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Roland MC-303 Groovebox Owner's Manual

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Features
Safety Instructions
Contents
Use of Batteries
Memory Backup
Front Panel
Rear Panel
How the MC-303 Is Organized
The Sound Soirce
Parts and Tones
Simultaneous Note Capability
The Sequencer
Patterns
Songs
Playing Back a Pattern
Changing the Tempo
Viewing the Number of Measures in a Pattern
Muting a Pattern
Muting Individual Parts (Part Mute)
Muting Individual Rhythm Instruments (Rhythm Mute)
Muting All Parts (All Mute)
Transposing During Playback (Realtime Transpose)
Correct Playback from the Middle of a Pattern (MIDI Update)
Selecting Patterns from the Keyboard Pad (Pattern Set)
Using a Pattern Set to Select a Pattern
Registering Patterns in a Pattern Set
Storing Arpeggio Settings in a Pattern Set (Pattern Set Write)
Creating a Variation of a Pattern (Variation Pattern)
Modifying the Sound
Playing Sounds
Shifting the Keyboard in Octave Units (Octave Shift)
Selecting Sounds
Parameters that Change the Sound (Part Parameters)
Parameters Set by Operating the Knobs
Changing the Volume (Level)
Changing the Stereo Location (Pan)
Changing the Pitch Smoothly (Portamento)
Creating Cyclic Changes in the Sound (LFO)
LFO Rate
Portamento On/Off
Porta Time (Portamento Time)
Changing the Timbre (Filter)
Cutoff (Cutoff Frequency)
Resonance
LFO MOD (LFO Modulation Depth)
Changing the Time-Variant Aspects of the Sound (Envelope)
Envelope Attack (Envelope Attack Time)
Envelope Decay (Envelope Decay Time)
Parameters Set by Using a Menu
LFO Wave (LFO Waveform)
Envelope Release (Envelope Release Time)
LFO Pitch (LFO Pitch Modulation Depth)
LFO Filter (LFO Filter Modulation Depth)
LFO AMP (LFO Amplitude Modulation Depth)
Bend Range
Out Assign (Output Assign)
Using the Kbobs to Change the Sound in Realtime (Realtime Modify)
Effects
Delay/Reverb
Selecting the Type of Delay/Reverb (Delay/Reverb Type)
Adjusting the Delay/Reverb Time (Delay/Reverb Time)
Adjusting the Overall Delay/Reverb Sound (Delay/Reverb Level)
Adjusting the Delay/Reverb Sound for each Part (Delay/Reverb Part Level)
Flanger/Chorus
Selecting the Flanger/Chorus Type (Flanger/Chorus Type)
Making Detailed Settings
Adjusting the Modulation Speed (Flanger/Chorus Rate)
Adjusting the Overall Flanger/Chorus Sound (Flanger/Chorus Level)
Adjusting the Flanger/Chorus Sound for each Part (Flanger/Chorus Part Level)/Making Detailed Settings
Storing Part Settings in a Pattern (Pattern Setup Write)
Play Back Phrases from the Keyboard (RPS)
Using RPS to Play Back a Phrase
Registering Phrases in an RPS Set
Using the Arpeggiator
Creating an Arpeggio Playback Pattern
Selecting the Arpeggio Style (Arpeggio Style)
Adding Expression to the Arpeggio (Accent Rate)
Changing the Pitch Range of the Arpeggio (Octave Range)
Sequence of the Notes in the Chord (Motif)
Beat Pattern
Backbeat Timing (Shuffle Rate)
Changing the Groove of a Pattern (Play Quantize)
Selecting the Part for Play Quantize
Correcting Inaccuracies in Rhythm (Grid Quantize)
Specifying the Resolution
Adding Swing to the Rhythm (Shuffle Quantize)
Applying Grid Quantize
Adding Feel to the Rhythm (Groove Quantize)
Selecting a Template
Applying Shuffle Quantize
Applying Groove Quantize
Recording a Pattern
Recording Your Playing as You Perform (Realtime Recording)
Recording Procedure
Changing the Recording Part During Recording
Recording Arpeggios
Recording Knob Movements (Modify Data)
Smoothly Recording between Patterns
Erasing Unwanted Data During Recording (Realtime Erase)
Recording Notes One at a Time from the Keyboard (Step Recording)/Recording Procedure
Recording Notes One by One (Step Recording 10
Inputting Different Types of Notes
Inputting a Chord
Inputting a Tie
Recording Individual Rhythm Instruments (Step Recording 2)
Scale
Selecting the Rhythm Instrument to Input/Velocity
Individually Editing Notes that Were Input (Micro Edit)
Inputting Various Types of Notes
Displaying a Previously-Input Note
Modifying Parameter Values of a Previously-Input Note
Deleting a Previously-Input Note
Inserting a Note
Creating a Slide Effect
Inserting a Hold Message
Creating a Pattern
Recording Drums and Bass Using Step Recording
Recording the Other Instruments Using Realtime Recording
Editing a Pattern (Pattern Edit)
Copying a Pattern (Pattern Copy)
Copying a Portion of a Pattern (Part Copy)
Erasing Unwanted Data (Erase)
Deleting Unwanted Measures (Delete Measure)
Inserting Blank Measures (Insert Measure)
Changing Key (Transpose)
Changing the Strength of Notes (Change Velocity)
Modifying the Length of the Notes (Change Gate Time)
Sliding the Timing (Shift Clock)
Thinning out Unnecessary Data (Data Thin)
Modify a Pattern According to Play Quantize Settings (Edit Quantize)
Creating a Song
Selecting a Song
Recording a Song
Playing Back a Song
Storing Modified Settings to a Song (Song Setup Write)
Editing a Song (Song Edit)
Copying a Song (Song Copy)
Deleting Unwanted Patterns (Delete Pattern)
Inserting a Pattern (Insert Pattern)
System Settings
Tuning the MC-303 (Tuning)
Playing Back a Song Repeatedly (Song Loop)
Changing the Function of the Pedal (Pedal Assign)/Synchronization Settings (Sync Mode)
Transmitting Signals for External Synchronization (Sync Out)
Specifying How the Metronome will Sound (Metronome)/Adjusting the Metronome Volume (Metronome Volume)
Adjusting the Velocity Produced When You Press a Keyboard Pad (Pad Velocity)
Viewing the Remaining Memory Space (Available Memory)
Using MIDI
MIDI Connectors
MIDI Channels
Major Types of MIDI Message Used to Control the MC-303
Controlling the MS-1
Selecting Tones from an External MIDI Device
Synchronizing an External Sequencer to the MC-303
Synchronizing the MC-303 to an External Sequencer
Saving Data (Bulk Dump)
Recording MC-303 Data to an External Sequencer
If the Amount of Data Exceeds the Capacity of the External Sequencer
Returning Data from a MIDI Sequencer to the MC-303
Transmitting Data between Two MC-303 Units
Using the MC-303 as a Sound Module
Appendices - Contents
Troubleshooting
Error Messages
Restoring the Factory Settings (Factory Preset)
Tone List
Rhythm Set List
Preset Pattern List
Arpeggio Style List
Groove Quantize Template List
MIDI Implementation
Section 1. Receive Data
Section 2. Transmit Data
Section 3. Parameter Address Map (Model ID=00H 03H)
Bulk Dump
Drum Setup Parameters
Pattern/Song Data
Section 4. Supplementary Material
MIDI Implementation Chart
Topical Index
Specifications
Index
Repair Service - Contacts
New Features Added
Setting the RPS Playback Timing (RPS Trigger Quantize)
Re-Transmitting MIDI Messages Received at MIDI in Directly from MIDI out

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