Creating Original Arrangements - Roland BR-900CD Owner's Manual

Creating Original Arrangements

You can create arrangements (Song arrangements) of up to
999 measures.
1. Make sure performance of the song is stopped, then
press [ARRANGE/PATTERN/OFF] repeatedly until the
indicator is lit.
fig.03-301d
2. Press CURSOR [
] [
select the Arrangement number.
3. Press [EDIT].
The Arrangement Edit screen appears.
fig.03-302d
4. Press [CURSOR] to move the cursor to "STEP," and
press [ENTER].
The Recording Standby screen appears.
* You cannot switch from the Recording Standby screen for
arrangements to other screens (except for the drum kit
selection screen).
fig.03-303d
Step
Starting Measure
Tempo
Information about the performance is displayed in the
matrix display at the bottom of the screen.
5. Press [CURSOR] to move the cursor to "Step," then turn
the TIME/VALUE dial to select the step to be edited.
* You can press [REW] to move to the immediately preceding
step, or press [FF] to move to the next step.
6. Press [CURSOR] to move the cursor to the parameter
you want to change, then turn the TIME/VALUE dial to
change the setting's value.
* You can press [PLAY] here to play the sound of the pattern in
the currently selected step.
] and the TIME/VALUE dial to
Pattern Number
Time Signature
Pattern Name
Starting Measure
Set the measure where the pattern that is selected by the
current step will start playing.
fig.03-303a
Step 1
Intro Verse
(1 measure) (1 measure)
Strating
Measure 001 002
Set the starting measure to "3" in step 2
Step 1
Intro
(2 measures)
Strating
Measure 001 002
* The starting measure for step 1 is always set to "001." This
cannot be changed.
* You cannot set a starting measure that is equal to, or earlier
than the starting measure that is set for the previous step.
* You cannot set a starting measure that is beyond the starting
measure of the next step.
Pattern Number
Select the pattern. Set the patterns for each step as shown
in the figure below.
fig.03-304
Step 1
Intro
(2 measures)
Tempo: 120.0
Starting
Measure 001
* When an arrangement is played from within the Play screen,
the arrangement plays all the way to the end, and then the
performance of the pattern set in the last step is repeated.
Thus, by setting the preset pattern "P327 BREAK" for the last
step, you can have a rest be played repeatedly, which makes it
seem as if the performance of the arrangement has stopped.
fig.03-304a
Step 1 Step 2
Intro Verse
Time Signature
Set the time signature of the pattern that is selected by
the current step.
Tempo
Set the tempo of the pattern that is selected by the
current step.
Valid Settings: 25.0–250.0
7. When you have finished creating the arrangement,
press [EXIT] repeatedly.
The Play screen is displayed again, and the arrangement
is saved.
* During updating, "Keep power on!" appears in the upper line
of the display, while the lower line shows what is being
processed.
Step 2
003
Step 2
Verse
(1 measure)
003
Step 2 Step 3
Verse
Fill
(1 measure)
(1 measure)
Tempo: 110.0
Tempo: 110.0
003 004
Step ** Step **
P327
Ending
BREAK
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