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4. Beats
Once you are past the part screens, you reach the beat screens.
a. Rhythm
Choose the rhythm to use for this beat. All of the information for
the rhythm–the sounds, panning, relative levels of the different
sounds, and so forth–will be included.
Another way of setting the beat’s rhythm is to bring it over from
Rhythms mode. Press [rhythms] to enter Rhythms mode, and
find the rhythm that you want. Then, hold down [rhythms] and
press [setups], and the beat’s rhythm will be set. This works in
the other direction as well–hold down [setups] and press
[rhythms] to bring the beat’s rhythm over to Rhythms mode,
perhaps for some quick editing.
b. Level
Set the level of this beat relative to the other beats and parts within
the setup.
c. FX Mix
Set the dry/wet effects balance for the beat. This mix affects all of
the drums in a rhythm equally.
If you want to single out a particular drum, see the “use as”
parameter on page 48.
5 Setups
Using multiple beats per
setup
A setup can have multiple
beats, just as it can have
multiple parts. Assigning
different beats to different,
small little sections on the
keyboard (using the “low
key” and “high key”
parameters) can provide you
with a lot of variations as you
perform.
Effects
All of the parts and beats
within a setup use either no
effect or else a single, shared
effect (which is selected in a
later screen).
Jumping between beats
To jump between beats, hold
down the [setups] button and
press one of the top keys,
starting with the highest A on
the keyboard.
Silencing the beats
If you want to disable a
setup’s beats, press
[accomp]. This turns all the
beats off. Press [accomp] a
second time to reactivate the
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