Roland maxWerk Musical Instrument - Manual (Page 66)

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Creating a song (Vari Track)
Copy by using the Copy and Paste commands
1. Select the frame that you want to copy.
2. Use one of the following methods to copy the frame.
• Choose Copy from the Edit menu.
• Right-click ( in MacOS, Control-click ) the selected frame, and choose Copy from the
menu that appears.
• Press [Ctrl] + [C] on your keyboard ( in MacOS, [ ] + [C] ).
3. Click the copy-destination location.
The part you clicked will be highlighted, and the playback cursor (vertical line) will move to the
location you clicked.
4. Use one of the following methods to paste the frame you copied.
• Choose Paste from the Edit menu.
• Right-click ( in MacOS, Control-click ), and choose Paste from the menu that appears.
• Press [Ctrl] + [V] on your keyboard ( in MacOS, [ ] + [V] )
Copy a frame more than once (the Repeat function)
You can use the Repeat function to easily create repeated rhythm patterns.
1. Select the frame that you want to copy.
2. Use one of the following methods to execute the Repeat function.
• Choose Repeat from the Edit menu.
• Right-click the selected frame ( in MacOS, Control-click ), and choose Repeat from the
menu that appears.
• Press [Ctrl] + [R] on your keyboard ( in MacOS, [ ] + [R]).
3. When the Repeat Copy dialog box appears, specify the number of repetitions.
4. Click OK .
■ Deleting a frame
1. Select the frame that you want to delete.
2. Use one of the following methods to delete the frame.
• Choose Cut or Delete from the Edit menu.
• Right-click the selected frame ( in MacOS, Control-click ), and choose Cut or Delete from
the menu that appears.
• Press [Ctrl] + [X] ( in MacOS, [ ] + [X] ) or the [Delete] key on your keyboard.
* When you use these delete commands to delete a frame, the original location will become a blank, and
the overall length of the song will not change. If you want to shorten the song by deleting measures
(for example if you want to remove two measures from the introduction), use the
Delete Measure
command on the Edit menu.
* If you right-click the PART name ( in MacOS, Control-click ) and choose “Delete Frames”]
from the menu that appears, all frames will be deleted from that part.