Step Recording; Inputting Notes And Rests - Roland MV-8000 Owner's Manual

Step recording

Step Recording is a method by which you can record individual notes and rests one by
one, just as if you were writing music notation onto a sheet of staff paper.

Inputting notes and rests

1.
Make preparations for recording as described in CREATE NEW SONG
screen (p. 260) and Adding tracks for recording data (p. 77).
2. Use (up/down) to select the track that you want to record.
Recording will take place on the current track.
3.
Use (MEAS) to move the current time to the point at which you
/
want to begin input.
4.
Press +
The [REC] indicator will light, and the STEP REC
(MIDI) screen (p. 254) or STEP REC (AUDIO)
screen (p. 255) will appear. The STEP REC screen
that appears will depend on whether the current
track is a MIDI track or an audio track.
5.
Specify the length of the notes you want to
input, in terms of the note value.
The note value is specified by the Step Time
parameter.
Note length (Step Time) and the number of ticks
The MV-8000's sequencer divides each quarter note into 480 "ticks." The following
table shows the number of ticks in each note value.
Note
(64th note)
(32nd note triplet)
(32nd note)
(16th note triplet)
(16th note)
(8th note triplet)
(8th note)
The length that a recorded note will actually continue sounding will be the number of ticks in the note
value multiplied by the Duration parameter. For example if the Duration parameter is "80%", a quarter
note will actually sound for a length of 480 x 0.80 = 384 ticks.
• Duration
This specifies the proportion of the note length that the note will actually sound. Lower
values will make the note play "staccato," and higher values will make the note play
"tenuity" or "slurred." Normally you will use a setting of about 80%.
• Velocity
This specifies the force with which you struck the pad. If you want the force with which
.
Number Note
of ticks
30
(quarter note triplet)
40
(quarter note)
60
(half-note triplet)
80
(half-note)
120
(whole note)
160
(double whole note)
240
Creating a song (Song Recording)
If you want to record on an
existing song, recall the
desired song (p. 262). You can
move the current time to
specify the measure at which
recording will begin. The
recording-start measure is
shown in the Now Time area
in the upper part of the
SEQUENCE screen.
Number
of ticks
320
480
640
960
1920
3840
85