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SUMMARYOFOPERATINS
KeyboardorMouseGeneralOperations
KeyboardQuickOperations
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MIDICHANNELASSIGNMENT 19
BasicChannelAssignment 19
TheMultiMode 20
CHAPTER IIIOPERATINGTHE MIDIRECORDER 23
RECORDINGANPLAYBACK 24
RecordReady 24
BasicRecording/PlaybackProcedure 26
PlaybackProcedure FurtherPossibilities 28
VoiceChanges 29
AutoRecord 30
PunchIN/OUTRecord 30
Multi-trackRecordingandPlayback 31
The"M"Function 32
STEPWRITEECORDING 34
NoteLengthEntry 34
DottedNotes 35
Triplets 35
Rests 35
TiedNotes 35
InputVelocity 36
GateLength 36
NoteandChordEntry
Playback 37
FurtherStepWriteRecording 37
Mouse
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Printer 4
'MIDICNNECTIONS 5
SystemExample1:MIDIRecorder +DX7 +ThreeTX7s +RX15 5
SystemExample2:MIDIRecorder +KX88 +TX416 -I-RX11 6
SystemExample3:MIDIRecorder +DX21 +SFG-05SynthesizerUnit 7
CHAPTER IIGETTINGSTARTED 9
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STARTINGTHEPROGRAM 10
OVERVIEWOFOPERATION 12
UsingaMouse 12
UsingtheComputerKeyboard 13
meyooard.
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typermitsmodificationofrecordedtracks.
panualpunch-inrecording.
typermitssequentialplayback ofbankswithtempo,transpose, trackandMIDI i
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sidlingsystempermitsuse offloppydisk orcassettetape forstorageandretrieval
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isecompatible forexceptionallyeasy, fastoperation.
IIadvantage ofthemanyversatilefeatures ofthissoftwarepackage,weurgeyou
althoroughlytofamiliarizeyourselfwiththeMIDIRecorderbeforeuse.Also,keep
so itcanbereferred towhenever needed.
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RecorderCartridgeIS.pluggedintothetopslotofaCX5K/1.Youshouldfeelthe
)theinternalconnectorasyoupress itfromthetop.NotethatthecartridgeWILL
/AY! Ifthecartridgesimplystopsanddoesnotseemtoseatproperlywhenplugged
/inserting ittheotherwayaround.AlsoNEVERATTEMPTTOPLUGINTHECAR-
COMPUTERPOWERISON!!!Always insertthecartridgewiththepowerOFF.
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FloppyDiskDrive
CX5M
WiththeCX5MaCA-01RearSlotAdaptormustbefittedtotherearslotaspertheinstructionssupplied
withtheadaptor.TheFID-05interfacecanthenbepluggeddirectlyintotherearslotadaptor.
Fig.3Connection oftheFloppyDiskDrive
First,insertthefloppydiskdriveinterfaceorthecartridgeinto
theadaptor,theninserttheassemblyintotherearslot.
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IIvaryaccordingtotheparticularmodelofyourCXcomputerandthetypeofinput
ElomonitororTV.Refertoyourcomputermanual forvideoconnections.
AudioOut
MIDITHRU
TX7 MIDI IN
Audio
MIDITHRU Out
MusicComputer TX7
-MIDIRecorder MIDI IN
MIDI MIDI Audio
IN OUT MIDITHRU Out
TX7 MIDI IN
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nahamouse ishighlyrecommended—althoughnotessential— fortheeasiest
Recorder.TheMousemustbeconnectedtotheJOYSTICK1terminalontheright
riputer.Refer totheMouseinstructionmanual fordetails.
7emouse
sentialaccessory fortheMIDIRecorderprogram. Ifyoudohaveone,however, it
ainingprintedrecordsofyourMIDIRecorderCHAINprogramsanddiskfilelistings.
ndcomputermanuals forconnectiondetails.
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Mouse
ThissystemusesaDX7 DigitalProgrammableAlgorithm Synthesizerastheinputkeyboardandone
offourtonegenerators.TheremainingthreetonegeneratorsareprovidedbythreeTX7FMExpander
units.Thissystemalsorequirestheuseofanaudiomixer(atleast4channels)tocomoinetheoutputs
fromthefourtonegenerators.TheRX15 isclockedbytheCXcomputerand isthussynchronized to
theMIDIRecorder.
