)

and

FF

(

~)

are

based

on

the

unit

of

a

measure.

The

SQD-8

can

not

be

stopped

in

the

middle

of

a

measure.

*

When

you

want

to

erase

the

data

of

the

track

after

recording

is

finished,

see

p. 10.

-8-

'*

If

you

push

REW

(+III)

key

CD

and

FF

(

~)

key

49,

when

in

play

or

real

time

recording

modes,

you

can

hear

the

music

just

like

using

REW

and

FF

on

a

professional

ta

perecorder.

When

REPEAT

is

on,

REW

and

FF

are

not

available.

(See

p.

14

as

to

repeat.)

Sometimes

you

may

not

hear

the

notes

of

the

first

beat

ofthe

measure,

when

play

or

recording

starts

after

REW.

However

data

has

been

recorded.

I

STEP

RECORDING

I

*

Please

confirm

that

the

SQD-8

and

the

outside

MIDI

instrument

are

correctly

connected

and

the

power

supply

is

on.

Q)

Push

the

FUNCTION

select

key

and

set

the

Function

Mark

(

~

) to

STEP

REC.

(Step

Recording

Function)

®

Select

time

signature

using

the

Beat

Function.

Use

operation

on

p.

6

®.

®

Select

the

MIDI

channel.

Use

operation

on

p.7@.

@

Select

the

track

you will

use

for

recording.

Conduct

operation

on

p.

6

@.

®

Push

START/STOP (

~

/.

)

key

MEASURE

indication

on

the

Display

will

show J - D

alternately

J

represent

a

note,

and

0

represent

number

of

bars.

.

, a

quarter

note

,-

a

dotted

eighth

nole

-'

(a

crotchet)

-'

,

,-

on

eighth

note

while

note, a whole note

-'

(a

quaver)

CI

(a

scmibreve)

J=

a

sixteenth

nole

(a

semiquaved

d a minim, a

halfnole

J:

a

thirty-second

note

I I

_:

a

sixteenth

note

(a

demisemiquavcr)

_1_1_1

triplet

®

Let's

saw

that

we will

input

the

following

melody.

(The

Beat

is

set

at

4/4)

A:

Push

TRACK

key

"3".

(J

-D)

And

then

push

do

on

the

keyboard

once.

B:

Push

key

"4"

Cr

- :

),

and

push

reo

C:

Push

"8"

after

pushing

"5"

CUJ: -

I),

push

fa, so

and

ra.

D:

Push

"8"

then

"7"

(

_:

,1<-+

: )

and

push

so.

E:

Push

"4".

(X

- : )

Push

DATA

FILE

key

(used

in

this

case

for a tie).

"Tie"

will

be

indicated.

Push

"3" (

_:

- :

),

and

push

fa.

F:

Push

"2".

(d

-

,:'

)

Push

the

chord

mi

and

so.

G:

Push

"4". U-

-.~

)

Push

FF

(

~)

key.

H:

Push

"5". (

_:=

-.:'

)

Then

push

si

and

then

ra.

I:

Push

"2"

and

then

"I".

(d,

-

,:'

)

Push

so.

J:

Push

"s"

and

then

push

DATA

FILE

key.

Push

"I"

and

then

push

DATA

FILE

key

again.

Push

"2"

and

then

push

the

chord

mi,

so,

and

do.

K:

Push

"2"

and

then

FF

(

~)

key.

#:

In

the

tie

of

_:

and

X,

,

push

in

the

order

of

J,

DATA

FILE,

J-

,DATA

FILE,

"

keyboard.

#:

In

the

tie

of

J

and

LU- ,

push

in

the

order

of

_:

, DATA

FILE,

J-,

DATA

FILE,

three

group

key

"S",

keyboard.

'*

When

playing

single

notes,

use

only

one

finger

and

try

as

hard

as

possible

not

to

repeat

or

double

the

sound. Also

if

you

hit

the

keyboard

evenly,

re-generated

sound

will

become

more

natural.

'*

When

you

make

a

mistake,

push

REW

(

+III

)

key

and

go

back

to

the

bar

where

you

made

the

mistake.

(It

will

go

back

by

the

unit

of

a

bar)

If

the

MEASURE

indication

display

shows

the

number

16,

it

means

that

it

returned

to

the

end

of

the

sixteenth

bar.

So

the

you

input

is

the

first

sound

of

the

seventeenth

bar.

