Recording Your Pad Performance Just As You Play (Realtime Recording) - Roland MV-8800 Owner's Manual

Recording MIDI tracks (instrument or external MIDI sound module)

Recording your pad performance just as you play (Realtime Recording)

Realtime Recording is the recording method in which your playing on the pads and your controller operations
are recording exactly as you perform. This method is best when you want to capture the expressive feel of
your performance.
Basic procedure for realtime recording
1.
Use CURSOR [
Selected track is highlighted (that means current track). Recording occurs on the current track.
2.
Press [REC ( )].
The REC indicator will blink, and the RECORDING PARAMETER (MIDI) popup (Screen Guide; p. 16) will
appear.
3.
Set the parameters for realtime recording.
Move the cursor to each parameter value, and use the VALUE dial or [DEC] [INC] to set the value.
• Rec Mode
Use this to specify the method by which you will record events.
Value
OverDub1
OverDub2
Replace
• Count In
Specifies how recording will begin.
Value
Off
1 Meas
2 Meas
Wait Note
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] [ ] to select the track you want to record.
Explanation
The new material you record will be added to the existing material without erasing it.
By using this type in conjunction with Loop Recording, you can repeatedly record over a
specified region without erasing the existing material.
For example this is a convenient way to record a drum track, since you can record bass drum
→ snare drum → hi-hat etc. on each successive pass.
When newly recorded note events at the same time location as previously recorded note events
will replace the older events.
The new material you record will replace the existing material.
Use this type when you want to re-record your performance.
Explanation
Recording will begin the moment you press [PLAY (
When you press [PLAY ( )], a count-in will sound from one measure earlier than the record-start
location, and recording will begin at the record-start location.
When you press [PLAY ( )], a count-in will sound from two measures earlier than the record-start
location, and recording will begin at the record-start location.
Recording will begin the moment you strike VELOCITY PADS, press [PLAY (
messages.
)].
)] or receive MIDI note