Fig.5SystemExample1
MIDI
OUT MIDI
IN
DX7
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MIDITHRU
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wouldbeanidealmatch forthissystem.Note thatsincetheDX21keyboarddoesnotoutputtouch
(velocitysensitivity)data,velocitychangescannotberecorded in realtime.Velocitydatacanbe
programmed induringthestep-writeprocess,however.
Fig.7SystemExample3
MusicComputer
YRM-301
MIDI IN
MIDIOUT
SecondMusicComputer
+SFG-05
MIDI IN
MIDIOUT
DX21
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AudioOut(L)
AudioOut(R)
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CHAPTER!!
GETTINGSTARTED

ons. I-orexample.referring tothescreenmapabove,usethemouse tomove
RECORDmodesector(atleastpartofthearrow mostlogicallythepoint—
0RECORDsector).Nowpressthe leftmousebutton.TheAUTORECORDsector
e,indicatingthat itisselected,andablockofparameterspertainingtotheAUTO
Iappearatthebottomofthescreen.
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ilte(OFF)andtheparameterblockatthebottom ofthescreen willdisappear.
learrowintothetopcircle intheRecolumn inthecentralblueportion ofthe
utton.The circleshouldhaveturnedred.Thisindicatesthatyouhave justset
odefortrackone.Pressthe leftbuttonagainto"de-select"theRECORDREADY
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Nowmovethecursorsothat its tip is justbelowtherightmost digitoftheTEMPO indicator.Thistime,
holddownthe rightbuttonwhilemovingthemouse tothe leftandright.As youmove totherightthe
valueoftheselected digit willincrease,andasyoumovetotheleft itwilldecrease.Trythesameoperation
withtheotherdigitsintheTEMPO indicator,thenthedigitsintheTIMESIGNATUREindicator.The right
button isthusprimarilyused tosetnumericalvalues.
Thereareafewexceptionstothispattern,andthesewillbenotedaswelook atthespecificfunctions
towhichtheyapply.
UsingtheComputerKeyboard
Mouse-EquivalentKeys
AlthoughtheMouse isgenerallyrecommended foroperation oftheMIDIRecorder, allfunctionscan
becarriedoutdirectlyfromthecomputerkeyboard.Therearealso averyfewfunctions forwhich
keyboardentryistheeasiestandmostappropriatemethod.
Whenusingthekeyboard,thecursorkeys(theright, left,upanddownarrowkeys)areusedtoposition
theredcursorarrowonthescreen.TheSELEZT1keyintheblock ofkeysabovethecursorkeys is
equivalenttothe leftmousebutton.To testthis.usethecursorkeys tomovethearrow totheAUTO
RECORDmodesector (atleastpartofthearrow mostlogicallythepoint mustbeinsidetheAUTO
RECORDsector).Nowpressthe ISELECTIkey.TheAUTORECORDsectorshouldhaveturnedblue,
indicatingthat it isselected,andablockofparameterspertainingtotheAUTORECORDmodeshould
appearatthebottom ofthescreen.
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FIMESIGNATUREindicator.
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"specialized"keyfunctionswhichshouldbenoted:
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Kl\---A-E-1and'DEL'Keys
(=movingthemousewhile
holding itsrightbutton)
,and
keyscorrespond totheRECORDMODE,PLAY/RECORD,REWIND.FAST
sectorsonthescreen(notehowcloselytheseresemblethecontrolsonany
?r).Thesekeyscanbe_usedtoactivatethecorrespondingfunctions,ascanthe
*STOPKey
STOP
Fig.13Specialkeys
toNumericKeys1—
Thesekeyscanbeusedtodirectlyselecttheavailablenotelengthvaluesduringthestepwritemode.
Allthesefunctionswillbementionedincontextlaterinthemanual.
The'STOPkeycanbeusedtocancelatrackthatisbeingrecorded. Ifyoustoprecordingusingeither
themouse orthe IF5 key,whatyouhaverecorded tillthatpoint willbesaved.Bypressingthe
key,however,thematerialcurrentlybeingrecordedwillbeignored.This islikea"nevermind"
function handy ifyoumakeanerrorduringapunch-inoperation.
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upper-rightcornerofthescreen. hunction
window '"
'tSelectthefunction (itsnameappears inreversedcolor).
RETURN'or!SELECT! PresstheLEFTbutton ofthemouse.
(A) IftheSure?(RET/ESC)messageappears,confirmorcancel.
'RETURN]toconfirm PresstheLEFTbuttonagaintoconfirm.
To cancel,usethekeyboard.