-9-

31{

The

minimum

unit

of

Step

Recording

is a

thirty-second

note

triplet.

For

smaller

notes,

express

them

by

making

the

Tempo

twice

as

fast

or

by

other

methods.

31{

In

order

to record music

like

the

following,

separate

the

notes

by

their

rythmic

value

and

record

them

on

different

tracks.

And

perform

by

playing

them

at

the

same

time

or

by mixing. Look

at

p. 12

"Data

Mix"

for

mixing.

(J)

Push

START/STOP (

~

/.

)

key

0

after

recording

is

finished.

Indication

of

TEMPO

returns

to

original

and

MEASURE

shows

O.

*comes

out

beside

the

display

number

of

the

track

where

recording

has

been

done,

and

"PLAY"

flashes. *

indicates

the

track,

where

recording

is

finished.

2 1

3 *

I-P~AY-

< I

4 1

5 1

6 1

®

If

START/STOP (

~

I.

)

key

~ is

pushed

in

the

condition

of

setting

II,

playback

is

available.

In

order

to

make

other

tracks

ready

for

"PLA

Y", see

31{

of

(jJ)

on

p.

8.

®

In

case

of

recording on

other

tracks

later,

repeat

operation

®.

*

In

order

to

erase

the

data

of

the

track

where

recording

is

finished, see

the

following.

31{

In

step

recording,

the

other

tracks

will

not

sound,

though

"PLAY"

is

flashing

in

display.

!ERASE!

There

are

three

methods

to

erase

the

track

(with

*)

where

recording

has

been finished.

!

SINGLE

ERASE

I

Here

we

can

erase

tracks

one by one.

CD

Push

FUNCTION

select

key

8

and

set

function

mark

(

~

) to

ERASE.

(Erase

function)

QO

PLAY

REAL

TIME

REC

STEP

REG

~

ERASE

UTILITY

@ Choose

the

track

number,

which you want to

erase,

from

the

TRACK keys.

"ERASE" flashes

in

the

chosen

number

TRACK

indication

display.

1 3 *1 -

ERASE-I

, 4

...!::*"-'!....-

___

'_I_,

~,

f5

, ,

16

1 1

If

a

mistake

is made,

push

RESET (

.,.....

)

key

4D

for

cancellation

and

push

the

key

of

the

right

track

number.

-

10-

* In

case

of

"single

erase",

there

exists

only

one

track

which

can

be

designated.

®

If

ERASE TRACK

key8is

pushed,

the

data

of

the

track

is

erased.

®

In

order

to

erase

the

data

of

another

track

repeat

operations

®

-®.

I

ALL

ERASE

I

Here

we

can

erase

all

data,

which

is

stored

in

the

internal

memory

of

the

SQD-8.

This

should be

done

after

the

data

was saved. (See

p.

17.)

CD

Push

FUNCTION

select

key

0

to

set

function

mark

(

~

) to

ERASE.

(Erase

function)

®

If

ERASE TRACK

key8and

ERASE all

key

Qare

simultaneously

pushed,

the

data

of

all

tracks

will be

erased

one

or

two

seconds

later.

I

PUNCH

IN/OUT

I

The

Punch

In/Out

of SQD-8

uses

2

tracks.

By

doing

this,

you

can

erase

the

errors

you noticed

after

recording

and

replace

them

with

new

data.

There

are

three

ways to

Punch

Out:

A:

Erasing

only Note On/OfT

In

this

type

of

Punch

Out,

all

the

data

except

for Note On/Off will

remain

in

the

track.

This

is used when you

want

to

leave

data

such

as

Volume Control,

Program

Change,

Pitch

Bend

on

the

track.

B:

Erasing

all

the

data

except

for

Note

On/OfT

In

contrast

to A, only

the

Note

data

remains

in

the

track.

This

is

used

when

you

want

to

erase

data

such

as

Volume Control,

Program

Change,

Pitch

Band

from

the

track.

C:

Erases

both A

and

B

mentioned

above

at

the

same

time.

CD

First

do

the

operation

on p. 20

CD

-®

and

select

the

track

which

has

the

part

you

want

to

Punch

Out. (At

this

time,

it

is

convenient

to

set

the

instrument

to a

setting

so you

can

hear

the

sound. Example:

Setting

Ill.

®

Start

the

performance

by

pushing

the

START!STOP (

~

I.

)key.

