Roland TR-707 Owner's Manual page 28

7
OTHER USEFUL FUNCTIONS FOR
EDITING
a.
Copying
a single
Pattern
A
Rhythm
Pattern can
be copied from one
memory
location to another. After
copying, the Pattern
will
remain
in
its
original location as well as apearing
in
the
new
location
you have
chosen.
Operation
for
copying
(£,
Enter the Pattern Writing
mode.
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•
(£.
Assign the
new
location (Pattern
Number)
which
your
Pattern
is
copied
to,
by using Pattern
Group
Button
(A, B, C,
D)
and
Pattern
Number
Button
(Main Key
1
to
16).
%
While holding
the
Shift
Key
©
down, push
the
Copy Key (Main
Xey
11),
the Pattern
Group
Button and
Pattern
Number
Button
assigning
your source
Pattern,
then the Enter Key.
It is
not possible to
copy
the
Chained
Patterns
altogether
at a
time.
You
need
to
break the
Chain
once, then
copy
the pattern
one by
one.
Then
finally
chain the patterns again. (See
p
29
b.
Copy
(in
Track
Writing
Mode)
You
can copy any
Bar or
sequence of Bars into
a
Track.
The
arrival
of the
new
Patterns will
extend
the length of the Track accordingly.
The
difference
between
COPY
and
INSERT
is
that Insert deals
with
patterns while Copy
adds extra bars
from an
existing
Track,
either
within the
same
Track or
a
different Track.
To
follow
the
Copying procedure:
(l .Enter
the Track -Writing mode. Select the Track
you want
by pushing
a
Track
Selector
Button.
.2
Assign the
bar
number
after
which you
wish the
new
pattern to begin, by holding the
Shift
Key,
entering the bar
number
and pushing
the Enter
Key.
3-
While holding the
Shift
Key, push the Copy
(Main
Key
11),
appropriate
Mam
Keys
(1
to 10)
assigning the staling bar
number,
t'"
c "
tne Enter
Key,
and
the
ending
bar
numbe
r
.
thpn
the
Enter
Key.
Be
sure that
aii
are
aone
while the
Shift
Key
is
being hela
down.
(See the
Example on
pag* 30:
NOTE
*
Please
make
sure that the
composer
is
not run-
ning during the above Copying
operation.
*
Some
copies
are impossible. For example,
you
cannot copy
Bars
20
to
25
into Bar
22
of the
same' Track.
If
the Copy
is
impossible, or
memory
is
full
(exceeding 998
bars) the Display
will
respond
with;
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