Roland TR-707 Owner's Manual page 22

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TRACK WRITING
AND PLAYING
a.
Track Writing
A
track
is
a
complete sequence
of
rhythm Patterns
or Bars
arranged
in
any
order to
form
a
complete
piece:
There
are
4 Tracks retaining
99B
bars in
all.
Entering
rhythm
Patterns of
an
entire
Track
witi
replace
the.
patterns previously written, so
you
may
save
it.
(See 31
and
36.)
1)
Writing single
Patterns to
a
Track
(D Press the
Shift
Key
©
,
and
still
holding
it
down,
push
the
Track
Mode Button
@
to turn
the
com-
poser to the
Track Writing
mode.
You
will
notice that
the Display
shows
TRACK
WRITE.
(1/ Still
holding the
Shift
Key down,
press
any Track
Selector
Button
(I
to IV)
which
will
be
shown
in
number
in
the Display.
(I-
If
there
is
any data written
in
that
Track,
clear
it
by holding the
Track Clear
Button and the
Track
Selector
Button
you have
selected
in
the
step
:g
above.
Remember
that
the above operation
.WILL
ERASE
YOUR
EXISTING
TRACK.
If
you
wish
to preserve
it,
save
it
as described
in
Saving
on
page
31
and
36.
(D Push the Start
Key
©
to start
rhythm.
You
will
now
hear
whichever
pattern
happens to
be
selected.
<D
Change to the Pattern
you want
for Bar
1
by
using
a
Pattern
Group Button
©
(A, B,
C
or
D)
and
a
Main
Key
(1
to
16).
The
indicators of
the
pressed
button
and
key
are
now
lighted.
Also, the Display
shows
the
rhythm
pattern.
®
If
you
enter the
wrong
pattern in
any
bar,
you
can
go back
and do
it
again.
Push the
Back
But-
ton
©
once
or
more
to step
back
to
the
bar.
(D
When
you
have completed the Track, push the
Stop Key
©
,
which
will
close off the Track.
When
the
composer
is
in
the Track Writing
mode,
writing
or
editing
(see
Editing
on page
24)
can
be
done
even
while
rhythm
is
not running.
(= skipping the
procedure
•£
)<
during
which
the
indicators
can considerably help
you.
2)
Writing
Chained
Patterns to~a
v
Track
Two
or
more
Patterns
may
be chained so that
they
play
as
one. This takes care of
Rhythms which need
more than 16
steps per
bar,
such
as
32nd
notes
within 4/4
time, or semi-quavers within odd times
such
as
5/4 or 7/8.
You may
need to change the
Scale before writing the
Rhythm
patterns
if
you
intend to
Chain
them,
so that
they all-play
with the
same
time value.
To
write
Chained
patterns into
a
Track:
Instead of taking
the procedure
(E in
1)
Writing
single
Patterns to a Track, simultaneously press the
Main Keys
belonging
to the
first
and
last
numbers
of
the
Chained
Patterns,
(e.g.
key
1
and key
3.)
(|)
Press
the Enter
Key
©
,
which
writes
your
Pat-
tern into Bar
1
of
the
Track and moves on
to Bar
2.
NOTE
*
Do
not turn off the
Composer
while
in
the
Track
Write
mode,
or the Track data
may
be
lost.
(7)
Repeat the procedure
(§,
and
(£
for
Bar
2,
and
so on. Naturally, there will
be
many
bars
where
the sample pattern
is
repeated.
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