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Creating a Pattern
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Quick Guide Creating a Song on the MO
Next, let’s use the Pattern Copy function and record our User Phrases to Section B. 
Copying Patterns and Creating a Pattern with User Phrases
In the following steps, you’ll assign the same phrases as the drum and bass guitar parts of Section A to the drum and bass 
parts of Section B, and create a guitar part playing the guitar and bass in unison.
Copying a Pattern
In order to assign the drum and bass phrases of section A 
to...

Quick Guide Creating a Song on the MO
Creating a Pattern
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Next, record Section C by using realtime recording or step recording.
Creating a Pattern with the Realtime and Step Recording methods
For Section C, set the drums, bass and guitar to the same as section A, and then add a piano part using Realtime recording, 
and enter a strings part by using Step recording. Here we’ll also adjust the rhythmic feel of the phrase by using the Groove 
function. 
Creating a Pattern with Realtime...

Creating a Pattern
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Quick Guide Creating a Song on the MO
Creating a Pattern with Step recording
Next, we’ll add a strings part by using the Step recording 
method.
Press the [TRACK SELECT] button so that its lamp lights, 
and select the track for the strings part by pressing the 
Number [5] button.
For details about Step Recording, see page 193.
Press the [F] (Play) button to hear your newly recorded 
Pattern.
The created Song and Pattern data resides temporarily in DRAM (page 
150)....

Quick Guide Creating a Song on the MO
Creating a Pattern
84Owner’s Manual nYou can also edit the Groove parameters in real time during playback.
The created Song and Pattern data resides temporarily in DRAM (page 150). Because data contained in DRAM is lost when the power is turned off, you 
should always store any data residing in DRAM to a USB storage device before turning off the power.
Creating a Pattern Chain
Each Pattern consists of 16 Sections (A – P) which can be used as Pattern variations....

Creating a Pattern
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Quick Guide Creating a Song on the MO
Creating a Pattern Chain by changing 
a Section while playing a Pattern
Switching of sections, track muting, scene/mute changes, 
and tempo changes can all be recorded in real time as a 
Pattern Chain.
In the Pattern Chain Record Setup display, you can set the 
Recording track and tempo. Three Pattern Chain track 
types are available. The Tempo track lets you record tempo 
changes for the Chain, and the Scene track lets you record...

Quick Guide Creating a Song on the MO
Creating a Pattern
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Editing a Pattern Chain
The Pattern Chain Edit mode makes it possible to edit the 
order of the Sections in a chain, as well as insert tempo 
and scene/mute event data.
Converting a Pattern Chain to Song data
Once you’ve made a Pattern Chain, you can convert the 
data and create a Song with it.
The Pattern Chain data is converted to Song data and 
copied to the top measure of the destination Song.
This operation overwrites any data...

Creating a Song
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Quick Guide Creating a Song on the MO
Creating a Song
The following chart illustrates the basic procedure for creating a Song, using the various methods and functions described 
in this tutorial. Now, that you’ve assembled the backing tracks for your Song by converting the Phrases or Pattern Chain to 
Song data, you can now record melody parts on them.
The created Song and Pattern data resides temporarily in DRAM (page 150). Because data contained in DRAM is lost when the...

Quick Guide Creating a Song on the MO
Creating a Song
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Recording with the keyboard to a Song track
Arpeggio, Realtime Recording/Step 
Recording, Groove function
In the Song mode, you can use the Arpeggio, Realtime 
Recording/Step Recording, and Groove function in the 
same ways as you did in the Pattern mode. The procedure 
is basically the same as that of the Pattern mode.
Re-recording a specific part of a Song 
(Punch In/Out)
In the Song mode, use the Punch In/Out recording method 
to...

Creating a Song
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Quick Guide Creating a Song on the MO
Song Recording using a Performance
If you have a favorite Performance or one that would fit the Song to be recorded, you can copy certain settings of up 
to four Parts of the Performance to the Song Mixing settings currently being edited.
1Enter the Song Mixing Job mode ([SONG] ➞ 
[MIXING] ➞ [JOB]).
2Press the [F5] PF COPY button to call up the 
Performance Copy display.
3Set the parameters as necessary in the [F5] PF 
COPY display,...

Quick Guide Creating a Song on the MO
Creating a Song
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■ Recalling a Song Scene and Arpeggio type 
during recording
ARP1 – ARP5 menus appear also in the [F3] ARP display in 
the Song Record mode as well as the [F1] PLAY display in 
the Song Play mode. These indicate that you can change 
the Song Scene and Arpeggio type simultaneously during 
Song recording from the [F3] ARP display.
■ Recording Song Scene changes to a Song
Each Song contains a Scene track to which you can record 
Scene...