ESC] tocancel
Settingnote
lengthand
othersymbols
*Step
Write
Recording
only
*Seealso
tablebelow
(1';Movethearrow-markcursortooneofthemusicsymbollocated inthe
stepwriterecordingwindow.
I1,r-1,andFITI
(CursorKeys) Movethemouseacrossalevelsurface
WITHOUTpressinganybutton.
(4Selectamusicsymbol (itsbackgroundturnstoblue).
RETURN'or'SELECT] PresstheLEFTbutton ofthemouse.
*Onenotelength isalwaysselected.Selectinganotelengthautomatically
de-selectsthepreviouslyselectednotelength.
*Symbolsotherthannotelengthsymbolsarede-selectedinthesameway
theyareselected.
*Tripletsymbol isautomaticallyselectedwhenthe64thnotesymbol is
selected.
Correcting
ormoving
anote
*Edit
window
ifLocatethesignaldashofthenotebymovingthearrow-markcursor
overtheeditionarea.
L.,--1and1—.1
(CursorKeys) Movethemouseacrossalevelsurface
WITHOUTpressinganybutton.
(i)Selectthenotetobemodifiedormoved.
RETURN1 orSELECT! PresstheLEFTbutton ofthemouse.
*Iftherearemorethanonenoteatthesamelocation.repeatstep 2 until
theparametersofthedesirednotearedisplayed inbluecolor.
*To alterthenote,refertotheaboveentry"Changingvarious
settings".
*Tomovethenote,followsteps Tand (4 tolocate itsKEYONsignal
dash,thenseestep ()below.
(4)MovetheKEYONsignal ofthenote.
HOME! (tothe left) Movethemouse tothe leftortotherightwhile
pressing itsRIGHTbutton.Donotstartmoving
beforepressingthebutton.
1DEL1 (totheright)
(CursorKeys)
Movethemouseacrossalevelsurface
WITHOUTpressinganybutton.
MAI,I-1,and1—
(CursorKeys)
(?)Activate theicon (itscolor willturnblue).
PresstheLEFTbutton ofthemouse.
IRE[URN' orSELECT!
*Alargeiconisautomaticallyde-selectedwhenyouselectanotherone.
(I)Movethearrow-markcursortooneofthesmalliconslocatedatthe
upper-leftcornerofthescreen.
Movethemouseacrossalevelsurface
WITHOUTpressinganybutton.
0], H. I,-I,and1—
(CursorKeys)
C4Activate theicon (itscolor willturnblue).
PresstheLEFTbutton ofthemouse.
[BETURNIorISELECTI
*Asmallicon isautomaticallyde-selectedwhenyouselectanotheroneOR
whenyourepeatstep(4.withthecursorontheselectedicon.
*Selection ofsecondand thirdicon ispossibleonly ifaredcircleappears
fronttoonetracknumber intheRecolumn.
(1)Movethearrow-markcursortooneofthesmalliconslocated atthe
lower-rightcornerofthescreen.
1, M,14-1,and1—.1
(CursorKeys) Movethemouseacrossalevelsurface
WITHOUTpressinganybutton.
©Activate theicon(thecolorofthesymbol willchangeorthesymbol will
startflashing). PresstheLEFTbutton ofthemouse.
*RecordingmodecanbeselectedonlyinRecordpageandwhenared
circleappearsfronttoatracknumberintheRecolumn.
(DMovethearrow-markcursortothedatatobeset.
Movethemouseacrossalevelsurface
WITHOUTpressinganybutton.
[0, II,14-1,andt—d
(CursorKeys)
(--_'), Ifthedataisanumericalparameter,set itsvalue.
'HOME1todecrease
!DELI toincrease Movethemouse tothe left(todecrease) ortothe
right (toincrease)WHILEpressingtheRIGHT
button.
*Someparametersmaybesetbychangingone digitatthetime.
(4 Ifthedatacorresponds toatwo-statefeature(ON/OFFandthe like),
selecttheoption PresstheLEFTbutton ofthemouse.
'RETURN'or!SELECT'
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*Allows fordirectselection ofthemusicsymbolsin
thestepwriteRecordingwindow.
*Seethesameentry inthetableabove.
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andI—I
*Playback willstartfromthebeginningofthetrack.
SpaceBar
*Thenewdataareignored. Inapunch-inoperation,
theolddataarenoterased.
STOP]
ESCI *PressingtheIESCIkeyafteraspecialdisplaywas
selected inthelower-leftwindow willcausethe
normalRecordpagetore-appear.
*Seealsothe"Selectingafunction entry inthe
abovetable.
