Roland MV-8800 Workshop Manual page 10

Making an Audio Phrase
In the Quick Assign window shown on Page 9, click AsgnToAPhrs (for "Assign
to Audio Phrase")—the AUDIO PHRASE QUICK ASSIGN window appears.
The currently
selected pad
is outlined in
black.
Select a pad for playing the sample as an audio phrase by:
•
dialing in the desired pad—using the Assign To parameter.
•
striking the desired pad—in the current pad bank. To change pad banks,
press the PAD BANKS button, pick the bank you want, click Close, and
then hit the desired pad.
Once you've selected the pad you want, click Execute.
To play the audio phrase, press the AUDIO PHRASE button—the AUDIO
PHRASES (PAD) window appears, and you can play the phrase's pad.
Setting Up How the Audio Phrase Behaves
Any pad that
With the AUDIO PHRASES (PAD) window open, hit the
already plays
pad that plays the audio phrase, and then press the
an audio
phrase is pink. QUICK EDIT button—the audio phrase's parameters
appear in the AUDIO PHRASE EDIT window.
In the AUDIO PHRASE EDIT window, you can set how the audio phrase plays.
Here's what its parameters do:
•
We assigned
Broke Beat to the
first pad in the
first pad bank.
If the audio phrase's pad bank isn't shown, press PAD BANKS to select
the right bank.
Pad Play—sets the way the pad plays the audio phrase:
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Gate—In Gate mode, the pad plays its audio phrase for only as
long as you hold down the pad.
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Trigger—In Trigger mode, the audio phrase's pad acts as an on/off
switch. The first time you hit the pad, its audio phrase plays. (If it's
set to loop, it'll keep playing.) The second time you hit the pad, it
stops.
•
Drum—In Drum mode, striking a pad causes its audio phrase to
play all the way through, and then stop, whether the pad is set to
loop or not. If you hit the pad a second time, it starts playing again
from the top.
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