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rules (for example, you could select all audio events 
after bar 108).
BEGIN/EDIT BEGIN Press the BEGIN/ EDIT 
BEGIN
 key to define the In marker for an edit region. 
Press 
SHIFT+BEGIN/ EDIT BEGIN to adjust the edit 
Begin point.
TIP
Remember, In and Out edit points must be defined 
before you can edit a region. Use the 
CAPTURE key 
(explained in “Creating Locate Points” on page 38) to 
capture edit points on the fly.
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Auditioning Edits
In order to facilitate an easy and quick way to hear 
your selected regions and edits, the SX-1 includes a 
dedicated Audition section on its front panel.
AUDITION Section
These keys determine how a region or edited area is 
played back for review. They all function in a similar 
manner. Press one of the keys and then press the edit 
location point (for example, the 
BEGIN/ EDIT 
BEGIN
 or END/ EDIT END keys in the EDITING sec-tion)...

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Part VII–MIDI Sequencing
Chapter 18 – Essential Controls
MIDI Sequencer
The SX-1’s MIDI sequencer is a full-fledged 128-
track sequencer with all the editing and recording 
capabilities of a dedicated software program. There are several ways to interact with the MIDI sequencer: 
from the SX-1’s front panel, a connected VGA 
screen, and the onboard LCD screen.
MIDI REC MODE Section
The keys in this section access functions of the MIDI 
sequencer.
MERGE Use the MERGE key...

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For a more detailed view of a single MIDI track, use 
the 
Piano Roll tab (pictured here) of the Tracks screen.
MIDI data on the Piano Roll shows up as colored 
blocks, indicating their pitch and timing by their position). Notes flash on the keyboard when they are 
played back, showing accurate Note On velocity by 
using a gradually darker color as the velocity 
approaches 127 (full scale MIDI).
LCD Tracks Display of MIDI
MIDI Tracks
The image...

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VGA MIDI Channel Display
Like the audio tracks, the MIDI tracks also have their 
own Channel control. With a MIDI track selected 
(press the mixer channel’s 
SEL key for a MIDI track), press the 
CHANNEL key in the MAIN 
DISPLAY MODE
 section.
MIDI CONTROLLERS 1-16 The SX-1’s MIDI 
channels pre-assign 16 Continuous Controllers by 
default, and these can be any of the allowable con-
trollers within the MIDI specification – for instance, 14 bit...

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LCD MIDI Channel Display
The controller modules are also available via the 
LCD screen. They function identically to the control-
ler parameters in the VGA 
Channel module.With a MIDI channel selected, From the 
MAIN 
DISPLAY MODE
 section, press CHANNEL.
TIP
A MIDI track’s associated controllers can also be seen in 
the 
MIDI Mixer screen of the Fader Banks. The controllers 
can be assigned there, and their values can be manipu-
lated.
Global...

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When Use Durations for Reverse Play is on, the sequencer 
will simply swap each MIDI note’s start time with its end time as it plays in reverse (see the illustration 
below).
When 
Use Durations for Reverse Play is turned off, during 
reverse play the start time of each note remains the 
same, and each note plays for a fixed duration (the default duration for this mode is a 1/16th note (semi-
quaver), but this can be changed).
TIP
With sounds...

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MIDI Input Settings
MIDI Echo When MIDI Echo is turned on, all 
MIDI data entering the SX-1’s input port is echoed 
out of one or more of the output ports. The MIDI data 
received on the selected input channel (or all chan-
nels, if OMNI is selected as the input source of the 
track slot) is echoed out the port and channel selected 
in the output field track slot. This can be helpful 
when using a master controller with no sounds of its 
own, but...

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LCD MIDI Settings Screen
This LCD screen mirrors the MIDI controls found on 
the 
Global tab of the VGA Track screen. Many of the 
parameters on this screen are identical to the parame-
ters found in the VGA 
Global tab, and are explained on 
the previous pages. Only those parameters that are 
unique to this LCD screen are explained here.
To reach this screen, press the 
SETTINGS key in the 
MAIN DISPLAY MODE section. Then use the NEXT 
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Quantize Controls The Quantize feature allows 
notes to be precisely aligned on an imaginary quan-
tize “grid” in a variety of ways. The following defini-
tions and accompanying illustrations are examples of how different quantize settings affect the MIDI per-
formance. All the illustrations are based on a single 
measure with a 4/4 meter and the quantize grid set to 
8th notes (quavers) (see the figure below).
Quantize Length This is the most...