*Toabortprintingandcassetterecorderoperation.
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Considerthefollowingsystem:
Fig.14Systemexample
MIDI
IN
MusicComputer
+MIDIRecorder
MIDI
OUT
TX7
TX7
TX7
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MIDITHRU
MIDI IN
MIDITHRU
MIDI IN
MIDITHRU
MIDI IN
MIDI MIDI
OUT IN
DX7
MIDITHRU
AudioOut
Audio
Out
Audio
Out
AudioOut
—ToMixer
andSound
System
Thissystem iscapableofrecordingmusicdatafromtheDX7keyboard,andplaying itbackviathefour
tonegeneratorscomprised oftheonecontained intheDX7andone ineach ofthethreeTX7 units.
Note,however,thatonlyasingleMIDIcablecarriestheMIDIOUTsignalfromthecomputerto allfour
tonegenerators.TheMIDIOUTfromthecomputerfeedstheMIDIINoftheDX7,theMIDITHRU ofthe
DX7(whichsimplyretransmitsanythingreceivedattheMIDIINterminal)thentransmitsthesamedata
OuttotheMIDIIN ofthe firstTX7,theMIDITHRUterminal ofthe firstTX7thentransmitsthesamedata
on totheMIDIIN ofthesecondTX7,andsoon.Thistype ofsetup ispossiblebecauseeachtone
generatorcanbesettoreceiveonadifferentMIDIchannel(16channelsareavailable),and willONLY
playbackdatawhich isreceivedonthechannel towhich it isassigned.Naturally,each ofthefour

MIDIChannelSettings
rightmostcolumn of thecentralblue trackfunctions block are theMIDI
nnelstorthecorrespondingtrack(thustheMchheading).Any ofthe16available
selectedforeachtrack(1—16),aswellasaspecialMorMultimode.We'lldiscuss
Forrecording,theMIDIchannelnumberofthetracktoberecordedmustmatch
mberonwhichtheinputkeyboard istransmitting. Inthecase ofthesystemde-
X7ONLYtransmitsonMIDIchannel1,sotheMIDIchannel ofthetracktobere-
;etto1.Forplayback,anyotherMIDIchannelmaybeselected.Intheabovesystem,
dsettheDX7toreceiveonchannel1,andthethreeTX7unitstoreceiveonchannels
Idrecord allfourtracksonchannel1,andthenswitch totheMIDIchannelcor-
siredtonegenerator'sreceivechannel forplayback.Eachtonegenerator willonly
1theMIDIchanneltowhich itisassigned. IfyouuseaDX21 orDX5, inwhichany
elscanbeselected fortransmission,youcansimplyleavetheMIDIRecorderMIDI
sset to1,2,3and4 forthecorrespondingtracks,andswitchthetransmitting
Dspondingtransmissionchannelwhenrecordingeachnewtrack.
foranytrack isselected—anMappears intheMIDIchannelsectorratherthan
theMIDIRecorderautomaticallyrecordsthechannelnumberonwhichthemusic
combines itwiththemusicinformation.Inthismode,theselectedtrack willthus
IIDIchannel.Thismakes itpossibletomixtrackswhichwererecordedviadifferent
singletrack,and stillkeepthedifferentvoicesindependentonplayback.Track
isinga"MIX"functionwhich willbedescribedlater.TheMIXfunctionallows, for
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soon, justas ifthetrackswere stillseparate.Notehoweverthat this isonlypossiblewithaninput
keyboardthatcanbesettotransmitondifferentMIDIchannels(DX21,DX5,DX1 orKX88).
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CHAPTER III
OPERATINGTHE
MIDIRECORDER

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thetempo.TheFHT)FAI-Ikeydecreasesthetempo.With amouse,holdthe
movethemouse rightor lefttoincreaseordecreasetemporespectively.The
•0—200quarternotesperminute.Whenthepoweris firstturnedon,thetempo
otmemorizedbytheMIDIrecorder,andmustalwaysbeset,both forrecord
changethetempowhilerecording,orrecordataslowtempothenplayback
;jerperformance ofcomplexorrapidpassages.
inthewhiteTempoblock,underthe firsttimesignaturenumber(thenumerator
fbeatsperbar).
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Fig.18BeatLength
Thepossibledenominatorvaluesare2.4,8and16(indicating halfnotesthroughsixteenthnotes).
However,thevalue ofthedenominatormustnotbesmallerthantwothirds ofthenumeratorvalue.
