Tascam POCKETSTUDIO 5 Reference Manual

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4 – Patterns on the Pocketstudio 5TASCAM Pocketstudio 5 Reference Manual 17In this way, you can tailor the sound to your exactrequirements.Press EXIT when you have finished.When you’ve set up the sample song following theseinstructions, you will have a good idea of what ispossible using the Pocketstudio 5’s internal tone gen-erator and the preset backing patterns.Advanced part arrangement We mentionedthat the bass instruments only can be used for thebass part. However, if you want to change this, youcan go from the PATTERN menu to the TG menu,and change the instrument settings there. See “Set-ting part parameters in the SMF” on page 26.When you do this, remember that the bass instrumentis on channel 2, instrument 1 on channel 3, instru-ment 2 on channel 4, and the drums on channel 10.Playing an external MIDI instrument withthe patterns You can plug a MIDI keyboard orother controller into the Pocketstudio 5’s MIDI inputjack and play along with the patterns. Though thiscannot be recorded in the normal way on a track, itcan be recorded (together with the patterns) either onmixdown or during a bounce process.The MIDI instrument is only received on MIDI chan-nel 1 and so you should set the instrument of part 1 tomatch your MIDI input when playing with patterns.More details about patternsThis contains lists, etc. of the different options avail-able to you when using the Pocketstudio 5 patterns.Categories and stylesThe different categories and styles available to youare listed here.Note that you cannot change categories or styleswhile the Pocketstudio 5 is playing back (the unitmust be stopped before you can change them):Cho The level of the part sentto the TG internal chorus0 127KeyTr The pitch above or belowthe default in semitones-36 36a. The center position is shown as C.Display Explanation Min value Max valueCategory Style DescriptionRock1 90sHrock Into the 90s with this rock sound80sHrock A rock sound from the 80s70sHrock More of a 70s feel to this UK rock sound70sHrock2 A driving UK 70s rhythm60sHrock A guitar-based 60s-style psychedelic rock sound.HrockShfl Hard rock with a shuffle beatHvyRock Heavy rockGlamRock Typifies one of the most famous “glam rock” band soundsGrunge The “Seattle sound”Rock2 SpdMetal High-speed metal musicHvMetal A solid heavy metal beatThrash High-speed thrashDeathMt1 Classic dark metal rhythms