Technics Digital Ensemble Sx Pr604 Owners Manual

Outline of the Sequencer
A sequencer records your performance in a similar way to a tape recorder. This instrument’s SEQUENCER allows you to record
up to 10 performances in a variety of ways. You may want to record your entire performance in one go (especially if you are using
AUTO PLAY CHORD to provide the accompaniment), or to build up a complex arrangement with several different parts playing
together, like an orchestral score. This instrument’s SEQUENCER has 16 tracks. This means that you can record...

3.Select RECORD & EDIT, COPY & PASTE or
RANGE EDIT, and follow the corresponding
procedure.


Summary of the SEQUENCER menu items
RECORD & EDIT
These functions are recording and editing operations used
for creating a new performance.
REALTIME RECORD (page 65)
Record each part of your performance just as you play
it on the keyboard.
PUNCH RECORD (page 70)
Correct a selected portion of your recorded perform-
ance.
STEP RECORD (page 71)
Store the sounds note-by-note on the display.
•You can also store the...

Slide Show
This instrument can show various images which change automatically corresponding to the music progression just like the DEMO
performance. Using the Slide Show function, you can create a multi-media show of images synchronizing with the sound.
Schematic
Set the images
To set the images, proceed as follows.
1.Record a song in the SEQUENCER. (See
pages 65 to 67.)
2.Specify the points (PIC) at which the image
must be changed on the STEP RECORD
(CONTROL) display. (See page 73.)
3.Replay the song....

Sequencer parts
The following summary explains what is stored in each SEQUENCER part.
•You can use the TRACK ASSIGN function to assign parts to tracks as you wish. (Refer to page 76.)
•Those items above which are not operations available with this instrument can be recorded only from MIDI input.
Part name
[name on display]Used for Recorded contents
RIGHT1 [RT1]
RIGHT2 [RT2]
LEFT [LFT]
PART1 [P 1]
 – PART9 [P 9]
PART11 [P 11]
 – PART16 [P16]Recording the performance of
each part (REALTIME/STEP)•Sound and...

Easy Record
Suppose you are playing your instrument and you wish to record and play back your performance to hear how it sounds. You can
bypass the set-up procedures of the full-scale sequencer and begin recording quickly and easily.
•Note that by executing EASY REC, the original data in the selected song number is erased.
Recording procedure
1.Press the EASY REC button to turn it on.
•The display changes to the following.
2.Use the SONG ∧ and ∨ buttons to select the
song number in which to record (1 to...

•The display looks similar to the following.
6.Use the buttons below the display to turn on
the “REC” indication above the track numbers
you are going to record.
•While you are recording, you can play back tracks which
are already recorded. Press the corresponding balance
buttons to display “PLAY” above the track number you
wish to have played back.
•You can record multiple parts at the same time if the
corresponding RIGHT 1, RIGHT 2 and LEFT part buttons
in the CONDUCTOR are ON. Parts other than these...

CYCLE RECORD
This mode allows you to have specified recording measures
continuously repeated. Thus you can record measures by
adding notes during any cycle.
1.On the REALTIME RECORD display, specify
“REC” for a track number you are going to
record, and “PLAY” for track numbers you wish
to have played back.
2.Press the CYCLE: OFF button.
•The display looks similar to the following.
3.Use the START MEASURE ∧ and ∨ buttons
to specify the beginning measure number.
4.Use the END MEASURE ∧ and ∨ buttons to...

8.When you are finished playing back your per-
formance, press the SEQUENCER PLAY but-
ton to turn it off.
CYCLE PLAY
You can have specified measures played back repeatedly.
1.On the SEQUENCER PLAY display, specify
“PLAY” for track numbers you wish to have
played back.
2.Press the CYCLE button.
•The display looks similar to the following.
3.Use the START MEASURE ∧ and ∨ buttons
to specify the beginning measure number.
4.Use the END MEASURE ∧ and ∨ buttons to
specify the ending measure number.
•The...

SEQUENCER VOLUME
When playing the keyboard along with a recorded perform-
ance, you can adjust the total volume of all the playback parts
as one.
⇒Use the APC/SEQUENCER VOLUME slide
control to adjust the volume.
•Use this control to lower the volume of the recorded
playback parts when it is too loud relative to the volume
of your manual performance.
•The volume of all sounds other than your manual per-
formance—including PIANO PERFORMANCE PADS
(PR804), MIDI input, etc.—is lowered.•At the MAX position,...

Song Select
You can select a desired song from the list of recorded songs.
1.On the SEQ MENU display, select RECORD
& EDIT.
2.On the RECORD & EDIT display, select SONG
SELECT.
•The display looks similar to the following.
3.Use the SONG SELECT 
 and  buttons to
select a song.
•The total amount of memory used for the current song is
shown as a percentage (%) to the right of the song name.
•If the NAMING button is pressed, the NAMING display
appears.
•To optimize memory, songs you do not wish to preserve...