Casio AP-650M User Manual
Page 31
English
Music Presets
E-29
2.
Use the
bp
(REW) and
bq
(FF) buttons to
move the cursor (2) on the chord progression
editing screen to the step you want to select.
3.
Change the content of the selected step as
desired.
4.
Repeat the above steps to edit all of the steps
you want.
•
You can playback the Music Preset you are currently
editing by pressing the
bs
(START/STOP)
button.
•
The table below describes other Music Preset editing
operations you can perform. Press the
cs
(FUNCTION)
button, use the
dn
(u)
and
do
(i)
buttons to select the editing operation you want,
perform the required operation, and then press the
dp
(ENTER)
button to apply the edit and return to the
chord progression editing screen.
•
To exit the editing operation and discard all of your
edits, press the
dm
(EXIT)
button.
* The Music Presets in groups 2, 3, and 4 are
numbered sequentially, following the numbers in
group 1, which start with 1. For details about
sequential numbers, see the “Music Preset List” on
page A-7.
5.
After all editing operations are complete,
press the
dm
(EXIT) button to return to the
editing operation selection screen (page
E-27).
NOTE
•
A single preset can contain up to approximately
2,000 chords. If your edits cause the chord limit to be
exceeded, the message “Memory Full” will appear
on the display and further editing will become
impossible.
3-1. Select a chord fingering mode and use the
chord keyboard (page E-16) to input chords.
Fingering a chord causes the cursor (2) to
move to the next step automatically.
•
If you want to advance to the next step
without changing the current chord, press
the
br
(PAUSE)
button.
•
If (3) Resolution is shorter than the time up
to the next step, a new step (without chord)
that is equal to the time of the resolution
will be inserted temporarily into the Music
Preset. Fingering a chord for the new step
will cause the step to be registered as part
of the Music Preset, and the cursor will
advance to the next step.* You can use this
operation to insert a new step between the
current and following step.
* Using the
bp
(REW)
and
bq
(FF)
buttons to
move the cursor without inputting a chord
will delete the temporarily inserted step.
3-2. Use the
ct
(w, q) buttons to change the
step timing (measure:beat:tick).
Each press of either button changing the
timing in accordance with the resolution.
•
The range of values you can specify for the
step timing is limited by the steps before
and after the current step.
•
The timing of the first step (001:1:00) is
fixed and cannot be changed. Also, the final
step is always one measure, regardless of
the resolution.
3-3. To delete a step, press both of the
ct
(w and
q) buttons at the same time.
•
You cannot delete the first step or the last
step.
Last step
Editing
Operation
(Display)
Description
Operation
1
Initialize
(Initialize)
Initializes all steps.
Initialization is useful
when you want to create
a totally new chord
progression from
scratch.
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2
Change Key
(Change Key)
Changes the pitch (key)
of the chords in all of the
steps in semitone units.
Use the
ct
(w, q)
buttons to select the
amount of change
you want (–5 to 6
semitones).
3
Append
Music Preset
(Append
Chords)
Copies all of the steps of
another Music Preset to
the end of the current
Music Preset.
Use the
ct
(w, q)
buttons to select the
number
∗
of the
Music Preset you
want to add.
4
Delete
Measures
(DELETE
Measure)
Deletes a specified
number of measures
from the current cursor
step forward.
Use the
ct
(w, q)
buttons to select the
measures.
5
Insert
Measure
(INSERT
1Measure)
Inserts a blank measure
at the currently selected
step.
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