Whenthepoweris firstturnedon,thetimesignature willbeset to4/4.
MetronomeON/OFF
'
Ametronomesignal isincorporated intotheMIDIRecorder.Whenthepower is firstturnedon,the
metronome willbeturnedOFF. To turn itON,positionthecursoroverthewordOFFandpress
SELECT orRETURN (orthe leftmousebutton).OFF willbereplacedbyON.Switchingtheme-
tronome off isdoneinthesamemanner.
Fig.19MetronomeON/OFF
4/4
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Metronome Off
RETURN
Metronome On
Whenyouentertherecordorplaybackmode,themetronomewillproduceanaudible click,withahigh
noteonthe firstbeat ofeachbar.Themetronomesignal isoutputviatheCXcomputer'svideo/audio
outputcable.Monitorthemetronomeviayourvideomonitor'saudiocircuit,orviaamixeroramplifier.
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hetrackyouhaveselectedshouldbeset tothesameMIDIChannel thatyour
_)gon.SimplypositionthecursorintheappropriateMIDIChannelsector,and
lumberusingthe'HOME'and'DELkeys(orpressthe rightmousebuttonand
tays).WithaDX7,thisshouldbeChannel1,as thiskeyboardalwaystransmits
1.
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l•tracks,whichcanbethoughtofinexactlythesamewayasa4tracktapedeck.
Drionetrack atatime.Toselectatrack forrecord,positionthecursor inthe
READYsector,andpressSELECT or'RETURN (orthe leftmousebutton).
ofthesectorwillturnred,indicating thatthetrack isnowreadytorecordonto.
ybackProcedure
ecording willNOTbepermanent untilyouhavesavedthedataonfloppydisk
Lingcanbecarriedout,andyoucanplayback,edit,copy,orassembleachain,
)STassoonasthecomputeristurned off,unlessyousave itasdescribedlater
assumesasimplesetupwherebyaMIDIkeyboardsuchas aDX7 isused for
playback. ItsMIDIOUTterminalshouldbeconnected totheMIDIIN ofthe
ldviceversa.
PuttheMIDIRecorderintotherecordmodebypressing Fl (orpositioningthecursorintheRECORD
MODEsectorandpressingthe leftmousebutton).ThespotinthecenteroftheRECORDMODEsector
willturnred,indicating thattheMIDIRecorderisnowsettorecordontheselectedtrack.
Fig.22RECORDMODEsector
MIDI MIDI
IN OUT
To startrecording,presstE2 (orpositionthecursoroverthePLAY/RECORDsectorandpressthe left
mousebutton).TheMIDIRecordergivesyou a2barcount-in,indicatedaurallybythemetronome,
andvisuallybytheBEATINDICATOR.
After2bars,youcanstartplaying,andyourperformance willberecorded.TheMEASURECOUNTER
andCLOCKCOUNTER willstart,andtheVELOCITYINDICATORontheselectedtrack willbehavelike
alevelMeter,indicatingthelevel(keyvelocity)ofyourperformance.Duringtherecording,theCURRENT
LOCATIONPOINTERwillmoveslowlytotheright,andtheFREEBYTEindicatorwill starttocountdown,
asdata isenteredandbytesareusedup.
MIDI MIDI
OUT IN
DX7
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nat yourperformance isn t wortnKeeping, pressing tnelS I UliKey will stopme
exceptthatyourperformance willbeerased,andyoucangobacktothebeginning
scribedbelow.
)ordingsimplybypressingthespacebar.Youmay firstwant toturn offtheme-
)uslydescribed(orsimplyturndownthemetronomelevelonyourmixerormonitor).
/timesasyoulike,simplybypressingthespac'ebaragain.Youcanchangethe
eforeplaybackcommences(seethepreviousdescriptionoftemposetting)oreven
kndyoucanchangetheprogramonyourDX7,toseehowtheperformancesounds
s.
rformance.Press Ell toreactivatetheRecordMode, (orpositionthecursor in
)Esectorandpressthe leftmousebutton)thenpressthespacebar, tostartre-
Deginningwithoutneeding to"rewind";again,witha2-barcount in.
hertrack. Ifyou'resatisfiedwithyour first"take",noneed to"rewind";simply
atheRECORDREADYsectorofanothertrack,andpressISELECTI (orthe left
irsttrack willbeout oftheRecordReadymode,andthenewtrack willbe inthe
de(asindicatedby itsredRECORDREADYspot).
