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Section 3: Recording sequences 53

3. Enter OVERDUB mode again by holding OVERDUB and

pressing PLAY START.

4. Record the percussion part by playing the PERC1 through PERC4 pads

in time to the drums already recorded on track 1. Keep adding drums

until your percussion part is complete.

5. If any mistakes were made, use either of the two erase methods

described above. Don't worry - they won't erase information on other

tracks - they only erase notes from the active track unless you specify

otherwise.

Next, overdub the bass part on track 3:

1. Press MAIN SCREEN to return to the PLAY/RECORD screen.

2. Move the cursor to the TRAK field and type "3" (ENTER) to make

track 3 active.

3. Move the cursor to the CH field and type "1"(ENTER), then select "A"

in the field immediately to the right, to select midi channel lA as the

output channel for track 3. Because a channel other than 16 has been

selected, this track is now a "non-drums" track.

4. If you play the midi keyboard now, the bass synthesizer should sound. If

not, check the midi connections, check the setting of the MIDI SOFT

THRU field, and re-check the previous three steps.

5. Press the COUNT IN key - the light will go on. This will cause the

metronome to play one bar before the sequence plays to cue you to start

playing.

6. Enter OVERDUB mode by holding OVERDUB and pressing

PLAY START.

7. Once the COUNT IN bar has passed, record your bass part in time to the

drums and percussion parts.

8. Press STOP and press COUNT IN again to turn it off.

9. If you make a mistake while recording, you may correct it by

"punching-in" the new note:

A) Hold the "<" key (rewind) until the NOW field shows a

location about one bar before the mistake.

B) Press PLAY. The sequence will start playing from the

position shown in the NOW display.

C) Just before the wrong note plays, press RECORD and PLAY

simultaneously to enter RECORD mode (existing notes are

erased while new notes are recorded) then

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