Roland MC-909 Owner's Manual page 128

System
Parameter Range
RPS Trigger REAL,
Quantize 16TH, 8TH,
QUARTER,
MEASURE
BPM Lock OFF, ON
[F2 (Song/Pattern)]
Song Loop Mode OFF,
LOOP1,
LOOP2
Song Play Mode MODE1,
MODE2
Song Step Switch AUTO,
MANUAL
Startup Ptn LAST
Mode WRITTEN,
USER DE-
FINABLE
Startup Ptn Bank Preset, User,
Card
Startup Ptn 001–***
Number
* Depends
on the
bank.
[F3 (MIDI Tx)]
Transmit Pro- OFF, ON
gram Change
Transmit Bank OFF, ON
Select
Transmit Active OFF, ON
Sensing
Transmit Patch TYPE-
Edit Type QUICK,
TYPE-CC
Transmit Edit OFF, ON
Data
Soft Through OFF, ON
[F4 (MIDI Rx)]
Remote Key- OFF, ON
board Switch
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Explanation
When using RPS during pattern playback, patterns and phrases may not play back in precise alignment,
depending on the timing at which you press the velocity pads. On the MC-909 you can specify the playback
timing of the phrase, so it will play back in precise synchronization with the pattern.
REAL: The phrase will play back immediately, at the timing at which you pressed velocity pads.
16TH, 8TH, QUARTER: The pattern will be divided into selected note units, and when you press the ve-
locity pads, the phrase will begin playing at the beginning of the next note unit.
MEASURE: The pattern will be divided into one-measure units, and when you press the velocity pads,
the phrase will begin playing at the beginning of the next measure.
Specifies how the tempo will change when patterns are played back consecutively.
OFF: When the pattern changes, the tempo will change at the same time.
ON: The tempo of the first-played pattern will continue even when the pattern changes.
Specifies how songs will be played back.
OFF: The currently selected song will be played back only once.
LOOP1: The currently selected song will be played back repeatedly.
LOOP2: All songs will be played back repeatedly in sequence.
* When using "LOOP2" to playback a song, we recommend that a pattern which mutes all parts (i.e., a
silent pattern) be inserted at the end of the song, so that songs are joined smoothly.
Specifies whether or not the pattern setup parameters will be loaded when you move to the next step of the
song.
MODE1: The setup parameters, mute, and realtime modify settings will be loaded each time you move
to the next step.
MODE2: Setup parameters, mute, and realtime modify will be maintained during playback only if the
next step plays a pattern that is the same as the currently playing pattern.
Specifies whether playback will automatically advance to the next step of the song.
AUTO: Automatically advance to the next step.
MANUAL: Advance to the next step if in Song mode you press [F1 (Next Step)] to display the "✔" mark.
Specifies how the pattern will be selected at power-on.
LAST WRITTEN: The pattern that was most recently written prior to the last power-off will be selected.
USER DEFINABLE: The pattern specified by the following parameters will be selected.
The pattern that will be selected at power-on
Specifies whether or not program changes will be transmitted from MIDI OUT when the patch of each part
is changed. When this setting is "OFF," program changes will not be transmitted.
Specifies whether or not bank select messages will be transmitted from MIDI OUT when the patch of each
part is changed. When this setting is "OFF," bank select messages will not be transmitted.
Specifies whether or not bank select messages will be transmitted from MIDI OUT when the patch of each
part is changed. When this setting is "OFF," bank select messages will not be transmitted.
Specifies the type of MIDI message that will be used to communicate with external devices when the panel
knobs are moved.
TYPE-QUICK: Knob/slider data will be transmitted and received as control changes and as system ex-
clusive data.
TYPE-CC: Knob/slider data will be transmitted and received as control changes. The amount of data
will be smaller than for TYPE-QUICK.
Specifies whether the modified settings will be transmitted as System Exclusive data (ON), or not (OFF).
Specifies whether or not MIDI messages received at the MIDI IN will be re-transmitted without change
from the MIDI OUT.When this setting is "OFF," MIDI messages received at the MIDI IN will not be re-
transmitted.
Set this parameter "ON" when you want to use an external MIDI keyboard instead of the MC-909's velocity
pads.
* This parameter is set to "ON' with the factory settings, enabling patches in the part selected on the MC-
909 to be played back regardless of the transmission channels of the external MIDI keyboard.
* Set it to "OFF" to control the MC-909 from an external sequencer, as a multi-timbre sound generator with
sixteen parts. Patches can be played back by part, according to the channel used for sending MIDI data
from the external sequencer.