'atetheRecordMode,thencommencerecordingbypressingthespacebar(and
)arcount in!). You'llbeabletohearyouroriginaltrackasyouaddthenewone.
bypressing F5 ,asbefore.
Duplayback, you'llhearyourtwotracksplayedbackthroughyourDX7—both
e. ofcourse.Youcancontinuetorecordonothertracks, untilyou'veusedup
Durrecording(seethePUNCHIN/OUTRECORDsection).
-FurtherPossibilities.
nySelectedPoint
)randpressthe leftmousekey).
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[ck inthemiddle ofaOece(bypressing1F51, orthe leftMousebuttonwiththe
sector)andplayonfromtherebypressing F2 (ormovethecursor tothe
ickfromanyselectedpointbyusingthe1E3andIF41keysto"rewind" or"fast
,untiltheMEASURECOUNTERandCLOCKCOUNTERshowyourdesiredsetting,
artplayback.Tolocateapointusingthemouse.movethecursortotheREWIND
sector,andholddownthe leftmousebutton untilyoureachthedesiredpoint.
TOU Carl playUdUK SeleUleU traUKS, Uy tUrning play0aCK selectors. 1-'0SITIOn trie cursor in tne
PLAYBACKSECTORofthetrackyoudoNOTwishtohear.Press'SELECT] orthe leftmousebutton,
toturnOFFthetrack.Thebluespot in thecenterofthePLAYBACKSECTOR willturnwhite,indicating
thatthetrack willnotplayback.Themusicdata,however, is stillrecorded,andatanytimeyoucanturn
thetrackONagain forplayback (inthesamemannerasyouturned itOFF).Whenthecomputeris first
turnedON, all4tracksareturnedON forplayback.
111 TransposedPlayback
You canplaybacktherecordingtransposedupordownasmuchasanoctave,inthefollowingmanner.
Positionthecursoroverthenumber totherightofTr(thetransposeindicator) atthebottom ofthe
screen.UsetheHOME andDELkeys tolower orraisethepitchrespectively, insemitonesteps.
Withamouse,holdtherightmousekeyandmovethemouse leftorright.toperformthesamefunctions.
Thetransposeindicatornumberwillindicatetheamountoftransposeup ordown(plusorminus)up
tothemaximum of12semitones(1octave).
Whenyouplaybackthetrack, itwillbetransposedbytheselectedamount,buttherecordeddata will
remainattheoriginalpitch,whichcanberesumedsimplybyresettingthetransposeindicatortozero.
Whenyouturnthecomputeron,thetransposeindicatorwillreadzero.
VoiceChanges
TheMIDIRecorder willacceptvoicechanges.Note,however,thatwhentherecording isplayedback,
itwillbeginwiththeLASTvoicethekeyboardwassetto,becausetherecordingdoesnotcontainany
voicecommand atthebeginning ofthetrack.Onewayaround this is tohaveaonemeasurerest at
thestartofyourperformance,duringwhichyoupressthevoicekey,thusrecordingavoicecommand
which willswitchthekeyboard tothecorrectvoiceforthestartofthepiece. It isalsopossibletoenter
avoicechangecommand(simplypresstheappropriatevoiceselectorontherecordingkeyboard)
duringthe2-barcount-in priortorecording.
Whenusingabasicsinglekeyboardsetup,youcanevenrecordatrackwithnovoicechanges,then
recordanothertrackwhichcontainsonlyvoicechanges.Onplaybackthesevoicechangeswilloperate,
andastheyareseparatefromthemusictrack,theycan ofcoursebechangedbyre-recordingatany
time.
Whenusingmorethanonekeyboard (forexample,witheachtrackcontrollingaTX7module)theabove
procedurecanbefollowedbymixingthemusictrackandvoicechangetracktogetherontoasingle
track.This isdescribed intheTRACKFUNCTIONSchapter.
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)1J7-Display
Auto rec in/out
Rec in 0001
Rec out 0001
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ItoRecordfeature,thisallowsyoutocorrectanypartofarecording(anyselected
-es)byinsertingnewdata,asfollows:
ddisplay,andselecttheRecInandRecOutpoints.ExittheAutoRecorddisplay,
In/OutRecordmodebyselectingatrackforrecordFIRST,thenmovethecursor
)CATIONBLOCK,andpressSELECT(orleftmousebutton).Locwillbereplaced
ePUNCHIN/OUTRECORDSECTORontheselectedtrack willturngreen, in-
1-)In/OutRecordmode isactive.Press IF2I, orusetheMouse with the
tostartrecording.There willbeno2barcountin themeasurecountstarts
tillbeable tohearthepre-recordedtrack.At thepre-selectedPunchInpoint,
leoriginalrecording,indicating thatthetrack isbeing"erased"andyoucan
IQplaying).Recording willcease atthepre-selectedRecOutpoint.Youcan
11, andyou willhearyourperformancewiththecorrectedpassageinsertedinto
lecordInandOutpoints(StopandStartRecordpoints,indicatedasmeasure
gthecursorunderany digitoftheRecInorRecOutindicators,andusingthe
vstosetthevalue of that digit.Withthemouse,presstherightmousebutton
ftorright, todecrease orincreasethevalue,respectively.
