Roland R-8 MK II Owner's Manual page 11

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Rhythm
Pattern
B
Let's
go
to
programmable
pattern
A
91.
The
cursor
should
be under
the pattern
number
in
the
display.
Using
|
-1/OFF
+1/ON
,
select
the next
pattern,
in
this
case,
A
91.
Format
the pattern the
way
we
did
with
number
90 except
this
time
select
4 bars
for
it's
length.
Press
|
ENTER
|
and
then
START
.
You'll
hear
the
metronome.
The
quantize
resolution
is
on
1/16
and you
will
notice that
you
can
change
the
resolution
while the
pattern
is
in
the record
mode. To change
the
resolution
you
can use the
VALUE
slider,
Numeric
keys,
or
1/OFF
+1/0N
Leave
it
at
1/16 for
now.
Programmable
pattern
A
91
will
be your
basic 8-beat
rhythm,
as
shown:
i
m
fTTifTn
I
suggest
you
start
with the
Hihat,
playing eighth notes
for
the
4
measures.
Now
let's
suppose you want
to
do
the Hihat again.
'^''^ss
STO
P
;.
Hold
I
SHIFT
|
down
and
press
|
CLEAR
I
(key
pad
14).
The
display
shows:
PTN
CLERR <PTNS91>
IN5T=='::flLL
INSi::-
Erasing
all
the Instrument
This
is
the stage
where you
can erase everything
you have
done
in
the
pattern, including
the
length;
or
you
can
just
erase
all
of
the
Hihat,
Kick,
Snare
or
whatever
you
want.
In
this
case.
press the
i
CLOSED HH
|
(key
pad
11),
and
it
will
appear
in
the
display.
Press
|
ENTER
j
and
the Hihat
is
gone,
and you can do
it
over
again.
There
is
one
other
way
of erasing,
and
that
is
in
real-time.
You
should
practice
this
once
to
understand.
After
you
have
pro-
grammed
your
Hihat
part again,
while the
machine
is still
playing.
ho'd
I
SHIFT
I
down
and
press the
|
CLOSED HH
,
(key
pad
11)
down
for
as long as
you want
to
erase the
sound.
To
experiment,
I
suggest
you
hold
it
down
for
the
count
of 4
and
release
it
for
4,
always keeping
,
SHIFT
|
pressed.
Now
that
you
know how
to
do
this,
program
the Hihat
part
again.
Program
the
Snare
drum
on
the
2's
and
4's
and
the
Bass
drum
as
is
written
above.

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