Roland TR-707 Owner's Manual page 29

c.
Chaining
patterns together
The Chaining function allows
two
or
more
Patterns
to be chained so that
they play
as
one. This
is
useful
for
any Bar
consisting
of
more
than 16
steps
(e.g..
1
=
1
step or
odd times such
as
5/4 or 7/8),
CD
Enter the Pattern
Writing
mode, and
select a
pat-
tern
group by
using the Pattern
Group
Buttons
(A.B.C.DI.
(2 Select
the Main Keys
belonging to the
first
and
last
number
of the Patterns
you wish
to chain,
and hold these
down, and without
releasing
them, push the Enter Key.
NOTE
This Chain function, naturally
is
available just for
the adjacent Patterns.
•
Even
the
whole
Pattern
group (Key
1
to 16)
can
be chained
if
desired.
• You may
need
to
change
the Scale before writing
the
Rhythm
Patterns so that
they
all
play
with
the
same time
value.
• To
play
a
Chain,
select
any
of the Patterns
which
belong to the
Chain and the whole
chain will
play.
To drop
a
Pattern
from
the Chain, hold the
rele-
vant
Main Key
down, and
push
the
Enter Key.
To
break
a
Chain hold
down
each pattern
key
in
turn
and push
the Enter Key.
Example of using
Chain Function
i
ACCENT
OPEN/CLOSED
HI
HAT
SD
1
BD
1
TTJ
,
~4
*
—
_,
Pattern
'a
*
Scale:
Bottom
Line
>r
$ *~»-
*
**
— km*
- *
»
«- »
x-v
'J(
:
CLOSED
HI
HAT
N
:
OPEN
HI
HAT
Main Key
(one)
Last
Step
:
8
Main
Key
(one) m
"J\'
Last Step
:
12
Use up
to 8 steps
•
:
glowing
steadily
c
:
flashing
Use up
to
12
steps
To
enter
the rhythm
pattern
shown
above,
you need
to
divide
it
into
two
patterns;
'a
'
and
'
b
',
then
enter
them
with
two
different Scale
settings. If,
however,
these
two
patterns are written
in
different
pattern numbers, they
will
be written
as
two
bars
iater in
Track
writing.
To
solve
this
problem,
enter the patterns
'a
'
and
'
b'
in
the
two
adjacent pattern numbers, then chain
them
together.
Now,
these patterns
will
be written into a Track together
and counted
as
one
bar.
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