leAutoRecorddisplay,bysettingthecursorovertheAUTORECORDSELECTOR
orthe leftmousekey.TheAUTORECORDSELECTOR willturnwhite,andthe
-een willrevertto itsnormaldisplay.
ecordmode,movethecursortothewordLoc intheLOCATIONBLOCK,and
mousebutton).Luc willbereplacedbyA.R. (inred)indicatingthattheAuto
Selectatrack forrecording,aspreviouslydescribed,andpress F2I,orusethe
RECORDsector,tostartrecording.There willbeno2barcount inwhenusing
3urecountstartsimmediately.
eRECORDMODEsector— this will turnredwhenwereachthepre-selected
ding willstartthere,andstopautomaticallyatthepre-selectedRecOutpoint.
arriedoutasusual.
9rd
Multi-TrackRecordingandPlayback
We'llnowassumethefollowingsetup,whichincludesaDX7synthesizerandthreeTX7ToneGenerators,
enablingyou tohaveaseparatevoice foreachtrackoftheMIDIRecorder.Inthisway,truemulti-track
recording ispossible.Thesound ismonitoredthroughamixercapable ofacceptingthe foursound
outputsaswellasthemetronomesignal oftheMIDIRecorder.
Fig,24Systemexample for thissection
MusicComputer
+MIDIRecorder
MIDI MIDI
IN OUT
MIDI MIDI
OUT IN
DX7
TX7
TX7
TX7
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MIDITHRU AudioOut
MIDI IN
MIDITHRU
MIDI iN
MIDITHRIJ
MIDI IN
Audio
Out
Audio
Out
To Mixer
andSound
System

AIDIChannel1 (this isautomaticallydonewhenthecomputeristurnedon).
IIDIChannels2,3and4respectively.We'llrefertotheseasTX7-2,TX7-3andTX7-4
2,asnormal.
ttrack2toMIDIChannel2,andselecttherequiredvoiceonTX7-2.
3,asnormal,whilelistening totrack2.
ttrack3toMIDIChannel3,andselecttherequiredvoiceonTX7-3.
4,asnormal,whilelisteningtotracks2and3.
ttrack4toMIDIChannel4,andselecttherequiredvoiceonTX7-4.
1asnormal,whilelistening totracks2,3and4.
<asnormal.Track1 willplaybackthroughtheDX7.
)rocedureinvolvesrecording alldataviaMIDIChannel1usingoneMIDIdevice
hingtheMIDIChannel ofeachtrack,as it isrecorded,so that itcanplayback
Idevice(aTX7).Theidea ofrecordingontracks2,3,4then1 ischosenonlyso
niceneatarrangement:track1controllingtheDX7(onMIDIChannel1)andtracks
the3TX7's(onMIDIChannels2,3and4respectively).
eyboardthatcantransmitonanyMIDIChannel (forexample,aDX21)adifferent
ilti-trackrecordingprocedure ispossible.
1"function,whichenablesyoutoactuallyrecordtheMIDIChannelnumberalong
'oactivatethe"M"function,movethecursortotheMIDIChannelsectorofatrack,
(orthe leftmousekey).m willappearintheMIDIChanelsector,indicatingthat
ctivated.
)rd atrack inthenormalway,theMIDIChannelnumber thatthekeyboard is
)erecordedalongwiththemusicdata.The track will"remember" thisnumber,
cordingonlyonthatMIDIchannel.Our4-trackrecordingprocedurewouldgo
A.
ansmitonMIDIchannel2,andtheTX7's toMIDIChannels2,3and4respectively.
;easTX7-2,TX7-3andTX7-4respectively.
7asnormal.
ck2remainssetto"M".You justneedtoselecttherequiredvoiceonTX7-2.
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-l/\1t.
9) SettheDX21 totransmitonchannel1andrecordontrack1asnormal,whilelistening totracks
2,3and4.
