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The data have to be read from disk, which takes some time. Markers and playback loops The RA-800 also provides a marker and loop function for you to practice difficult solos or to repeat a given song part. You can program playback loops during playback or while the Recorder is stopped, (1) Press [A<-*B] where you want the loop to begin (indicator flashes). 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 a 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 I................I............\..........I.....I' I I...........I..........>...........I.........I I I I I I [A*~B] (2) Fast forward to the measure where you want the loop to end and press |A«B] again (indicator goes off). 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 IS I» I......! 'I -HI..........I...........h-H- ÎA-B] IA~B] As stated earlier, you can also program loops on the fly. Remember, however, that the Recorder always memorizes the beginning (downbeat) of the next measure. (3) To piay back the loop you have just programmed, hold down Recorder (M RESET] and press IP LAY ►/STOP D. At the end of the B measure, the Recorder immediately jumps back to the beginning of measure A. (4} To stop playback, press the Recorder [PLAY ►/STOP ■] button. 73 Player's Cuide 8.6 Live performances with Standard MIDI File backing (Minus One) Your RA-800 allows you to mute any given part of the song you are currently playing back. You could use this feature to mute the solo part on disk so that you can play it yourself. This is called Minus One playback (because one part of the original song will not be played back). But your RA-800 can do more than that: you can solo whichever part you like and mute several parts if you think the song arrangement is a little over the top or to play two parts (i.e. the solo and the chord backing). Ail Realtime parts remain active in Recorder (or, should we say, GM/GS) mode. In other words, you are free to use the Upper 1, Upper2, Lower, and Manual Bass parts in whichever split or layer combination you like. The Manual Drums part is also available but, as you remember, selecting the M.Drums part means that the other four Realtime parts are temporarily deactivated. Note: Whenever you start playing back a new song or return to the beginning of the current song (using [¡M RESET]), all Realtime parts, except Upperl, will be switched off and the RA-800 will select the W Right keyboard mode if you selected 00 FreePanl using the CANCEL buttons. Note: Do not select the 00 Free Panl Performance Memory if you wish to be in control of the Keyboard Mode and Tone selection. Select any other Performance Memory, set the Realtime parts the way you want to use them and write the settings to a Performance Memory beforehand. Tone selection works exactly the same as in Arranger (normal RA-800) mode. See “Selecting Tones for the Realtime parts”. There is, however a function that allows you to link Tone selection and the parameter settings of the song parts, so that the Realtime parts you use during a Minus One performance will sound exactly the same as the original part on disk (see “Tone Change: Old and New"). Changing the song tempo You can change the (programmed) song tempo with the [TEMPO] dial. Using the [TEMPO] dial, however, means that the tempo will still change if the song you are playing back contains tempo change messages. Furthermore, every time you jump back to the beginning of the song using [M RESET], the preset song tempo will be set The button of the Tempo section (AUTO/LOCK), however, can be used in much the same way as in RA-800 (or Arranger) mode: RA-800 AUTO Indicator LOCK indicator • o The Recorder does not load the preset song tempo when you piay back a Standard MIDI File from the beginning. Tempo changes, however, will be executed in a relative way. in other words, if you set the song tempo, any tempo changes included in the song will be executed on the basis of your setting. Example: A given song programmed to playback at J» 100 contains a message that changes the tempo to j = 120 (+20%}. You set the tempo to j = 80. The tempo change message will thus cause the tempo to rise to j = 96. O • The Recorder does not load the preset song tempo when you piay back a Standard MIDI File. Tempo changes wiil not be executed. o o Default GM/GS mode setting. The Recorder loads the preset song tempo whenever you jump back to the beginning of a song using IIPRESET] or whenever you start playing back a new song. All tempo changes will be executed as programmed. Note: Every time you select the GMIGS mode by pressing [GMIGS MODEJ (indicator lights) or starting song playback (Recorder [PLAY >!$TOP UJ), the RA-800 automatically sets the Tempo function to Auto (default). When you return to the Arranger mode by pressing [GMIGS MODE] (indicator goes off), the RA-800 sets the Tempo function to Auto On. Soloing and muting parts on disk Before deciding which part you want to mute, you have to know which part (MIDI channel/track) plays the part you do not want to hear. Unfortunately, the Standard MIDI File format, sp...