Listen

to

the

music

and

stop

it

by

pushing

START/STOP

(

~

I.

)

key

just

before

the

part

you

want

to

Punch

Out. (Or

forward

the

performance

with

FF

(

~

)

key

to

the

bar

which

has

the

part

to punch Out.)

®

Push

the

FUNCTION

select

key

and

set

the

Function

Mark

(

~

) to

ERASE.

(Erase

function)

®

Push

START/STOP (

~

I.

)key.

®

When

the

sound before

the

mistake

comes

out:

In

the

case of A,

push

the

ERASE

TRACK

key.

*

The

instant

after

the

mistake

is

played

take

your

hand

ofT

the

key,

but

continue

play

until

the

sound ends.

In the

case

ofB,

push

ERASE ALL key.

*

Push

the

key

just

after

the

last

sound

before

the

mistake

comes

out,

and

let

go

as

soon

as

the

effect

(such

as

Program

Change) finishes.

In

the

case

of C,

push

ERASE TRACK

key

and

ERASE ALL

key

at

the

same

time.

*

If

you

do

this

operation

before

you

push

the

START/STOP (

~

I.

)key,

it

will

become All

Erase,

so

be

very

careful.

If

"Pout"

is

indicated

on

the

Display

MEASURE

Indication,

the

sound!

message

will

continue

to be

erased.

-11-

*

If

you

make

the

Tempo

slower

than

the

original,

it

is

easier

to

conduct

accurate

Punch

Out.

*

If

you copy

the

same

data

as

the

one

that

will

be

erased

to

a

different

track,

you

can

avoid

erasing

important

data

by

mistake.

*

In

order

to

Punch

Out

at

the

beginning

of

the

music,

push

the

ERASE

TRACK

key

before

pushing

START/STOP (

..

/.

)

key.

But

this

does

not

stand

for

case

O.

*<

If

there

is no

data

to be

erased

on

the

track,

"Pout"

will

not

be

indicated

even

though

you

are

pushing

ERASE

TRACK/ALL

key.

*<

In

the

case

of

A

and

C,

if

you

push

ERASE

TRACK

key

between

Note

On

and

Note Off,

Punch

Out

will be conducted from

the

ON.

*<

Remaining

amount

of

memory

does

not

change

by

conducting

Punch

Out.

When

you

have

punched

out

a

lot

of notes, by copying

this

track

to

another

track

(look

at

"Data

Mix"

of

this

page

right,

and

"Quantize

HI" of

p.

17),

and

erasing

the

original

one,

the

punched

out

memory

will

return.

® To

input

new

performance

to

the

Punch

Out

part:

1. Do

the

operation

on

p. 20

left

column

0-®,

and

select

some

tracks

that

you

want

to

playback

while

recording

new

performance

under

the

P1ay

Function.

(make

"Play"

flash)

2.

With

the

operation

on

p.

6

0-®

(Realtime

Recording

Function)

or

p. 9

0-®

(Step Recording

Function),

select

the

track

to

input

the

new

performance.

Punch

out

-+-1

"~+I-'/-!I

.....

JI4-I

*J+I~J41-~

Play

here

only

I 1

J-I

I I I

Mix 1

~

I J I J 1

~

I J 1

3.

Push

the

START/STOP (

..

I.

)key

and

start

recording.

Forward

the

track

to

the

part,

just

before

the

punched

out

part,

with

FF.

And

perform

or

step

input

only

the

part

punched

out.

4.

When

the

brief

recording/step

input

is

finished,

push

START/STOP (

..

/ •

key.

5.

After

these

operation

you

must

mix

these

two

tracks.

For

details,

look

at

the

Mix" section.

OTHER

FUNCTION

AND

OPERATION

I

DATA

MIX

I

Data

mix

on

the

SQD-8

means

the

ability

to

transfer

the

data

of

several

tracks

to

another

track

(Pin-Pong).

It

can

be used

like

an

8

track

multitrack

recorder.

An

added

feature

is

that

if

volume

or

tempo

is

changed

by

moving

the

DATA

slider

up

and

down

during

data

mix,

this

data

will be memorized.

For

example

effects like

fade-in/out

or

retardando

can

be

easily

obtained.

i

~~f~~~i--------~il}l

17

1

~

18

I

o Choose

several

previously

recorded tracks by

operations

0 - ®

of

p. 20

left

column.

