Teac PocketStudio 5 Reference Manual - Manual (Page 17)

4 – Patterns on the Pocketstudio 5
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In this way, you can tailor the sound to your exact
requirements.
Press EXIT when you have finished.
When you’ve set up the sample song following these
instructions, you will have a good idea of what is
possible using the Pocketstudio 5’s internal tone gen-
erator and the preset backing patterns.
Advanced part arrangement We mentioned
that the bass instruments only can be used for the
bass part. However, if you want to change this, you
can go from the PATTERN menu to the TG menu,
and change the instrument settings there. See “Set-
ting part parameters in the SMF” on page 26.
When you do this, remember that the bass instrument
is on channel 2, instrument 1 on channel 3, instru-
ment 2 on channel 4, and the drums on channel 10.
Playing an external MIDI instrument with
the patterns
You can plug a MIDI keyboard or
other controller into the Pocketstudio 5’s MIDI input
jack and play along with the patterns. Though this
cannot be recorded in the normal way on a track, it
can be recorded (together with the patterns) either on
mixdown or during a bounce process.
The MIDI instrument is only received on MIDI chan-
nel 1 and so you should set the instrument of part 1 to
match your MIDI input when playing with patterns.
More details about patterns
This contains lists, etc. of the different options avail-
able to you when using the Pocketstudio 5 patterns.
Categories and styles
The different categories and styles available to you
are listed here. Note that you cannot change categories or styles
while the Pocketstudio 5 is playing back (the unit
must be stopped before you can change them):
Cho The level of the part sent
to the TG internal chorus 0 127
KeyTr The pitch above or below
the default in semitones -36 36
a. The center position is shown as C .
Display Explanation Min value Max value
Category Style Description
Rock1 90sHrock Into the 90s with this rock sound
80sHrock A rock sound from the 80s
70sHrock More of a 70s feel to this UK rock sound
70sHrock2 A driving UK 70s rhythm
60sHrock A guitar-based 60s-style psychedelic rock sound.
HrockShfl Hard rock with a shuffle beat
HvyRock Heavy rock
GlamRock Typifies one of the most famous “glam rock” band sounds
Grunge The “Seattle sound”
Rock2 SpdMetal High-speed metal music
HvMetal A solid heavy metal beat
Thrash High-speed thrash
DeathMt1 Classic dark metal rhythms