Writing; Before; Step; Tap - Roland TR-505 Owner's Manual

6.
Writing
and
Playing
rhythm
Patterns
A
pattern
is
a
one
bar phrase.
We
can
write into
memory
a large
number
of
patterns (up
to 48) to
recall later
in
any
order
we
like,
either manually or
as
a completely
assembled
track stored
in
memory.
In
practice,
we
will
find
it
easier to write patterns
in
the
same
order
we
later
assemble them
into tracks, or
complete tunes.
There
are
two ways
of writing patterns,
a
- Step
Writing,
in
which
we
enter or toad
one
step
at
a time without worrying about tempo,
b -
Tap
Writing,
in
which
we
write the
rhythm
pattern
by tapping the
Main Keys
in
time
to a
Rim
shot
pro-
duced
every quarter-beat by the
composer.
a.
Before
start writing
Before writing
rhythm
patterns either
in
the Step
Writing or
Tap
Writing, take the following steps
®
to
®
With the
composer
stopped, hold the
Shift
Key ®,
and without
releasing
it,
press the
Mode
Key
®
as
many
times
until
the Display
shows STEP WRITE
or
TAP WRITE
which you
like.
The Main Keys
(1
to
1 6)
here
work
to select Pat-
tern
Numbers.
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Push any
of
the Pattern
Group Keys
(D,
E
or
F),
select a Pattern
Group.
The
Display
shows
the pattern
group you have
selected.
Rhythm
patterns
have been preprogrammed
in
the
Pattern
Groups
A,
B and
C
and they cannot be
edited or rewritten.
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E c
F
nan
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is
3
6
TRACK NUMBER
I
While
holding the Pattern Clear Key
®
down,
select the Pattern
Number where
you wish
to
write the
rhythm
pattern using the
Main
Key. This
erases the rhythm
pattern previously written.
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Pattern Clear Key
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Main Key
®
Go
to
the "Step Writing" on page 20
or
"Tap
Writ-
ing"
on page
22.
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