Then

set

it

so

as

to be

able

to

hear

the

tracks. (EX:

Setting

II)

-

12-

®

Push

"FUNCTION"

select

key

f} to

set

®

When

RESET

(

~

) key

CD

is

pushed,

function

mark

(

~

) to UTILITY.

(utility

"REC"

will

be

changed

into

"PLAY"

in

function)

display.

CD

PLAY

REAL TIME

REC

STEPREC

ERASE

•

UTILITY

®

Push

"DATA MIX"

key

(track

1 key)

0.

*is displayed in

the

TRACK 1

indication

displays.

1 1

*1

1 2 1

1 3 1

14

1

I

c:.

®

Conduct

operations

CD

-®

of p.

6.

(real

time

recording

function)

and

designate

the

track

where

data

will be mixed.

2 *I-PLAY-

5 1 I

~

Me-

<I

6 1

® Conduct

operation

® of

p.

7

and

coordinate

all

the

MIDI

channels

of

the

tracks,

which

you

want

to mix and

the

tracks

that

data

is

mixed to. (Coordinate sound sources, too.)

®

Push

START/STOP (

~

/.

) key

~.

Count

comes out

in

MEASURE

indication

display

(see

®

of

p. 7.)

and

data

mix

starts.

(J)

Push

START/STOP (

~

/.

)

key

~

immediately

after

the

end

of

the

music. You

must

go

to

the

end

of

the

performance.

--t:r

If

keyboard, etc. connected

with

MIDI

IN

is

played

during

data

mix,

this

performance

will

be

recorded.

--t:r

If

the

tempo

is

changed

by moving

the

data

slider

up

and

down

during

data

mix,

the

change

(data

of

timing

clock) will

also

be

memorized.

That

is

to

say

that

the

playback

of

the

track,

where

data

is

mixed, will

have

tempo

changes

recorded.

* To

change

both

tempo

and

volume,

mix

volume

first

then

add

tempo change.

--t:r

See

the

note

of p.

16

in

case

of

data

mix

without

changing

either

tempo

or

volume.

*

The

play

of

another

track

is

not

available

in

the

two

measure

count

in

data

mix.

Neither

FF

nor

REW

is

available.

I

VOLUME

CONTROL

I

The

MIDI

volume

at

the

time

of

MIDI

transmission

can

be controlled

in

the

SQD-8

by

moving

DATA

slider

up

and

down

like

a

fader

on

a mixer.

CD

Conduct

operations

CD

-@

of

p.

20

left

column

(play

function)

to

choose

several

tracks

where you

want

to

change

volume.

Volume

of

the

chosen

tracks

can

be

changed

in

the

same

way.

Set

it

so

as

to be able to

hear

the

tone. Ex:

Setting

II.

@

Push

FUNCTION

select

keyf}to

set

function

mark

(

~

) to UTILITY.

(utility

function)

-

13-

®

Push

"VOLUME

CONTROL"(Track

2 key)

0.

* will be

displayed

in

TRACK

2 indica-

tion

display.

1 1 1

1 2

*1

1 3 1

1 4 1

@

Set

MIDI

channel

for

volume

control.

* Volume

control

is conducted for

each

MIDI

channels,

so

conduct

operation

@of

p. 7 to

confirm

the

channel

for

which

control

is

conducted.

1.

Set

MIDI

channel

to

use

DATA

slider

pushing

MIDI-CH

key

0.

*

This

operation

cannot

be

conducted

when

volume

control

is

off.

MIDI-CH

,- I

,-

TR

..

I

C.

CH

@

Push

FUNCTION

select

keyf}

to

set

function

mark

(

~)

to PLAY. (play function)

®

Push

START/STOP (

~

/.

)

key

~

to

start

playing.

If

DATA

slider

is

moved

during

playing,

volume

can

be

changed.

"*

The

effect

of

fade-in/out,

etc.

can

be

memorized

in

another

track

if

this

operation

is

conducted

during

data

mix.

If

*

comes

out

in

Track

2 display,

it

always

means

that

it

is

in

volume

control.

Then

control

of

tempo

is

not

available.

This

is

done

after

MIDI

channel

to be used

for

recording

is

set.

When

data

mix

is

finished,

volume

control

will be

automatically

off.

*

If

several

tracks

have

the

same

MIDI

channel,

you

can

control

the

volume of those

tracks

with

the

volume control

data

of one

track.

In

this

case,

input

the

volume control

data

to

the

track

which

has

the

smallest

number.

