Roland MC-909 Quick Start Manual page 21

9.
Next, successively press velocity pad [11], [CURSOR (right)], and velocity
pad [11] to input two more notes.
fig.StepRec3.e
10. Turn [VALUE] to select "1/16 ( )" as the Note Type.
11. Press [CURSOR (right)].
The note input position will advance by one sixteenth note.
This means that you have input a sixteenth-note rest.
fig.StepRec4
12. Press velocity pad [6].
A sixteenth note will be input at E1.
13. Press [F3 (Tie)].
The length of the sixteenth note you input in step 12 will be extended by a sixteenth
note. This is the same as if you had input an eighth note.
fig.StepRec5
fig.Q2-12
14. Press [STOP] to stop recording.
This completes a one-measure bass pattern.
[11] [11]
[CURSOR (right)]
Creating an original song (pattern)
If you need to input just
one longer note among
short notes, using a tie is
faster than changing the
Note Type.
After you have finished
recording the bass pattern,
you should press [OCT -]
and [OCT +]
simultaneously to set
Octave Shift back to 0.
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