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STRATEGIES FOR ASSEMBLING PATTERNS AND SONGS

Ideally, you should be able to translate your inspirations into tangible form with a minimum

amount of effort. The following tips and techniques help speed up the process of creating

Patterns and Songs.

Create Fills Quickly with the Copy Function

Many times a Fill will simply be a variation on another Pattern, but with a few minor

differences to add variety or serve different musical purposes. To save time, use the

Copy function to copy the main Pattern to the Fill, and then add variations to the Fill in

real time or with Step Edit mode.

Assemble Short Patterns into Longer Patterns with the Copy Function

It's less time-consuming to work with short Patterns, since you don't have to wait for

the entire Pattern to cycle through before overdubbing or "spot erasing" events. After

assembling several short Patterns, use the copy function to append Patterns into a

longer Pattern. Example: Create four eight-beat Patterns, then use the copy function to

combine these into a single 32-beat Pattern.

Save Memory Through Song Steps

Whenever possible, repeat Patterns using Song steps rather than program long

Patterns. Example: Suppose you have a 16-measure figure where the first three

groups of four measures are identical, and the final group of four measures provides

some sort of variation. Recording this as one 16-measure Pattern will take up more

memory than recording two Patterns (one of the first group of four measures and one

of the last group of four measures), and while in Song mode repeating the first group

three times followed by the last group once.

Odd Time Signatures

For time signatures based on quarter notes, changing the number of beats in a Pattern

can also change the time signature. Example: Programming a Pattern seven beats

long will yield a measure of 7/4. Programming a Pattern 14 beats long will yield two

measures of 7/4. Time signatures such as 2/4, 3/4, 5/4, 9/4, and so on are easy to

implement.

For time signatures based on eighth notes, it's easiest to double the tempo so that

each beat lasts an eighth note instead of a quarter note. However, you will have to

take this into account when quantizing and setting the metronome—if the display says

a quarter note, it will be read as an eighth note.

Plan carefully when mixing different time signatures within the same piece. If some

Patterns use a time signature based on quarter notes and others on eighth notes, you

will need to double the tempo for the quarter note-based Patterns to match up with the

eighth-note based Patterns.

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