(Especially when

using

the

Fade

In)

"*

If

keyboard

does

not

accept

MIDI volume,

this

function

is

unavailable.

(See

MIDI

implementation

chart

of synthesizer)

I

REPEAT

I

When

repeat

is selected.

Play

is

repeated

from

beginning

to end. When

measure

memory

(See

p.

20.)

is

set,

play

is

repeated,

from

the

beginning

to

the

measure

memory

bar.

CD

Push

FUNCTION

select

key

f}

to

set

Function

mark

( ~ ) to UTILITY. (utility

function)

®

Push

"REPEAT"

of(Track 3 key)

6.

*is

displayed

in

the

TRACK 3 indication

display.

1 2 1

13*1

14

1

I

c:;

"*

In

order

to stop

the

repeat

function, conduct

®

operation

in

utility

function.

Then

*

disappears

from TRACK 3

indication

display

and

the

repeat

function is stopped.

*

The

repeat

function

stops

automatically

when

you

transfer

to

the

recording function.

-14

-

I

KEY

TRANSPOSE

I

This

function

transposes

the

data

of

already

recorded

play

with note

number

from

an

outside

MIDI

keyboard,

etc. Connect keyboard, etc.

with

MIDI IN.

Q)

Push

FUNCTION

select

keyf)to

set

function

mark

(

~

) display to UTILITY.

(utility

function)

®

Push

"KEY

TRANS" TRACK 4

key

0.

*comes

out

in

the

TRACK 4

indication

display.

®

When

a

key

is

pushed

in

a

range

of

one

octave

high

or low from C4 (Do

in

the

center)

of

the

keyboard in a stop condition

of

play

function (See

p.

20.),

the

tone is

transposed

by

the

degree ofthe key.

For

example, when

the

keyboard

of

pushed

in

the

music of F (F major),

it

is

transposed

to

Bb

(B

major).

When

the

keyboard

6

is

pushed

in

the

music of Am

(A

minor),

it

is

transposed

to

Em

(E

minor).

In

otherwords

the

key

is

transposed

in

relation

to

C.

*

If

a

keyboard

is

pushed

before

the

music

returns

to

the

beginning,

when

repeat

is on,

the

music

repeated

*

Please

take

care,

as

tone

will

always

be

transposed,

if

a

key

is

pushed,

while

key

transpose

is on

(*

comes

out

in

TRACK

0

indication

display

in

utility

function).

In

order

to

stop

this

function

push

"KEY

TRANS" TRACK 4 key

in

utility

function.

*

It

is

impossible to

transpose

during

real

time

or

step

recording.

I

ECHO

BACK

I

If

echo

back

is

on, a mix

of

the

MIDI

signal

input

from MIDI IN

and

the MIDI

signal

output

from

the

memory

of SQD-8 will be

output

from MIDI

OUT

terminal

of

SQD-8.

Master

Keyboard H SQD-8

~

OUT

IN OUT IN

For

example,

while

hearing

tracks

on SQD-8,

you

can

play

and

record with

master

keyboard.

Q)

Push

FUNCTION

select

keyf)

to

set

function

mark

(

~

) display to UTILITY.

(utility

function)

®

Push

"ECHO BACK" key

TRACK0key.

* is displayed

in

the

track

0

indication

display.

* In

order

to stop

the

function

of

echo

back,

conduct

operation

® in

utility

function. *

disappears

from

the

TRACK

0

indication

display

and

the

function ofecho

back

ceases.

When

clock is

external,

it

is

always

off,

not

on.

*

See

p.

7 ®

as

to

the

function

of

metronome.

If

track

is

set

to

recording

function,

metronome

is

automatically

on.

It

is

automatically

off,

when

recording

is

finished

or

cancelled.

-

15-

IQUANTIZE I

This

function

is

for

correcting

rhythmic

errors

made

in

real

time

recording.

Rhythm

of J J

JJ

musical

notes

I 7 7

~

\:

I

t ,

"I'

R I I

"I

I

eal

play

-t

'>,

: (

,',,'

'\0/'

:+-

;4-

-+:~:

;++:

After

quantization

I

J.:

,y

,;,,v

.r

,;.,

CD

Push

FUNCTION

select

keyfjto

set

function

mark

( ~ )

display

to PLA

Y.

(play function)

C1l

Choose

one

already

recorded

track

to

be

corrected

by

track

keys.

