How do I build a full song?

Building a full song on the EP-40 revolves around the commit system, which lets you layer up scenes into a complete arrangement without stopping playback.

Understand the structure

A song is made of projects, scenes, and patterns. Each scene holds one pattern per group, and you can chain up to 99 scenes together.

Build your first scene

1. 1.Load a new project by holding main and pressing a pad (1-9).
2. 2.Load sounds into each group. Use Group A for drums, Group B for bass, Group C for melodies, and Group D for loops and samples.
3. 3.Press main to enter main mode, then tap record and play to record your first beat with a four-beat count-in.

Commit and build variations

1. 1.Press shift and main to commit your scene. This duplicates the current scene so you can build on it without losing what you had.
2. 2.Add or change elements in the new scene, then commit again. Repeat this to build up your arrangement scene by scene.

Arrange with song mode

1. 1.Hold main then press the enter pad to open the song list editor.
2. 2.Press shift and group A to add scenes to the song list, and use shift and minus or plus to assign different scenes to each song position.
3. 3.Press shift and play to play the full song from the start.

Add FX and dynamics

1. 1.Press fx to add delay, reverb, or other effects to individual groups, and hold fx while pressing pads to trigger punch-in effects during performance.