SD5
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Pattern Edit
With all the current styles on board plus the bonus styles offered within RAM, there is still the eagerness for some to create their own styles …
totally from scratch.
The SD5 can be used to record new Styles both in real time and also by exploiting a MIDI connection to automate and speed-up the process when
recording from an external source. The SD5 is compatible with Patterns of the MS series. When these are loaded in the RAM, the SD5 performs
an automatic conversion that is not visible to the musician.
The structure of a Style of the SD5 (also called Pattern) entails eight separate tracks with independent parameters, namely:
- Drum: associated with a Drum Set for the rhythm section.
- Bass: associated with a GM timbre for the bass track.
- Chord 1: associated with a GM timbre for the first lead accompaniment track.
- Chord 2: associated with a GM timbre for the second lead accompaniment track
- Chord 3: associated with a GM timbre for the third lead accompaniment track
- Chord 4: associated with a GM timbre for the fourth lead accompaniment track
- Chord 5: associated with a GM timbre for the fifth lead accompaniment track
- Drum 2: associated with the use of a Live Drum derived from a groove
Each of these tracks is found within a
PPaarrtt
, or rather a specifically defined section of the automatic accompaniment.
The following parts can be programmed on the SD5:
- To End
- Arrange A
- Intro 1, 2, 3
- Arrange B
- Fill In 1, 2, 3, 4 (Break)
- Arrange C
- Ending 1, 2, 3
- Arrange D/Riff
To modify an existing Style in ROM, create a new Pattern using
PPaatttteerrnn EEddiitt
and copy the parameters using the
FF44 CCooppyy
function. You may either
modify an already loaded Pattern by entering the relevant number with the
SSTTYYLLEE
buttons or you may select an empty RAM location on the
Pattern bank, using the
SSTTYYLLEE
buttons to enter the number of the location.
In this last case the creation of a Pattern also corresponds to the creation of a .PAT file for which you may name and save on the disk. A new
Pattern stored on an empty RAM location will be saved with the general name "Pattern". To modify its name, you need to save it on disk and
use the
RReennaammee
function to modify its name and then reload it into the RAM.
PPaatttteerrnn EEddiitt
does not work on Styles stored in Floppy Disk. They must therefore be loaded into the Pattern bank prior to use.
From a purely technical point of view,
PPaatttteerrnn EEddiitt
exploits only one RAM location to modify the Style. This means that all the modifications
made must be saved each time they are made otherwise
the Style will be lost when the SD5 is turned off. This RAM location is managed completely automatically and is not seen by the musician, who
need not worry about it.
THE FIRST PAGE OF THE EDIT PATTERN MENU
To access the editing function of a Style, press the
PPaatttteerrnn EEddiitt
key on the instru-
ment panel. Consequently, the LED of the
PPAATTTTEERRNN
will light up to point out that
you are working in the relative bank.The first page of Pattern Edit is used to call
up a set of functions, with relative parameters, using the function push buttons.
The name of the Style selected or created will be seen in the middle of the display
of the first page.
Below is the explanation of the parameters of the various menus that can be cal-
led up from the first page.
F1 RECORD
From this page you can record and reproduce the single tracks of a
PPaarrtt
. The default setting is Arrange A as the Part to be modified and the
reproduction function (
FF88 PPllaayy
) enabled.
To be able to playback the
PPaarrtt
selected you must set a chord on the keyboard in the part to the left of the split point (just as you would play
the arranger in normal mode).
NNoottee::
If, before accessing
PPaatttteerrnn EEddiitt
, the split point was set at the bottom end of the keyboard (first key to the left), it will be impossible to
set the chord. If this is the case, exit
PPaatttteerrnn EEddiitt
and set a new split point. Return to
PPaatttteerrnn EEddiitt
and
FF11 RReeccoorrdd
to playback all the tracks of
the
PPaarrtt
according to the chord set.
Pattern Edit
