This
section describes how you can collect a number of patterns into a song.
1.
Press the [SONG] key.
The
MRT-3 goes into song mode, and the [SONG] key lights up. The display shows the
2.
Use the [VALUE +/-] keys to select an empty song number.
When
you select an empty song, the indication "E" appears on the right
side of the display.
3.
Press the [REC] key.
The
[REC] key lights up, indicating that the MRT-3 is ready for song recording. The
last
4.
Use the [VALUE +/-] keys to select the user pattern number
to be assigned to the
When
you press a [VALUE +/-] key, the [PATTERN] key flashes and the display shows
the
•You
can also directly switch the pattern bank by pressing the [FUNCTION] key and
then the
•You
can listen to the currently selected pattern by pressing the [PLAY] key.
5.
To proceed to the next step, press the [REC] key.
The
last two digits of the display now show the second step number, and the first
two digits
•
By holding down the [SONG] key while pressing the [VALUE +/-] keys, you can
move back and
•When
there is not enough remaining free memory in the MRT-3, the indication
"FULL" appears on the display, and further recording is not possible.
Erase unneeded songs.
6.
Use the [VALUE +/-] keys to assign a pattern to the second
step.
7.
Repeat steps 5 – 6 to create the entire song.
One
song can have up to 99 (01 – 99) steps (patterns).
8.
If you want to insert a step in a song, select the step
where you want to insert a
A
new step is inserted before the currently selected step, and subsequent steps
are shifted
9.
To delete a step from a song, select the step and press the
[DELETE/ERASE] key.
The
currently selected step is deleted, and subsequent steps are shifted one count
forward.
10.
When one song is completed, press the [STOP] key.
The
[REC] key LED goes out, and song recording stops. The song position returns to
step 1.
11.
To listen to the song, press the [PLAY] key.
The
[PLAY] key lights up and the song is played back. The [TEMPO] key flashes
according
•
If you switch the song during playback, the new song is played immediately.
•
If you want to insert a pause in the song, program an empty pattern as a step.
12.
Press the [STOP] key whenever you want to terminate
playback.
The
song returns to the start position. By pressing the [PLAY] key again, you can
start
•Pressing
the [PLAY] key instead of the [STOP] key causes the PAUSE key to flash, and
playback is paused. To resume playback from the same point, press the [PLAY]
key once more.
•
Also during playback of a song, you can use the pads for manual play.
13.
To start playback from a point within a song, hold down the
[SONG] key while
When
you press the [VALUE +] key, the step number shown on the display advances by
1,
14.
To change the tempo of the song, hold down the [TEMPO] key
while pressing the
As
in pattern mode, you can also tap the [TEMPO] key twice or more to specify the
tempo.