Roland TR-707 Owner's Manual page 17

3.
ABOUT
LAST STEP
AND
SCALE
The
default setting
is
4/4 time,
shown
by the red
light at
the
left
side of the
chart. In this,
the lowest
of
the four chart
lines,
the
16 Main Keys
are
shown
divided into
1
bar of
4
crotchets, therefore the value
represented
by each Main Key
is
a semi-quaver, or
1/16
note.
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A
bar of
4/4 time
To
enter the Pattern
other than above, such
as 3/4,
a
bar consists of
12.
steps, so
it is
necessary
to
change
the total step
number from
16
to 12. (See
a.
Setting Last
Step on page
18,}
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bar of 3/4 time
The
chart
line
second from
the
bottom
is
divided
into half
a
bar of
two
crotchets,
in
which the 16
Main
Keys represent
a
dem
(semiquaver, or 1/32
note.
Although
patterns
may
be only
half-a-bar
long,
two
patterns
may
be chained to play consecu-
tively. (See
c.
Chaining
patterns together on
page
29.)
The
third line
up on
the chart
is
similar to
the
first,
except
for
three beats
(or 6) in
the bar instead of
common
time.
The
fourth
line
is
similar to
the
second
line,
but again caters for
3
or 6 beats
in
the
bar.
The
Scale
may
be
set to
any
of the
lines.
(See
b.
Setting
Scale.)
The
Pattern of 4/4 with
triplets
also consists of
1
steps.
If,
however,
entering the Pattern with the
Scale
set
to 4/4, the
total piaying time
will
be three
quarter of the
common
time. So,
it
is
necessary to
change
the
time
of each
step.
(See
b.
Setting
Scale.)
The
Last Step
is
set
so that
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and
(simple) and
„
s
*
(compound) -
12.
16,
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3
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These
are are
not used.
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A
bar of 4/4 time
The
total
time required
is
three quarter compared
to
4/4
time.
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