Roland TR-505 Owner's Manual page 22

c.
Tap
Writing
After taking
the procedure
of "Before start writing"
on
page
1 9,
go
to
the
following
Tap
Writing operation.
This
is
writing a
rhythm
pattern
by tapping the
Main
Keys
to the
metronome.
CD
Push
the Start/Stop Key
®.
If
you
make
an
error while the rhythm
is
running,
hold
down
the Clear Key
®,
and without
releasing
it,
push
the
Main Key
of that voice
until
that voice
has disappeared.
•
The
Tempo
Indicator flashes
in
the
tempo
you
have
set.
If
the
metronome
sound
is
not
heard
here,
push
the Instrument Selector Key
®,
and the metro-
nome
{crochet rim shot)
will
be heard with the
accent
at
the
head
of
the
bar.
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INST/METTIO
n
)Tap
the
Main Keys
to
the rim shot to
make
a
rhythm
pattern
you
like.
In
the
same way
as above, write
accents by
tapp-
ing
the
Accent Key ®.
If
you wish
to tap the
Main Keys without
writing
into
memory,
turn the
composer
to the
Manual
Play
mode.
The
shortest note here
is
a
1
6th note,
and
if
you
tap too slowly
or quickly,
it
will
be automatically
written
in
the exact
tempo
of
the
1
6th note.
To
stop the metronome, push the Instrument
Selector
Key ®.
If
you wish
to
see
a certain voice of the
rhythm you
have
written
in
the Display, press the
Main Key
of
that voice while holding the Instrument Selector
Key
®
down.
)When
you have
finished writing,
push the
Start/
Stop Key ®, and
the
composer
stops
writing
and
playing.
Even
while
rhythm
is
running,
you can change
from Step
Writing
mode
to
Tap
Writing
mode
or
from
the
Tap
Writing to the Step Writing,
simply by
pushing the
Mode
Key. So,
if
you have
made
an
error
in
Tap
Writing
mode, you can immediately
turn
the
composer
to
the Step Writing
mode
and
correct the error
wihout
affecting
any other
part of
the pattern data.
To
the contrary,
you can add
a
more
complecated rhythm
in
the
Tap
Writing
mode
to the
rhythm
pattern written
in
the Step
Writing
mode.
If
you wish
to write
more rhythm
patterns, take
the steps
®
and
®
in
"Before
start
writing"
on
page
1
9,
then repeat the
Tap
Writing operation.
To
play the
rhythm
pattern
you have
written,
go
to
"Pattern Playing
Mode" on page
23.
[
NOTE
]
If
the
drum
voices listed
on the
same
line
on
page
9,
—
Summary
of
Drum
Voices are written
into the
same
step,
the one previously written
will
be erased. For instance, writing
closed
hihat
over the
open
hihat
will
autonnatically
erases the
open
hihat,
the closed
hihat taking
over the
place.
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