Tutorial 3. Hold down the Record button, press Play and release both buttons when the countoff begins. 4. Record 1/8th notes on the hihat to accompany the two measures of bass drum and snare. 5. Press the Stop button at the end of the second bar—in Add mode, recording continues until you press the Stop button. 6. Play back your track to hear the bass drum, snare and hihat playing together. 7. If you’d like to redo the hihat, double-click the Sequence Process button, undo the track, and then record it again. 8.
Correct the hihat’s timing by repeating the steps in "Correcting the Timing of a Performance." You’ll want to select the Strict 1/8th template this time, since you don’t want your hihat 1/8th notes turned into 1/4 notes. Before Proceeding... 1. Press the left Octave Transpose button twice to re-direct the pads back to the lowest octave. Recording Another Track Let’s record synth bass quarter notes on Track 2 to accompany the drums on Track 1. This time, however, don’t record any notes during the first measure—wait until Bar 2 to begin playing. You can use any of the pads to play your quarter notes. 1. Press the right-hand Select Track button to select Track 2. 2.
Hold down Record, press Stop and let go of both buttons to make sure you’re at the beginning of the sequence. 3. Record your bass part using the same technique you used on Track 1. 4. Once you’re satisfied with your performance, quantize the track using the Strict 1/4 quantization template. 5. Play back your bass-and-drums sequence. 6. Press the Stop button to end playback. Before Proceeding... 1. Locate and press the Sequence Edit button. Select Edit Process Undo New Ta p Tempo This button accesses various settings relating to the behavior of the sequence. 2. Turn the Parameter knob until the display shows:
The name of the sequence The current location in the sequence m m SEQ00001 1.01 Loop Playback= On 3. Turn the Value knob counter-clockwise to turn the playback looping off. A Few Final Sequencing Thoughts The Sequence Select, Edit and Process buttons provide access to a wealth of tools used in sequencing, from the creation and selection of sequences, to all of the settings that establish your recording environment, to the various ways that recorded tracks and sequences can be manipulated and processed after recording. Sequencing is described in detail in Chapter 6 of the ASR-X Reference Manual.
The Track buttons—Sound, Edit and Mute—provide the means of setting up tracks and changing the way they play their sounds, changes you can make even as sequences play back. You can also mute and solo 10 ENSONIQ ASR-X User’s Guide Sequence