Roland MV-8800 Owner's Manual page 155

Recording while looping (Loop Recording)
1.
Access the SONG screen (Screen Guide; p. 8).
2.
Press [MENU].
The MENU popup will appear.
3.
Select "Loop" and press [F5](Select).
The LOOP popup (Screen Guide; p. 48) will appear.
4.
Set the Loop Top and Loop End parameter to specify the loop region.
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In the LOOP popup (Screen Guide; p. 48), you can press [F1](Now→Top) to assign the current time as the value
of the Loop Top parameter. Press [F2](Now→End) will assign the current time as the value of the Loop End
parameter.
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By default, the loop length will be two measures. If you want to change the length, access the LOOP popup (in
the SONG screen, select [MENU] ➔ Loop), and change the Quick Loop Length setting.
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If you want to change the location at which looping begins, move the current time to the desired loop-start
location and then press [QUICK SET] once again.
5.
Start recording as described in "Basic procedure for realtime recording" (p. 152).
Quickly setting the loop region
Here's how you can pre-specify the time locations at which recording will begin (punch-in) and end (punch-out).
1.
Press [SHIFT] + [AUTO PUNCH].
The AUTO PUNCH popup will appear.
2.
Set the Punch In and Punch Out parameters.
Set the Punch In parameter to the time location at which you want recording to begin, and the Punch Out
parameter to the location at which you want recording to end.
3.
Press [EXIT].
The AUTO PUNCH popup will close.
4.
Press [AUTO PUNCH].
[AUTO PUNCH] will light orange, and the Auto Punch function will be enabled.
5.
Press [REC ( )].
The REC indicator will blink, and the "RECORDING PARAMETER (MIDI) popup" (p. 16) or the RECORDING
PARAMETER (AUDIO) popup (Screen Guide; p. 19) will appear. Set the parameters as necessary.
6.
Press [PLAY ( )].
The PLAY indicator will light, and playback will begin. When the current time reaches the punch-in point, the
blinking REC indicator will light steadily, and recording will begin. When the current time reaches the punch-out
point, the REC indicator will resume blinking, and recording will end. However, the PLAY indicator will remain
lit and playback will continue.
7.
When you're finished recording, press [STOP ( )].
The REC and PLAY indicators will go dark, and recording will stop.
Recording MIDI tracks (instrument or external MIDI sound module)
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