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Playing tunes on the RX8 from a MIDI keyboard
If we choose the PITCH function instead of the VOICE function
from sub-job 1 of the MIDI NOTE ASSIGN job, we can play 2
octaves of any given RX8 voice on the MIDI keyboard, with full
dynamics. In sub-job 2, use the -1/NO and +1/YES keys to select
the voice to be played.
You may prefer to use this, rather than the MULTI function for
certain melodic lines on bass, orchestra or marimba, for example.
Step Writing
In addition
to the Realtime
write job, where
you press the
instrument keys in time to a click, there is another way of
entering patterns; the Step write job. There are two main reasons
why you might want to use this mode: firstly, if you are trying to
input a pattern which is too complex to be entered easily in
Realtime (for instance, when entering a pattern from written
music, it is often difficult to translate the musical notation into
actual drumbeats), and secondly, Step writing allows very so-
phisticated editing of patterns already entered, either in Realtime
or Step. To enter Step Write, press the PATTERN
key. select a
pattern using the number keys or the -1/NO and +1/YES keys
(remember that the pattern number will be followed by a "w" if
it already contains data), then press the JOB and 3 keys together:
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Confirm that you want to enter Step write by pressing +1/YES.
There are two sub-jobs in Step write:
The length is the first subjob, and denotes the length of the
pattern in sixteenth notes (semiquavers) in exactly the same way
as the Realtime write. If the pattern already contains data (there
is а "w" following the pattern number) you cannot alter the
pattern length. To enter the second sub-job, Quantization, press
the JOB and 2 keys together:
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In Step write, Quantize can be taken to have a slightly different
meaning from the one in Realtime. When
in Step mode, the
quantization number refers to the number of steps that can be
entered
per whole
note (semibreve).
Look
at how
the RX8
displays one whole note at different quantization values (in these
illustrations, a -" shows a space where a note may be written, a
"m
":" shows quarter-note (crochet) divisions, and a
shows the
end of the bar):
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Quantization = 1/16 (default)
Quantization = 1/8
Quantization = 1/32
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(1/24 quantization must be continued to another screen which
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Quantization = 1/48
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Remember that the Quantization value is the smallest division
you can make of a whole note (semibreve).
Getting down to business
Now you understand quantization, we can start writing in Step
write mode. Choose 1/16 quantization, and press the START key
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