Boss Audio Systems SP-505 - Manual (Page 60)

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Chapter 8. Creating patterns
GATE (gate time)
This indicates the length that the sound will be heard.
384: whole note
192: half note
96: quarter note
48: eighth note
24: 16th note
12: 32nd note
6: 64th note
Press [F1] (MEAS) to move the cursor to the “MEAS”
position.
Viewing the performance data
(Microscope Edit)
1. Press [PTN].
2. Press [F2] (USER).
The user pattern list will appear.
3. Use the VALUE dial to select the pattern that you want
to record, and press [ENTER] to confirm your selection.
4. Press [F3] (MICRO).
The Microscope Edit screen will appear.
* [F3] (MICRO) will not be displayed if a pattern is playing.
fig.08-03
5. Press PART [1]–[4] to select the part that you want to
input.
The button for the selected part begins blinking.
6. Use CURSOR [ ← ][ → ] to move the cursor to the
indication for MEAS (measure/beat/clock), and use the
VALUE dial to specify the measure/beat/clock at which
you want to input.
7. Press pads to input your performance.
The pad data that you input will be displayed.
* When performance data is input for a sample whose Play Type
is PHRASE, the sample BPM will automatically synchronize
to the pattern BPM. If you do not want it to synchronize, set
the Play Type to SINGLE. (p. 45)
* Note messages from an external MIDI device cannot be used
for input.
8. Press [PLAY] to verify the performance data that you
input.
Press [STOP] to stop playback.
9. Press [EXIT] or [STOP] to exit Microscope Edit.
Never turn off the power while the display indicates
“Keep Power On!”
Deleting unwanted performance
data (Microscope Edit)
In step 7 of Microscope Edit (p. 60), press [F1] (EVENT) to
move the cursor to the pad performance data (Event field).
Move the cursor to the location of the pad data that you want
to delete, and press [F3] (DELETE) to delete that performance
data.
fig.08-06
Press [F1] (MEAS) to move the cursor to the “MEAS”
position.
Changing the pad number
(Microscope Edit)
In step 7 of Microscope Edit (p. 60), press [F1] (EVENT) to
move the cursor to the pad performance data (Event field).
Move the cursor to the PAD (pad number) position of the
data whose pad number you want to change, and use the
VALUE dial to change the pad number.
If you want to change the [EXT SOURCE] pad number, set
this to “1-17.”
* Be aware that there will be no sound if you change to a pad
number to which no sample has been assigned.
* It is not possible to change this to the pad numbers of the chop
banks, and the pad [1], [4], [8] of the pitch bank.
Press [F1] (MEAS) to move the cursor to the “MEAS”
position.