®

Push

FUNCTION

select

keyfjto

set

function

mark

( ~ ) of

display

to REAL TIME REC.

(real

time

recording

function)

® Choose one

track,

where

corrected

track

will

go

by

track

keys.

* To

perform

quantize

function

one

more

vacant

track

is

required

to

record

what

was

quantized.

® Conduct

operation

@ to

coordinate

MIDI

channels

of

track

to be

corrected

and

track

where

it

will go.

®

Push

FUNCTION

select

keyfjto

set

function

mark

(

~

)

display

to

UTILITY.

(utility

function)

(J)

Push

"QUANTIZE"

key

(track

key

0).

®

Indicate

unit

of

QUANTIZE,

which

is

now

set,

in

MEASURE

indication

display.

minimum

unit

minimum

unit

I I

.-

-'-'-'

_LU:

I I

':

-'-'-'-

HI

Designate

unit

to be

set,

moving

DATA

slider

up

and

down,

*

Designate

minimum

unit

used

in

the

music.

If

not,

it

may

happen

that

completely

different

music will come out.

®

Push

START/STOP (

~

/ • ) key

4D.

TEMPO

indication

display

indicates

"qant"

and

QUANTIZE

starts.

Duration

of

QUANTIZE

depends

upon

length

of

music,

®

The

"qant"

indication

disappears

and

QUANTIZE

ends,

changing

automatically

into

play

function.

*

It

may

happen

that

tones

double each

other

if

track

is

quantized

after

data

mix.

It

i~

advisable

to

refrain

from this.

Note:

"HI"

is

used

in

the

following cases.

QUANTIZE

is

virtually

unavailable,

if

"HI"

is chosen.

It

is

used

for

data

mix

without

changing

volume

and

tempo

and

for

erasure

of

tempo

data

from

track

with

tempo

data.

If

QUANTIZE

unit

is

set

at

"H1"

after

choosing

several

tracks

to be mixed in

C1l

and

operation

®

is

conducted,

instantaneous

data

mix

will be available.

Memo

...

If

QUANTIZE

is

applied

with

unit

different

from

minimum

unit

of

actual

musical note

the

following effect

may

be obtained. '

1.

Prepare

real

time

recording

with

eighth

note

as

minimum

unit,

2.

QUANTIZE is applied

with

eighth

note

as

minimum

unit.

3,

QUANTIZE is

again

applied

~ith

quarter

note

as

unit.

-

16-

1:1:

Thus

it

will be

changed

into

the

music

of

the

following

rhythm.

*

Otherwise

it

will

be

changed

into

unexpected

music

with

different

QUAN-

TIZE.

I

CLOCK

INTERNAL/EXTERNAL

I

Q)

Push

FUNCTION

select

keyf)

to

set

function

mark

(

~

)

display

to

UTILITY.

(utility

function)

Tempo

indication

of

display

will

be

Inc

or

Ec.

Inc

....

internal

clock

:

It

operates

the

clock

in

the

SQD-8.

Ec

....

external

clock

:

It

operates

the

clock

from

outside

(drum

machine,

etc.)

In

this

case echo

back

is

unavailable.

@

If

"CLOCK

INT/EXT"

key

(TRACK (i)key)

is

pushed,

indication

alternates.

1:1:

When

power

supply

is

turned

on,

it

is

always

set

to

internal

clock.

1:1:

As

to

function

of

measure

memory,

see

p.

I

SAVE

TO

DISK

I

The

operations

described

so

far

were

stored

in

the

internal

memory.

Once

power

supply

is

cut

off,

however,

all

data

will

be

erased.

But

data

can

be

stored

by

copying

the

data

to a QD (quick

disk).

(this

is

called

save.) So

don't

fail to

save

before

the

power

supply

is

cut

off.

o Disk to be

used

in

SQD-8

is

QD (quick disk).

Use

KORG

QD-10, etc.

1:1:

Confirm

that

nail

to

protect

QD

is

not

broken

before

SAVE.

Take

care

as

all

original

data

memorized

on

QD

will

disappear

by

SAVE.

Q)

Push

QD

into

disk

drive

4D

so

that

it

clicks

in

place.

~

-CJ'---'

, 0 '

~

o

®

Push

FUNCTION

f)

select

key

to

set

function

mark

(

~

)

display

to

QD.

