Roland System-8 Reference Manual page 8

Panel Descriptions
10 PITCH BEND/MODULATION
This allows you to control pitch bend or apply vibrato.
Controller Value
[PITCH]
BEND SENS
0–255
slider
[FILTER]
BEND SENS
0–255
slider
[PITCH]
MOD SENS
0–255
slider
[FILTER]
MOD SENS
0–255
slider
Pitch bend/
---
Modulation lever
11 Step sequencer
Here you can record your keyboard performance and knob operations, and play them back repeatedly.
Controller Value
[EDIT/DISP] button
---
[REST]
button ---
[TIE] button ---
[STEP REC] button
---
[REAL TIME REC]
---
button
[START] button ---
1/8
1/16
1/32
[SCALE] knob
1/4T
1/8T
1/16T
[PLAY MODE] knob
RND
KEY TRIG
[GATE] knob -128–0–+127
[SHUFFLE]
knob -128–0–+127
1– (the value specified for
[FIRST STEP]
button
STEP LENGTH)
1– (the value specified for
[LAST STEP]
button
STEP LENGTH)
& For details on the step sequencer, refer to
12 [A]–[H], [1]–[8] buttons
Use these buttons to recall sounds.
A–H (bank), 1–8 (number)
These buttons also indicate steps of the step sequencer.
1–16 (step)
8
Explanation
Specifies the amount of the pitch change produced by pitch bend operations.
Specifies the amount of the filter change produced by pitch bend operations.
Specifies the amount of the pitch change produced by modulation operations.
Specifies the amount of the filter change produced by modulation operations.
While playing the keyboard, move the lever toward the left to lower the pitch, or
toward the right to raise the pitch.
Move the lever away from yourself to apply vibrato.
Explanation
Shows the STEP SEQ screen.
Enters a rest during STEP REC.
If you hold down the
ERASE screen appears.
Enters a tie during STEP REC.
If you hold down the
LENGTH screen appears.
Starts step recording.
Starts realtime recording.
Plays the step sequencer.
Eighth note
Sixteenth note
Thirty-second note
Quarter-note triplet
Eighth-note triplet
Sixteenth-note triplet
Play forward from the first step.
(FWD)
Play backward from the last step.
(REV)
Play forward from the first step, and then play backward from the last step.
(FWD&REV)
Play with even-numbered and odd-numbered steps inverted.
(INVERT)
Play steps randomly.
(RND)
Play normally while the keyboard is held.
(TRIG)
You can adjust the duration of the note recorded at each step.
You can adjust the timing of the notes for even-numbered steps (Step 2, Step 4, Step
6...).
If the knob is in the center position, the timing is not adjusted.
Plays with the specified step as the first step.
Plays with the specified step as the last step.
"Step Sequencer"
[EDIT/DISP] button and press the
[EDIT/DISP] button and press the
(Owner's Manual p 14 ).
[REST] button, the SEQ
[TIE] button, the STEP