How do I build a full song?
Building a full song on the EP-40 involves creating multiple scenes and arranging them in song mode. Each scene is a snapshot of your four groups at a specific moment.
Basic Song Building Workflow
Start by creating your first section (intro, verse, or hook). Load sounds into your groups, record patterns, and adjust lengths. Once you're happy with that section, press SHIFT + MAIN to commit. This saves your current pattern arrangement as a scene and creates a duplicate scene for you to modify next.
Now build your next section. Change patterns, add or remove sounds, adjust effects. When ready, commit again with SHIFT + MAIN. Repeat this process for each section of your song: intro, verse, hook, breakdown, outro, etc. Each commit creates a new scene.
Arranging in Song Mode
Hold MAIN + press the ENTER pad to enter song mode. You'll see positions 1-99 where you can place scenes.
- Add a scene: SHIFT + Group A
- Change which scene plays at a position: SHIFT + minus/plus
- Cut a scene: SHIFT + C
- Insert a scene: SHIFT + D
Each position plays for the length of the longest pattern in that scene. Arrange your scenes in order to build your complete song structure. Press PLAY to hear your full arrangement from start to finish.