Creating A Song - Roland MV-8000 Quick Start Manual

Creating a song

Let's record a song using the sounds provided.
● Preparations
Perform the following procedure.
• Preparing your equipment and making
connections (p. 4)
• Connecting the power (p. 5)
• Turning on the power (p. 6)
• If you want to create a blank song for
recording your new composition, perform
Creating a new song (p. 18)
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Select a track
In the SEQUENCE screen, use
(up/down) to select the track on which
you will record sequence data
(performance data) as the current track. If
you want to record MIDI events, select a
MIDI track; if you want to record audio,
select an audio track.
2
Standby for sequence recording
Press . The REC indicator (red)
will blink.
3
Start recording
Press . The REC indicator (red)
and PLAY indicator (green) will light.
4
Perform
Strike the
The performance data will be recorded.
5
When you are finished
recording, press
Recording will stop.
to begin performing.
.
If you want to add more tracks
for recording, add a track as
described in Creating a track
for sequence recording (p. 20).
At this time the RECORDING
PARAMETER screen will
appear. For details on the
recording parameters, refer to
Owner's Manual p. 209, 212.
"Loop Recording" provides a
convenient way to record
drum patterns. For details,
refer to Loop recording (p. 19).
If you want to erase data that
you input, hold down [EVENT
ERASE] (while you are still in
recording mode) and hold
down the pad of the note
number you want to erase.
Events of the note number
whose pad you are holding
down will be erased from the
current track when the current
time location passes over the
event.
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