10) Finally,playbackasnormal.SettheDX21 toreceiveonchannel1sothattrack1 willplayback
throughtheDX21.
Theidea ofrecordingontracks2,3,4then1 ischosenonlysothatweendupwithaniceneat ar-
rangement:track1controllingtheDX21(onMIDIChannel1)andtracks2,3and4controllingthe3
TX7's(onMIDIChannels2,3and4respectively).
Thebeautyofhavingeachtrackwith itsownMIDInumberisthatwecanactuallymixtrackstogether
ontoasingletrack,andretaintheseindividualMIDInumbers,sothatdatastoredonasingletrack
cancontrolseveralMIDIinstruments,eachwithdifferentvoices.Youcouldmix3tracksontoa4thtrack
inthesamebank,thencontinuetorecordonthenewly-availablethreetracks(justlike"ping-ponging"
ona4tracktapedeck).Youcaneven fillall4tracksandmixthemontoatrackinadifferentbank.
Trackmixing isdonetwotracks atatime,and is fullyexplained intheTRACKFUNCTIONSchapter.
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LECTOR willturnblue,andthelower lettportionorthescreen willsnowMestep
:play
I)
ripou e od y
Gate
DisplayandCorrespondingComputerKeys
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080
-Notelengthand
othersymbols
Velocity
—Gatetime
aypermitsselectionofnotelengthsfromwholenoteto96thnotes,aswellasdotted
andtiednotes.Thecomputerkeyscorresponding tothesefunctionsareshown
3%
57
/\ 8ILOJ
auwanttoselectaquarternote,pressthe Jkey.Thebluecursorwillmovetothe
)1onthescreen.
ofselectingnotelengths is tomovetheredcursor toanotelengthsymbol,and
ithamouse,youpositionthecursoroverthedesirednotelengthsymbolandpress
n.
selectthe64thnote,you willactuallygeta96thnote.The MIDIRecorderrecords
ments oftimecalled"clocks",thatareequivalent toa96th ofawholenote.As
)f96, itcannotberecorded.A64thnote tripletisa96thnote,sowhenyouselect
pletsymbol willalsobe lit.
subsequentnotes willbedotted. Itisnotpossible toselectadottedS2110note(manora izticinote is
a64thnote,andthereforeimpossible toenter).
Triplets
Atripletnotehasavaluethat istwo-thirdsof itsstandardvalue.Toselecta tripletnote, firstselectthe
basicnotelength,thenpress the E key.Ormove thecursor tothe tripletsymbolandpress
'SELECT(orthe leftmousebutton).Abluecursor willappearoverthedotsymbol, inaddition tothe
oneoverthebasicnotelengthsymbol.
Besuretoturn offthe tripletfunctionafterenteringyournote,or allsubsequentnotes willbetriplets.
Rests
Rests,orsilences,areenteredbysimplyselectingthelength oftherestasyouwould for anote,then
pressingthe 0 key.Ormovethecursor totherestsymbolandpressSELECIll (orthe leftmouse
button).Abluecursorwillappearovertherestsymbol,inadditiontotheoneoverthenotelengthsymbol.
Then hitanykeyontheMIDIkeyboard toentertherest.
Besure toturn offtherestfunction (inthesamewayyouturned iton) afterenteringyourrest,or all
subsequentpressings ofkeysontheMIDIkeyboard willproducerestsinstead ofnotes,eventhough
you willhearthenotesasyoupressthekeys.
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TiedNotes
Tiednotesarelongnotesorodd-lengthnotesproducedbycombiningtwoormorenotesofthesame
pitch.This iscarriedoutasfollows:enterthe firstpart ofthenoteinthenormalmanner.Thenselect
thelength ofthenextpart ofthenote,andpressthe key.Ormovethecursortothetiesymboland
press'SELECT' (orthe leftmousebutton).Abluecursor willappearoverthe tiesymbol, inaddition
totheoneoverthenotelengthsymbol.Then hitanykeyontheMIDIkeyboard toenterthetiednote,
which willofcoursehavethesamepitchastheoriginalnote.Subsequentpressings ofanykeyonthe
MIDIkeyboard willenterfurthertiednotes.
Besuretoturn offthe tiefunction (inthesamewayyouturned iton)afterenteringyourtiednote, or
allsubsequentpressingsofkeysontheMIDIkeyboard willproducemoretiednotes atthesamepitch
astheoriginalnote,eventhoughyoumayhearotherpitchesasyoupressthekeys.