Scale & Backbeats; Shuffle/Flam - Roland Aoutique TR-09 User Manual

SCALE & BACKBEATS
SCALE is the method of adressing the timing of the pattern's rhythm. The TR-09 allows you to choose between 16th
note triplet (where 6 notes will be one beat,) 8th note triplet (where 3 notes will be one beat), 32nd note (where 8
notes will be one beat), and 16th note (where 4 notes will be one beat.)
To adjust the SCALE
First note that unless you are in PATTERN WRITE mode the SCALE button will not do anything.
To enter PATTERN WRITE mode hold the [SHIFT] button and press the [PATTERN PLAY] button. This puts you into
PATTERN WRITE MODE. More about MODE later on.
Press the [SCALE] button and select
O - 16th Note Triplet
O - 8th Note Triplet
O - 32nd Note
O - 16th Note
In standatrd dance, or popular music the 16th note scale is most common, but scale can be used to play with time
and deliver interesting and more complex rhythms. Maybe don't just stick to 4/4 16th note scale and struggle, why not
play with time a little and see what it feels like?
BACKBEAT is a micro adjustment of any given beat in the 16 step grid. In effect it is a process of applying a different
scale to an individual beat as opposed to the whole pattern.
To apply a BACKBEAT, note that this only works in PATTERN WRITE mode just like the scale function above.
Once in PATTERN WRITE mode, choose the instrument you wish to apply a BACKBEAT to
Hold [INSTRUMENT SELECT] and press the MAIN KEY [1-16] which represents the instrument you wish to work with
Hold the [ENTER] button, and press a MAIN KEY [1-16]
Notice how basically you now have access to the steps surrounding the main SCALE and can create lovely triplets,
and agressing tom rolls and fills and trill the cymbals wihtout having to choose a whole different scale or multiple
patterns to do so. Mess around with this. Don't blow it off. It's very cool.

SHUFFLE/FLAM

SHUFFLE is essentiallythe same thing as what we refer to as swing. The higher the number [-50 - 0 - 50] the greater
the amount of positive swing, the lower the number the greater amount of negative swing, and at 0 there is no swing
at all. SHUFFLE is a way of pushing the beat away from the beat and adjusting the rynthm's time signature in
between the beats. An extreme shuffle is literally swinging the beats from the 1 count. Subtle amounts can deliver a
feel or a little bit of softness to an otherwise stiff and computer sounding rhythm.
Setting the SHUFFLE amount
This can only be done in PATTERN WRITE mode.
Hold the [SHUFFLE/FLAM] button and perform one of two options
1 - Select between MAIN KEYS [1-7] to choose preset amounts
2 - Rotate the TEMPO knob and manually dial in a value which feel right [-50-0-50]
MAIN KEY [8] turns SHUFFLE OFF
FLAM is the rhythmic effect of a double hit. Two beats so close together they create an interesting, driving rhythmic
result. FLAM is made with two hands, and the settings here allow you to adjust the space between each hit.
Setting the FLAM amount
This can only be done in PATTERN WRITE mode.
Hold the [SHUFFLE/FLAM] button and perform one of two options
1 - Select between MAIN KEYS [9-16] to choose preset amounts
2 - Rotate the TEMPO knob and manually dial in a value which feel right [0-50]
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