Roland R-8 MK II Owner's Manual page 183

SJMIDI
3.
Example Setups
a.
Using the
R-8MK
II
as
a
MIDI
Sound Module
Using the
R-8MK
II
as
a
rhythm sound
module
The
R-8MK
!!
can
be played by
a
sequencer,
rhythm machine, MIDI
keyboard
or
MIDI
drum
pads.
When
the
R-8MK
11
is
played by an external MIDI
device,
the
sound
of each Instrument can be
edited using
Sound
Parameters
(see
page
43).
Performance
Parameters have
no
effect.
MiDI
OUT
MIDI
IN
,
"
Rhythm
Machine
MIDI
Pad
Seqencer,
etc.
•
*
'
•
1
'
1
1
1
1
1 1
D
nana
n
nnnn
Master
1
1
1
,
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1 1
)
"'!
D
Dnnn
^
Slave
Set the MIDI parameters as
follow/s
:
#Set
the
Channel Message
Switch (Function Switch)
to
"ON"
(see
page
163).
•Set
the
receive
channel
of
the Instrument section
to
the
same
number
as the transmit channel
of
the MIDI device
(see
page
161).
•Change
the note
number
assignments
to
Instruments
if
necessary
(see
page
162).
*When
the Roland
PAD
-80
is
used
as
a
master and
the
Pan Switch
(one of the
Function Switches)
is
set to "ON," the pan for each pad can be
received (see
page 164).
Performance data from an
external device
can be
written into
rhythm
patterns
with the
R-8MKII
in
the Real-time Write
mode.
However, Note Off messages
cannot
be
written into
a
rhythm
pattern.
Therefore, the
mute
effect
cannot
be obtained.
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