Scratch Pad

Hover over the info icon in the top left corner of the scratch pad to display the name of the loaded MIDI file.

The song position indicator shows the position of the transport cursor. Above the song position indicator, the position is displayed as a number.

• To move the transport cursor, drag the song position indicator to a new position.

• To switch the time format between Time and Bars, click Select Time Format in the top right corner of the display.

• Click Play to start playback of the MIDI file.

• Click Stop to pause the MIDI file at the current position. Click the button twice to reset the song position to the start.

• Click Record to start recording.

• Activate Loop to play the entire MIDI file in a loop.

• Set this parameter to Track to follow the original tempo of the MIDI file.

  With the Adjust Tempo parameter, you can scale the playback relatively to the original tempo of the MIDI file.

• Set this parameter to Fixed to enter the tempo manually. You can either enter the value directly in the value field, or you can enter a tempo by repeatedly clicking the Tap to set Tempo field next to the value field.

The scratch pad and the metronome use the Tempo setting.

Determines the time signature. You can enter a new time signature in fractions of beats.

Allows you to load a MIDI file. The scratch pad can play back multi-track MIDI files sending notes on all 16 MIDI channels. It also sends MIDI program change messages when a MIDI file is loaded.

Allows you to save the MIDI file.

Determines when to start recording after you click Record.

• To start recording immediately, select Direct.

• To start recording with the first MIDI note, select MIDI.

• To start the recording after a count-in of one bar, select Count In 1.

• To start the recording after a count-in of two bars, select Count In 2.

Allows you to activate a metronome that you can use for recording and practicing.

Sets the level for the metronome click.