Roland SH-01A User Manual page 20

A LITTLE EXAMPLE OF ONE STEP AS THE EIGHTH NOTE
No matter how you play the notes, all will be stored in the same time values.
Press the [REST] button, the shortest rest will be memorized.
Load the first note, then press the next note while holding the [LEGATO] button to tie notes
together.
3. Press the [LOAD] button to make the light go out (stop loading up data.)
NOTES - the pitches are entered into the sequence in the order you play them. Performance during sequence
loading doesn't have any effect on playback. Time and pitch are entered sequentially, and must be determined with
note values, and rest and tie values to result in a performance playback.
That said, the clock feature is also a method of adjusting the sequence playback. Using the external clock input and
manually programming an interesting loop of clock or gate pulses can help produce a really interesting pattern too.
- The sequencer on the SH-01A can store up to 100 steps, but the shortest time value is counted as one step and the
longer time values cost more steps. This means that even though you have programmed a single D note to drone in a
tie over the corse of a bar, this will still take up all the steps required to count out a bar (16.) So don't get confused
about variety of notes played vs the number of steps required to produce playback. Like this even matters, right?
Who sits around counting the number of steps and then getting crabby about getting 87 in a sequence because
they've overlooked a long, held D note? Well... this language is here in the manual, so maybe we'd be surprised,
right?
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If all 100 Steps are stored, the SH-01A will exit sequence load mode and return to the normal playback state.
SEQUENCER PLAY
1. Press the [PLAY] button, note the indicator light goes on.
The loaded notes play back All notes are played non-legato except for the notes you recorded legato into.
when playback reaches the end of the loaded notes, playback returns to the beginning and continues repeating
(so it loops.)
2. Press the [PLAY] button again to stop playback.
If slurs are recorded, make sure that the envelope generator's gate/trigger switch is set to GATE during playback.
This is to prevent stuck or unwanted held notes after the sequence is stopped.
TRANSPOSE SEQUENCE
It's possible to transpose your sequences.
1. Playback a sequence
2. Hold the [KEY TRANSPOSE] button and select a key (or rotate the [VALUE] knob
CONDITIONS
Once you've set the TRANSPOSE setting of the sequence, you can turn this function ON and OFF again by pressing
the [TRANSPOSE KEY] button. You don't have to re set the transpose amount every time. Once set, the button
becomes an instant transpose function for the amount last set.
NOTE - The Transpose setting of "0" (or no transposition) is middle C on the keyboard.
MIDI TRANSPOSE
It's also possible to control the transpose function of the SH-01A remotely from a midi controller or sequencer.
1. Load some notes into the Sequencer
2. Press [PLAY]
3. On your sequencer or controller keyboard send CC 77 with a value of 64 for the original pitch - Change the pitch
in increments of 1 per controller number value.
Example: UP 5 semi tones = CC 77 VALUE 69
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