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Chapter 8 Creating and Performing Songs ([SONG])
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3. Press [ENTER] to determine the pattern
to be recorded.
The measure numbers advance automatically.
The asterisk (*) indicates that the pattern
displayed has not been confirmed. If you press
[EXIT] at this point, the pattern that has already
been set appears in the display. If no pattern has
been confirmed, “- - - -” is displayed. Once you
confirm the pattern, the asterisk disappears.
4. Press [ ] [ ] to change the step to
be recorded.
5. Repeat Steps 2–4 as needed to record the
data for the song.
6. To stop recording, press STOP [ ].
The STEP REC [ ] goes out.
* Note that pressing START [ ] during Step
Recording (while STEP REC [ ] is lit) switches the
DR-3 to Realtime Recording.
Erasing Previously Recorded Sounds
As You Continue Recording
You can use the following procedure to delete the
displayed pattern.
1. Press [ ] [ ] to display the pattern to
be deleted.
2. Hold down STEP REC [ ] and press
[ENTER].
The pattern is deleted, and the subsequent
patterns are shifted forward.
■ When Using Realtime Recording
The sounds are recorded as the patterns are
switched with the pads.
* When recording over a song that has already been
recorded, the newly recorded data overwrites the
previously recorded data, which is discarded.
Make sure you have pressed [SONG] to switch to
Song mode.
1. Hold down STEP REC [ ] and press
START [ ].
fig.08-02d-1
2. Turn the VALUE dial to select the style,
and press a pattern pad to specify the
first pattern to be recorded.
Recording begins from the pattern specified.
The Song Recording screen appears.
fig.08-05d
3. Perform by switching the patterns with
the pattern pads.
Perform exactly as in Style Manual mode (p. 43).
The ON/OFF status of the VARIATION
[PTN], [KIT] and [MUTE] (p. 45) is also
recorded.
You can also change styles by turning the
VALUE dial.
* If you switch the style during its performance, a “ ”
mark appears in front of the style name which will be
played next. The style switches after the currently
playing pattern ends, and the “ ” mark disappears.
* The ON/OFF status of the VARIATION buttons and
fill-ins can be recorded only in a unit of pattern.
4. When you press [ENDING/STOP], the
ending is played, and then both the
performance and the recording stop.
If you want to stop the recording
immediately, press STOP [ ].
Measure Pattern Name
Style No. Song No.