Roland MC-909 Owner's Manual page 31

Parameter Explanation
Arpeggio Selects the method used to play sounds when you
Motif have a greater number of notes than programmed for
the Arpeggio Style.
UP(L ): Only the lowest of the pads pressed is
sounded each time, and the notes play in order
from the lowest of the pressed pads.
UP(L&H): Notes from both the lowest and highest
pressed pads are sounded each time, and the notes
play in order from the lowest of the pressed pads.
UP(_ ): The notes play in order from the lowest of
the pressed pads. No one note is played every time.
DOWN(L ): Only the lowest of the pads pressed is
sounded each time, and the notes play in order
from the highest of the pressed pads.
DOWN(L&H): Notes from both the lowest and
highest pressed pads are sounded each time, and
the notes play in order from the highest of the
pressed pads.
DOWN(_ ): The notes play in order from the high-
est of the pressed pads. No note is played every
time.
UP&DOWN(L ): Only the lowest of the pads
pressed is sounded each time, and the notes in the
arpeggio are played in order from the lowest of the
pressed pads and then back again in the reverse or-
der.
UP&DOWN(L&H): Notes from both the lowest and
highest pressed pads are sounded each time, and
the notes play in order from the lowest of the
pressed pads and then back again in the reverse or-
der.
UP&DOWN(_ ): The notes play in order from the
lowest of the pressed pads, and then back again in
the reverse order. No note is played every time.
RANDOM(L ): While only the lowest of the pads
pressed is sounded each time, the notes in the ar-
peggio are played in random order.
Arpeggio Determines whether the sounds are played staccato
Duration (short and clipped), or tenuto (fully drawn out).
30–120%: For example, when set to "30," the
length of the note in a grid (or when a series of
grids is connected with ties, the final grid) is 30% of
the full length of the note set in the grid type.
FULL: Even if the linked grid is not connected with
a tie, the same note continues to sound until the
point at which the next new sound is specified.
Arpeggio Adds an effect that shifts arpeggios one cycle at a
Octave time in octave units. You can set the shift range up-
Range wards or downwards (up to three octaves up or
down).
Remote Refer to p. 128.
Keyboard
Switch
Creating an arpeggio style
1. Hold down [ARPEGGIO] and press [F6 (Arp Setting)].
Alternatively, hold down [SHIFT] and press [F1 (Arp)].
The arpeggiator setting screen will appear.
2. Press [F4 (Arp Edit)].
The arpeggio style input screen will appear.
3. Use the function buttons and [VALUE] or [INC/DEC]
to specify the note that you want to input.
You can also use [CURSOR (up/down)] to select the note
number.
4. To input data, press a pad that corresponds to the
timing at which you want to input a note, so the pad's
indicator lights.
To delete a note you've input, press the
corresponding pad so its indicator goes out.
* You cannot edit the velocity of a note message once you input it. If you
want to change the velocity, you must delete the note and re-input it.
* A maximum of sixteen notes (specified pitches) can be used in one style.
[F1 (Tie)] By holding down [F1 (Tie)] and pressing a pad,
you can extend the length of the previously in-
put note by the current setting.
[F2 (Grid)] Sets the particular note division and resolution
in a "single grid" used in creating the arpeggio
in an Arpeggio Style, and how much of a "shuf-
fle" syncopation is to be to applied (none/
weak/strong) to it.
1/4: Quarter note
1/8: Eighth note
1/8L: Eighth note shuffle Light
1/8H: Eighth note shuffle Heavy
1/12: Eighth note triplet
1/16: Sixteenth note
1/16L: Sixteenth note shuffle Light
1/16H: Sixteenth note shuffle Heavy
1/24: Sixteenth note triplet
[F3 (End Step)] Specifies the style length
Range: 1–32
[F4 (Note Num- Specifies the pitch of the note to be input.
ber)] Range: 0 (C-1)–127 (G9)
[F5 (Velocity)] Specify the velocity (volume) of the note mes-
sages you will input.
Range: REAL, 1–127
* If this is set to REAL, your playing strength
on the pads will vary the dynamics.
[F6 (Preview)] Audition arpeggio currently being input. (The
operation is the same when [SHIFT] is held.)
[SHIFT] + Zoom-in the arpeggio style input screen.
[F1 (V-Zoom In)]
[SHIFT] + Zoom-out the arpeggio style input screen.
[F2 (V-Zoom Out)]
[SHIFT] + Input a tie at the cursor location, and advance to
[F3 (Tie)] the next step.
[SHIFT] + Delete all data at the step where the cursor is lo-
[F4 (Rest (Clear))] cated.
[SHIFT] + If you press this to add a check mark, you will
[F5 (Step Rec)] be able to input data for individual notes (p. 32).
5. When you finish inputting the arpeggio style, press
[EXIT].
Playing a pattern
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