(QD

function)

~

QD

PLAY

REAL

TIME

REC

STEP

REC

ERASE

UTILITY

®

When

SAVE

key

Qj)

is

pushed,

SAVE

starts.

"SA

VE"

is

indicated

in

MEASURE

indica-

tion

display.

SA

VE

will

finish

about

4D

to

~

seconds

later:

When

finished,

'SAVE"

will

disappear.

cD

Push

eject

button

4D

to

take

out

QD.

1:1:

Break

nail

for

data-protect,

which

is

attached

to QD,

not

to

erase

saved

data

by

mistake,

so

that

nothing

can

be

written

again

on

the

disk.

QD

with

important

data

should

be

kept

this

way.

-17

-

p"k-rn

I

DATA

FILE

(RECEIVING)

SQD-8

can

save

special

tone

color

data

of

various

kinds

of

instruments

such

as

synthesizer,

etc.

(exclusive

data).

Memory

volume

is

32 K byte.

Within

this

limit

it

can

memorize

as

many

units

as

required

one

by

one.

(about

7.5K

byte

for DS-8

and

about

7.5 K

byte

for

707)

CD

Conduct

operation

CD-@

of

p.

17

right

column.

@

Push

DATA

FILE

key

CD.

"FILE

READY"

is

indicated

in

MEASURE

indication

display.

®

Transmit

MIDI

with

synthesizer,

etc.

connected

with

MIDI

IN

of

SQD-8.

There

are

different

names

and

commands

for

different

instruments.

See

manual

concerning

MIDI to

handle

various

kinds

of

instruments.

"FILE"

is

indicated

in

MEASURE

indication

display

and

green

flashes

in

TEMPOLED~.

When

SAVE

finishes,

both

indication

disappears.

*

It

is

advisable

to

put

tone

color

data

on

A

side

and

play

data

on B

side

of

QD.

*

See

p.

19

concerning

error

indication.

*

After

using

the

data

file

function

(either

transmission

or

receiving),

return

to

the

sequence

function

by

pushing

RESET

(~

... )

key

4D

or

by

loading

play

data.

*

If

QD,

where

data

is

already

input,

has

more

room

for

memory,

it

can

continue

to

save

new

system

exclusive

data.

*

When

data

of

several

instruments

of

the

same

kind

are

written

on

one

side

of QD,

change

MIDI

channel

of

each

instrument.

(But

if

FORMAT

ID

of

exclusive

message

is

fixed, no difference will be

made,

though

it

is

written

on

the

same

side

of

QD.)

*

As

data

can

be

transmitted

to SQD-8 by only

pushing

function

key

in

case

of

KORG DS-8

or

707,

first

put

synthesizer

in

a condition to

be

able

to

transmit

data

and

put

SQD-8

in

the

condition

to

receive

it.

*

In

the

case

of

data

of

DDD-1I5

being

stored

with

other

instruments

on

one

side

of

QD

store

DDD-I/5

data

first.

I

LOAD

FROM

DISK

I

Performance

data

saved

on

QD

is

put

in

the

internal

memory

of

SQD-8. (This

is

called load.)

*

Take

care,

as

all

original

data

stored

in

the

internal

memory

of

SQD-8 will

be

erased

by

load.

*

If

QD

is

set

in

SQD-8,

when

power

supply

is

off,

load

is

automatically

available,

when

power

supply

is

turned

on.

CD

Conduct

operations

CD

-@

of

p. 17

right

column.

® LOAD

starts,

when

LOAD

key

0

is

pushed.

"LOAD"

is

indicated

in

MEASURE

indication

of

display.

LOAD

finishes

about

7 to 8 seconds

later.

When

finished,

LOAD

indication

disappears.

®

Push

eject

button

t1)

to

take

out

QD.

-

18-

I

DATA

FILE

(TRANSMISSION)

I

Exclusive

data

saved

in

QD

is

again

loaded

in

sound sources

such

as

synthesizer,

etc.

If

it

is

connected

in

a line

through

THRU,

data

can

be

loaded

without

connecting

the

various

kinds

of

instruments

one by one

with

the SQD-8.

*

Confirm

that

power

supply

of

connected

sound source is also on.

CD

Conduct

operations

CD

-@

of

p.

17

right

column.

@

Put

synthesizer

in

the

condition to be able to

to receive

it.

(See

explanatory

note to

handle

various

kinds

of

instruments.)

® LOAD

starts

when LOAD key

0is

pushed.

