User Guide

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Selecting and Playing Patterns
Although you’ll normally use the Pattern mode when
creating new patterns, the Pattern mode is also useful when
you want to listen to individual phrases and experiment
with chord changes using the QS300’s advanced ABC
capability.
To select and play Patterns in the Pattern mode:.............
1.
Select the Pattern mode by pressing p.
2.
Select the User or Preset Bank (with the D/I
buttons), then select a Pattern number.
3.
Select a Section.
Select the section by using the numeric keypad (as
shown below), the D/I buttons or the rotary dial.
Each Pattern can have eight sections: Intro, Main A,
Main B, Fill AA, Fill BB, Fill AB, Fill BA, and Ending.
4.
Change the Tempo and Time Signature, if desired.
Highlight the desired parameter and use the D/I
buttons or the rotary dial. (The Tempo value can also
be set from the numeric keypad.)
ENTER
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3 3 3
INTRO ENDING
MAIN A MAIN B
FILL AA FILL BB
FILL AB FILL BA
2.
Select a bank and Pattern number.
Highlight each parameter, and
change the value.
4.
Change the Tempo and Time
Signature, if desired.
Highlight each parameter, and
change the value.
3.
Select a Section
Highlight the parameter,
and change the value.
Measure number
(see note below).
5.
Start Pattern playback by pressing R.
Remember that you can also select different Patterns
and Sections during playback. Whenever a new Pattern
or Section is selected, the word “next” appears to the
right of the Pattern name, and the newly selected
Pattern/Section will begin playing from the top of the
next measure.
Note that the Meas (measure) parameter in the display
includes two numbers: e.g., “1 of 4.” The first number
is the current measure number and the second is the
total number of measures in the pattern (patterns can be
up to 8 measures long). “2 of 4,” therefore, means that
the second measure of a 4-measure pattern is currently
playing.
6.
Stop playback by pressing T.
Intro Introduction. When used in a song the
introduction will automatically be followed by
the Main A section unless another section is
specified.
Main A The main section, generally used for the
verse of a song.
Main B A variation on the main section which can
be used as a chorus or bridge.
Fill AA Fill-in for the Main A section.
Fill BB Fill-in for the Main B section.
Fill AB Fill-in transition from Main A to Main B.
Main B will automatically be selected after
the fill-in.
Fill BA Fill-in transition from Main B to Main A.
Main A will automatically be selected after
the fill-in.
Ending Ending section. When used in a song,
playback will stop when the ending section
finishes.
Use these buttons
to change sections.
Pattern Mode
Voice number
and name