Panel Descriptions - Roland System-8 Reference Manual

Panel Descriptions

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1 Common section
Here you can make the following settings for the SYSTEM-8.
Controller Value
[VOLUME] knob ---
[INPUT] knob
---
PEAK indicator ---
[VOCODER] button ON (lit), OFF (unlit)
[ARPEGGIO] button ON (lit), OFF (unlit)
1 OCT UP
1 OCT U+D
1 OCT DOWN
[ARP TYPE] knob
2 OCT DOWN
2 OCT U+D
2 OCT UP
1/4
1/8
[ARP STEP]
knob 1/16
1/4T
1/8T
1/16T
[KEY HOLD] button
ON (lit), OFF (unlit)
[CHORD MEMORY]
ON (lit), OFF (unlit)
button
[VELOCITY OFF]
ON (lit), OFF (unlit)
button
[TRANSPOSE] button ON (lit), OFF (unlit)
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Explanation
Adjusts the volume.
Adjusts the volume level of the INPUT R and L/MONO jacks.
Indicates the analog input level of the rear panel INPUT R, L/MONO jacks.
The PEAK indicator lights if the input level is excessive.
Adjust the volume of your connected equipment so that this indicator lights
occasionally.
If the PEAK indicator stays lit even after you adjust the connected device, adjust the
*
system setting INPUT: Gain (p. 24).
Switches the vocoder on/off.
Turns the arpeggio function on/off.
Selects the arpeggio type.
The keys you press are sounded consecutively upward starting from the lowest.
The keys you press are sounded consecutively upward starting from the lowest, and
then back down again.
The keys you press are sounded consecutively downward starting from the highest.
The keys you press, together with the keys one octave above those keys, are sounded
consecutively downward starting from the highest.
The keys you press, together with the keys one octave above those keys, are sounded
consecutively upward starting from the lowest, and then back down again.
The keys you press, together with the keys one octave above those keys, are sounded
consecutively starting with the lowest.
Selects the note value for each step of the arpeggio.
Quarter note
Eighth note
Sixteenth note
Quarter-note triplet
Eighth note triplet
Sixteenth note triplet
Turns the key hold function on/off.
Turns the chord memory function on/off.
Notes sound at the same volume even if your playing dynamics vary.
The velocity value when
(SYSTEM: KEY TOUCH: Fixed Velo) (p. 21).
Turns the transpose function on/off.
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"VELOCITY OFF"
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is on is specified by the system setting