MEASURE

indication of display

changes,

LOAD-+FILE. Red

is

lit

in

TEMPO

LED

~.

When

LOAD

finishes,

both

indication

disappears.

ERROR

INDICATION

CONCERNING

QD

The

following

indication

shown

in

MEASURE

indication

display

means

error.

Err

1: QD is not

set

in

the body.

Please

set

QD.

Err

2:

SAVE

is

unavailable

as

nail

for

protection is broken.

Please

prepare

QD,

the

nail

of

which

is

not

broken.

Err

3:

LOAD is

unavailable

as

data

in

QD

is

damaged. (or

disk

is bad).

Err

4:

SAVE is

unavailable

as

disk

is bad.

Err

5:

QD

volume

is

insufficient.

Please

prepare

new QD.

*

When

these

indications

appear

in

data

file

(transmission/receiving),

conduct

operation

of

data

file

after

pushing

RESET

(

~

)

key

CD.

I

EXAMPLE

OF

SETTING

I

(As to audio

output

see

text

of

MIDI MIN!.)

III

IV

Sound source

of

synthesizer,

etc.

00

6

U)

00

6

G'

U)

«

"

E

~

B C D

ob

-

~

~.E

V

Setting

to coordinate tempo (clock) of

drum-

machine.

etc.

(Set clock ofSQD-8

at

external.

See p. 17.)

00

6

G'

U)

A B C

-19

-

This

function

has

already

been

used

for

the

playback

function

of

recording,

but

please

confirm

again.

CD

Set

the

function

mark

(

~

)

display

to PLAY

by

pushing

FUNCTION

select

key

®. (Play-

function)

®

Select

the

track

which you

want

to

play

from

the

tracks

with

*

mark

on

the

track

indication

display,

and

push

the

TRACK

key

o

you

selected

and

make

the

PLAY

display

flash.

2 *

I-PLAY-

'"

I'

1 4

*1

1 5 *

I-PLAY-

I

16

1

®

The

performance

will

start

by

pushing

the

START/STOP

(

~

I.

)

key

40.

(There

is no

count

meter)

PLA

Y

display

will

change

from

flashing

to

constant.

I L

"JIIf

I

I""'LAT

1

3*1

PLAY

1 4

*1

1

5*1

PLAY

I~

@

Push

the

START/STOP (

~

I.

)

key

to stop

during

the

performance.

Push

this

key

again

in

order

to

start

the

performance

where

it

stopped.

If

you

want

to

return

to

the

beginning

of

the

music,

push

RESET

(

~

)

key

0.

@

If

you

want

to

cancel

the

PLAY

of

the

selected

track,

push

this

TRACK

key

0

when

the

performance

is

stopped.

"*

The

bar

will

be

reset

to

0

with

this

cancellation.

When

the

sound does

not

stop

----~

When

the

sound does

not

stop even

though

you stopped

your

performance

(it

happens

when

there

is

a

tie

over

two

bars

with more

than

17

sounds),

push

the

top

and

the

bottom of

the

FUNCTION

select key

at

the

same

time.

The

effect

such

as

Bender,

Modulation,

After

Touch,

Portament

will

still

be

on

when

you stop

your

performance

at

a

part

with

those effects.

When

this

happens,

push

the

top

and

the

bottom

of

the

FUNCTION

select

key

to

put

them

back

to

their

original

condition.

After

you performed

music

with

a fade-out,

the

volume will stop

at

0 so

push

the top

and

the

bottom

of

the

FUNCTION

select key

at

the

same

time,

or

select

the

play

track

again

in

order

to

return

them

to

their

original

condition.

*

If

you

set

the

measure-memory

on a

certain

bar,

you

can

stop

the

performance

and

the

fast

forward

at

the

end of

that

bar.

If

the

repeat

is on,

the

performance

will stop

at

that

bar

and

go

back

to

the

beginning

and

play

it

again.

CD

Set

the

function

mark

(

~

) display to

PLAY

by

pushing

FUNCTION

select key

8.

(Play-function)

®

Push

START/STOP (

~

/ • ) key

40

or

FF

(

~)

key

6l

to

indicate

the

bar

which you

want

to

set

the

measure-memory

on

the

MEASURE indication.

® By

Pushing

the

MEASURE MEMORY

key

e,

you

can

set

the

measure-memory.

~

will

be

indicated

on

the

display

for

MEASURE

indication.

j =

MEASURE

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