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snare, while the next may need a pounding bass

drum with

the

same sound, plus

the

same snare.

This

bass drum level

change

could be

done

automatically

by

setting the appropriate quiet

level for the first song, and programming an

ac-

cented bass drum for the entire second song.

This method saves

the

second

RXll

bass drum

pad for a different sound and yet another level.

If

the same

pattern

is

used in several songs and if

memory permits,

it

would be worthwhile

to

copy

the

pattern

with

the

accented instruments

into another location.

When

using

the

RXll

Heavy Snare for your

main

snare,

a

repeated

snare

fill

may

be

enhanced

by assigning

the

Medium

Snare

sound to the

other

SD

pad and alternating

be-

tween the two sounds.

At

the proper quiet and

accent levels, this two-snare combination will

not

sound like a

machine

gun, because

the

minor differences between

the

Heavy and

Me-

dium snares will simulate a drummer's

alternat-

ing stick fills.

An

easy

method

to

modify RX11 claps,

snares,

and

so

on

is

to

quickly retrigger

the

sound several times. First, record

the

part.

Set

Quantize

on

OFF, and carefully overdub several

times, trying

to

hit

the original dub right

on

un-

less

you are going for a specific groove shift.

Chances are excellent

that

you will

not

be

per-

fect, and well-placed retriggers will sound bet-

ter. A shift from quiet to accent and vice-versa

is

interesting

for

moderate

to

extended

retriggers

with

large

quiet/

accent

level

dif-

ferences and at various quantize values. In

addi-

tion, experiment with layering different sounds.

If a

few

retriggered strikes are bad, stay in

Real Time Record (with Quantize OFF),

and

erase only the incorrect ones by pressing and

holding Clear and pressing and holding

that

instrument pad just before

the

hit. Release

the

held instrument immediately afterward, or the

rest

of

the part for

that

instrument will be erased

as

well.

Although

not

mentioned in

the

manual,

RX

drum machines

can

be programmed

to

perform

nested repeats. Nested repeats reduce redun-

dant programming. For example, enter

Song

Edit mode and enter these

pattern

numbers:

Part

Pattern

000 00

001

01

002 02

Now, after

Part 002,

program a Loop repeat

(Loop

1)

as

follows:

Repeat

to

001

#of

Times

3

When

you have done so, the display will show

the

song part and

pattern

that

is

to begin the

repeat. Now, after

Part 002, program another

Loop repeat (Loop2)

as

follows:

Repeat

to

000

#of

Times

3

Advance the song

by

two steps to verify

that

the

Loop2 repeat has been placed after the Loop 1

repeat. It

is

intuitive to program

the

Loop2 re-

peat and

"insert"

(not

Insert)

the

Loop1 repeat,

but

the

RX

will

not

yield the correct order when

programmed in this

way.

To

automate your

Song

tempo changes, place

a very short blank measure at the

end

of each

song with

the

appropriate tempo change.

To

prevent any accidents, keep

the

tempo slider

either all the way down or all

the

way

up, and

set

the

initial

tempo

using

the

increment/

decrement switches.

A

quick way to

"rewind"

to

the

beginning of

a song in

Song

Edit mode

is

to

hit

the

Edit

switch twice.

When

an

RX11 receives MIDI clock data

from a Roland

TR909,

the

RX11 automatically

switches to the MIDI clock sync. There

is

no

need to set this option manually.

The

RX11

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on

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digital

rhythm

programmer.

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