Playing Songs
❏ Selecting a Song
1. Press [SONG].
The [SONG] switch and the [DISPLAY] switch's SONG LED light up.
The multidisplay shows the user song number.
• The first time you press [SONG] following power-on, the multid-
isplay shows the lowest song number that contains a song.
• If you have already selected one or more songs during the current
session, the multidisplay shows the song number of the most
recently selected song.
• If no user songs exist in memory, the multidisplay shows "---".
2. Press [▲] or [▼] as necessary to select the desired song number on
the multidisplay.
3. Press [
] to start play.
The HT-70 starts play of the selected song.
Playing of Song Parts
When you select a song to play, one or both PART switches will light up,
indicating that the corresponding part contains performance data. If a
PART switch stays dark, this means that the part is empty. During play,
you can fully or partially mute the playback from a non-empty part by
pressing the corresponding PART button (so that the PART switch goes
dark).
How to Set the Sound Level for a Muted Part
1. With the [SONG] LED lit, press [FUNC.].
The [FUNC.] LED lights up.
2. Press the PART switch for the part you wish to mute.
The switch goes dark.
3. Press [DISPLAY] several times, until "P.Lv" appears on the multid-
isplay.
When you release the switch, the multidisplay shows the current
level setting. (The factory setting is 30.)
4. Press [▲] or [▼] as necessary to set the desired level.
You can set the value from 00 (full mute) to 90.
5. Press [FUNC.] again to complete the setting.
The [FUNC.] LED goes dark.
❏ Pausing Song Play
1. Press [
] during song play to pause the playback.
The switch starts flashing.
2. Press [
] again to resume playback.
The switch comes on solid, and the TEMPO LED flashes in sync with
the tempo.
❏ Restarting a Playing Song
1. Press [■] during song play to stop the song.
The song position returns to the beginning of the song.
2. Press [
] to start song play from the beginning.
❏ Changing the Tempo of a Playing Song
1. Press [DISPLAY] several times, until the TEMPO LED lights up.
The multidisplay shows the current tempo value.
2. Press [▲] or [▼] as necessary to adjust the tempo.
Press briefly to change the value by 1, or hold the switch down to
change continuously. The available range is ( =) 4 to 250.
❏ Moving to a Different Position (Measure)
1. Press [DISPLAY] several times, until the MEASURE LED lights up.
The multidisplay shows the current measure number.
2. Press [▲] or [▼] as necessary to select a different measure.
3. If you move to a different measure while playback is stopped, the
song state will change from stopped to paused (and (
flashing). You can then start play from the new position pressing
(
).
You can return to the start position of user a song (measure 001) by
pressing [▲] and [▼] at the same time.
❏ To Repeat Play of a Specified Song
Segment ("AB Repeat")
You can set up repeated play of a specified segment of the song. You
define the segment by its start measure and end measure. Proceed as fol-
lows.
1. With the [SONG] LED lit, press [FUNC.].
The [FUNC.] LED lights up.
2. Press [DISPLAY] several times, until "Ab.r" appears on the multidis-
play.
When you release the switch, the multidisplay shows the repeat ON/
OFF setting. (The factory setting is "oFF".)
3. Press [▲] or [▼] to turn the repeat feature "on".
A dot appears at the bottom right corner of the multidisplay.
4. Press [DISPLAY] again, so that "A." appears on the multidisplay.
When you release the switch, the multidisplay shows the current
start measure. (The factory setting is 001.)
5. Press [▲] or [▼] as necessary to select the desired start measure.
6. Press [DISPLAY] again, so that "b" appears on the multidisplay.
When you release the switch, the multidisplay shows the current end
measure. (The factory setting is 001.)
7. Press [▲] or [▼] as necessary to select the desired end measure.
8. Press [FUNC.] to complete the setting.
The [FUNC.] LED goes dark.
9. Press [
] to start repeat play. Play will start at the start measure,
continue to the end measure, and then return to the start measure
and continue looping.
The dot at the bottom right of the multidisplay stays on solid while
playback is within the AB repeat range, and flashes if playback is
moved outside of that range.
10. To cancel repeat play, press [▲] or [▼] (see Step 3) to turn the fea-
ture off.
The dot disappears from the multidisplay.
During AB repeat play, the dot at the lower right of the multidis-
play remains visible while the display is showing tempo, song
number, or measure (☞p.5). The dot is also visible while you are
setting up song features (☞p.74).
The repeat feature turns off automatically (and start and end measures
both return to 001) when you select a different song, begin recording, or
start some other type of operation.
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