Editing Songs (Song Edit); Clearing All Steps (Clear All Steps); Deleting Unwanted Steps(Step Delete); Copying A Song (Song Copy) - Roland Groovebox MC-307 Reference Manual

Chapter 5 Creating Your Own Patterns and

Editing Songs (Song Edit)

Clearing All Steps
(Clear All Steps)
Empties all steps entered. This function is useful when you
wish to create a song from the beginning.
Procedure
Select the song whose steps are to be erased.
1. Press the [SONG] button.
2. Select the song using the [VALUE] dial or the [INC/
DEC] buttons.
Invoke the screen for executing Edit.
3. Press the [F3 (EDIT)] button.
The screen for editing songs appears.
Execute Clear All Steps.
4. Press the [F1 (CLR)] button.
An "ARE YOU SURE?" message appears.
5. To execute Clear All Steps, press the [F4 (EXEC)] button.
To cancel Clear All Steps, press the [F3 (EXIT)] button.
The display returns to the previous screen.
Deleting Unwanted Steps
(Step Delete)
Deletes unwanted steps from a song and moves all
subsequent steps forward to fill the gap.
Procedure
Select the song whose steps are to be erased.
1. Press the [SONG] button.
2. Select the song using the [VALUE] dial or the [INC/
DEC] buttons.
Invoke the screen for executing Edit.
3. Press the [F3 (EDIT)] button.
The screen for editing songs appears.
Execute Delete.
4. Pressing the [CURSOR (left/right)] buttons, [INC/DEC]
button or using [VALUE] dial, move the cursor to the
step you want to delete.
5. Press the [F2 (DEL)] button.
Step Delete is executed.
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Copying a Song (Song Copy)

You can copy song data to another song. This function is
useful for playing two or more songs in sequence or for
combining two or more songs.
Procedure
1. Press the [SONG] button.
2. Select the song copy source using the [VALUE] dial or
the [INC/DEC] buttons.
Invoke the screen for executing Copy.
3. Press the [F3 (EDIT)] button.
The screen for selecting Song Edit appears.
4. Press the [F4 (COPY)] button.
The screen for editing Copy appears.
Select the number of the copy destination song and the
position at which copying is to start.
5. Move the cursor to "SONG" by pressing the [CURSOR]
buttons, and then select the copy destination using the
[VALUE] dial or the [INC/DEC] buttons.
6. Move the cursor to "STEP" by pressing the [CURSOR]
buttons, and then specify the step number at the
beginning of the song to be copied using the [VALUE]
dial or the [INC/DEC] buttons.
Now, execute Song Copy.
7. Press the [F4 (OK)] button.
Song Copy is executed.
Range:
DEST SONG: U01 – U50
STEP: 1 – 50 (Maximum)
* If the copy destination contains data, Song Copy is executed,
overwriting it.
* You cannot specify a number of steps that would cause the
copied song to have more than 50 patterns.