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Chapter 3: Recording Sequences

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• The Swing% field:

This field only appears if the Note Value field is set to either 1/16- or 1/8-

notes. The swing feature is a variation of timing correction. Whereas

normal timing correction moves your notes to perfect 1/16- or 1/8-note

intervals, the swing feature moves your notes to swing-timing intervals.

The amount of swing is measured as a percentage of time given to the

first note in each pair of 1/16- or 1/8-notes. The range of values is from

50% to 75%. For example:

• A swing setting of 50% gives perfectly even timing with no

swing effect; the first and second notes of each pair of 1/16- or

1/8-notes have equal (50%) timing.

• A swing setting of 66% indicates a technically perfect swing;

the first note of each pair of 1/8 or 1/16 notes has a timing value

of twice that of the second note, giving the effect of 1/16- or 1/8-

note triplets where the middle note of each triplet is silent.

• A swing setting of 75% is the highest swing setting; the first

note of each pair of 1/8 or 1/16 notes has a timing value of three

times that of the second note. This creates a very exaggerated

swing timing.

A very important use of the swing feature is to add a human rhythm feel

to the timing of your music. Here are a couple of useful settings to

experiment with:

• Note Value = 1/16, Swing = 54%, Tempo = 100 BPM:

While not enough swing for a true swing feel, this small amount

of swing timing removes the stiffness from perfect 1/16-note

timing and is especially useful on drum sequences using 1/16-

note hi-hats.

• Note Value = 1/16, Swing = 62%, Tempo = 100 BPM:

This creates an 1/16-note swing feel that could be described as

more relaxed than a perfect triplet swing (66%).

As with timing correction, swing moves your notes in real time as they

are recorded into the sequence, so your notes are instantly played back

with the specified shift. Also, as with timing correction, this effect can be

used on existing sequence data by using SOFT KEY 1 (<Move

existing>).

• The Shift timing and Shift amount fields:

These two fields work in conjunction with the Note value and Swing%

fields to move your notes to shifted timing locations. The Shift timing field

sets the direction of shift (EARLIER or LATER) and the Shift amount field

sets the amount of timing shift in ticks (1/96 of a 1/4-note). For example,

in order to compensate for the slow attack time of a particular

synthesizer, you might set these two fields to EARLY, 1 tick. This would

cause all new notes to be recorded onto 1/16-notes but at 1 tick earlier

than normal.

COMMENT: It is not possible for this function to shift the timing

of notes without also correcting their timing. This also means that

the range of shift depends on the current Note value field’s

setting. For example, if the Note value field is set to 1/16-notes,

the maximum shift amount is 11 ticks, or slightly less than 1/2 of

one 1/16-note; if the Note value field is set to 1/32 notes, the

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