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The MediaBay
Previewing presets using a MIDI file
Proceed as follows:
1. On the Sequence Mode pop-up menu, select “Load
MIDI File”.
2. In the file dialog that opens, navigate to the desired
MIDI file, and click Open.
The name of the MIDI file is displayed on the pop-up menu.
3. Click the Play button to the left of the pop-up menu.
The notes received from the MIDI file are now played back with the settings
of the track preset applied.
Ö The recently used MIDI files are kept on the menu, for
quick access. To remove an entry from this list, select it on
the menu and then select “Remove MIDI File”.
Previewing presets using the Memo Recorder
The Memo Recorder function continually repeats a given
sequence of notes as a loop.
To use the Memo Recorder, proceed as follows:
1. On the Sequence Mode pop-up menu, select Memo
Recorder.
2. Enter the notes via the MIDI or computer keyboard.
The Play button is automatically activated and you will instantly hear the
notes you play with the preset settings applied.
• When you stop playing notes and wait for 2 seconds,
the note sequence you played until this moment will be
played back in a continuous loop.
To use another sequence, simply start entering notes again.
Ö You cannot use the Memo Recorder when previewing
presets using a MIDI file.
Previewing presets via the computer keyboard
Proceed as follows:
1. Activate the “Computer Keyboard Input” button.
The keyboard display in the Previewer section works in the
same way as the Virtual Keyboard, see “The Virtual Key-
board” on page 88.
2. Enter the notes via the corresponding keys on the
computer keyboard.
Previewing pattern banks
Pattern banks containing drum patterns can be created
with the MIDI plug-in Beat Designer. Detailed information
on the Beat Designer and its functions can be found in the
chapter “MIDI effects” in the separate PDF document
“Plug-in Reference”. One pattern bank contains 4 sub
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banks which in turn contain 12 patterns each. In the Pre-
viewer section for a pattern bank file, a keyboard-style
display allows you to select a subbank (click on a number
at the top) and a pattern (click on a key).
• To preview a pattern, select the pattern bank in the Re-
sults list. In the Previewer section, choose a subbank and
pattern. Then click the Play button.
Note that subbanks can contain empty patterns. Selecting an empty pat-
tern in the Previewer section will have no effect. Patterns containing data
are indicated by a circle in the upper part of the key in the display.
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When you activate the “Computer Keyboard Input”
button, the computer keyboard is used exclusively for
the Previewer sections, i.
e. the usual key commands
are blocked. The only exceptions are:
[Ctrl]/[Command]-[S] (Save), Num [*] (Start/Stop
Record), [Space] (Start/Stop Playback), Num
[1]
(Jump to left locator), [Delete] or [Backspace]
(Delete), Num [/] (Cycle on/off), and [F2] (Show/
Hide Transport panel).
Transport
controls
Preview
level
Auto Play New
Results Selection