Pattern Playing - Roland R-8 MK II Owner's Manual

dl LET'S
PLAY!
3.
Pattern Playing
A
song
is
made
of
many
rhythm
patterns. Let's play
some
Preset
rhythm
Patterns
and
User-
programmed
(in fact,
preprogrammed
at
the
factory)
rhythm
Patterns.
a.
Playing
Preset Patterns
Step
1
Step 3
Step
4
The
R-8MKI1
contains 32
different
preprogrammed rhythm
patterns
(Preset Pattern
Numbers 00
to 31).
Any
Preset
Rhythm
Pattern
can
be used
for writing a
song
after
it
copied
to a
User -Pattern with
the Pattern
Copy
function
(see
page
108). Also,
the copied pattern
can be
edited to
make
a
different
rhythm
pattern.
Let's play a Preset
Rhythm
Pattern.
Press
I
PATTERN
i
to select
the Pattern
Mode.
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MODE
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MIDI
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INST ASSIGN
.
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STEP
PRESET
Menu
Display
^
If
the
Menu
Display
does not
appear, press
j
EXIT
|
.
Step 2 Press
4
(in
the
Numeric Keys)
to select
"PRESET."
Numbe
M
Pattern
Number
The number
of bars
Pattern
Name
(0-31)
I
contained
in
the pattern
I
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PLV
T
=
04.--
4
T
Time
Signature
Using
i
-1/0FF|i
+1/0N|
,
the
VALUE
slider
or
the Numeric
Keys,
select
the
Preset
Number
(0 to
31) you wish
to play.
If
you
select a
rhythm
pattern
made
of
more than
one
bar,
you can
start
playing
from the middle of the
rhythm
pattern.
Move
the cursor to the Bar
Number
with
[51
^i^^ [H- ^^^^
select
the bar
number
form which
to start playing
using
j
-
1/'oFF]|
+ 1./0N
j
,
the
VALUE
slider or
the
Numeric
Keys.
Press
[
STARTXSTOP
|
and the
rhythm
pattern
is
played repeatedly.
To
start
playing
from
the selected
bar,
press
!
SHIFT
I
down.
START/STOP
while holding
20