
THE SEQUENCER
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Recording
Setting up for recording
Before you start recording, you need to make some basic settings:
Tempo and Time Signature
The tempo and time signature settings are located on the transport panel.
D You can specify any tempo between 1 and 999.999 bpm (beats per
minute).
The tempo can be adjusted in bpm steps (left value) or in steps of 1/1000 bpm
(right value).
You can also adjust the tempo (in bpm steps) by using the [+] and [–] keys on the nu-
meric keypad.
D You set the time signature by specifying a numerator (left value field)
and a denominator (right value field).
The numerator is the number of beats per bar, and the denominator governs the
length of a beat.
✪ Tempo and Time Signature changes can also be automated by the Trans-
port track - see “Automating tempo and time signature”.
Click
When you record, it is often necessary to have some sort of rhythmic guide to help
you keep time. The easiest way is to use the built-in metronome click:
When this is activated (by clicking the button or by pressing [C]), you will hear a click
on each beat, with an accent on the downbeat of each bar. The click is played back
during recording and playback. You can adjust the volume of the click by using the
Click Level knob.
✪ Sometimes it might be easier to use a drum machine pattern as a rhyth-
mic guide.
Pre-count
Activating the “Pre” button on the Transport will generate a 1 bar pre-count click be-
fore recording starts. Note that anything you play during the count-in will not be re-
corded.
Quantizing During Recording
If the Quantize Notes During Recording switch is activated on the Transport, notes
will automatically be quantized when you record them. This is described in detail on
page 90.
Recording notes
When you record notes, a clip is created on the active (record enabled) note lane of
the track. The clip will contain all the notes you record (plus any performance control-
lers used during recording - see page 64).
To record notes from your master keyboard, proceed as follows:
1. Make sure input is routed to the desired track, see “Routing Master Keyboard
Input to a track”.
The track with Master Keyboard input is automatically record enabled.
2. Move the song position to where you want the recording to start.
Recording always starts at the song position.
To move the song position, drag the position marker or click directly in the ruler.
3. Activate the “Pre” button if you want a 1 bar pre-count click before recording
starts.
4. Click the record button or press [*] on the numeric keypad.
Recording starts after the 1 bar pre-count if this is activated, otherwise recording
starts immediately.
5. When you are done, click the stop button or press [0] on the numeric keypad.
A clip containing your recorded notes has been created on the note lane in the Ar-
range window.
A clip’s length is always automatically adjusted to the closest bar position to the right
when ending a recording, independent of any Snap setting. Notes and other events
contained in the clip are not affected or adjusted in any way other than if you have ac-
tivated Quantize During Recording - see above.
At this point, you may want to move the song position to the beginning of the record-
ing to listen to what you recorded. The simplest way to do this is to click the Stop but-
ton again. This moves the song position to where playback/recording last started.
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