Roland MC-909 Owner's Manual page 72

Rhythm Edit
Pitch
These parameters specify the pitch of the waveform.
Parameter Value
Coarse Tune 0 (C-1)–127
(Rhythm Tone (G9)
Coarse Tune)
Fine Tune -50– +50
(Rhythm Tone Fine
Tune)
Random Pitch 0–1200
(Random pitch
depth)
Wave Coarse Tune -48– +48
Wave Fine Tune -50– +50
Pitch Env (Pitch Envelope)
These parameters specify the depth of the pitch envelope (the way in which pitch will change over time), and the shape of the envelope itself.
T1 T2 T3
L1
L0
Pitch
key is
pressed
L2
Parameter Value
P-Env Depth -12– +12
P-Env V-Sens -63– +63
(Pitch Envelope Ve-
locity Sensitivity)
P-Env T1 V-Sens -63– +63
(Pitch Envelope
Time 1
Velocity Sensitivity)
P-Env T4 V-Sens -63– +63
(Pitch Envelope
Time 4
Velocity Sensitivity)
P-Env Time1–4 0–127
P-Env Level0–4 -63– +63
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Description
Basic pitch at which the Rhythm tone will play
Pitch of the Rhythm tone
Adjusts the pitch in one-cent steps (1/100th of a semitone) over a range of 1/2 semitone upward or
downward.
This specifies the width of random pitch deviation that will occur each time a key is pressed. If you don't
want random pitch changes, set it to 0. The parameter can be adjusted in units of 1 cent (1/100th of a
semitone).
Pitch of the Wave
Adjusts the pitch in semitone steps over a range of +/-4 octaves.
Pitch of the Wave
Adjusts the pitch in one-cent steps (1/100th of a semitone) over a range of 1/2 semitone upward or
downward.
T4
L3
Time
key is
released
L4
Description
Pitch envelope depth
Increasing this value will produce greater change. Negative (-) values will invert the change pro-
duced by the envelope.
Amount of pitch change that will occur in response to your pad playing dynamics.
Increasing this value will produce a greater difference in pitch between softly and strongly played
notes. Negative (-) values will produce the opposite result.
Amount by which T1 (time) of the pitch envelope will change in response to the speed (velocity) at
which you press a pad.
Increasing this value will produce a greater difference between softly and strongly played notes. Set
this to a positive (+) value if you want to speed up the T1 time, or to a negative (-) value to slow it
down.
Amount by which T4 (time) of the pitch envelope will change in response to the speed at which you
release a pad (key-off velocity)
Increasing this value will produce a greater difference between quickly released and slowly released
notes. Set this to a positive (+) value if you want to speed up the T4 time, or to a negative (-) value to
slow it down.
Pitch envelope times (T1–T4)
Increasing this value will lengthen the time until the next pitch level is reached (for example, T2 is the
time over which the pitch will change from L1 to L2).
* Realtime modify knob [A] adjusts Time 1, and knob [D] adjusts Time 3.
Pitch envelope levels (L0–L4)
These parameters specify the amount by which the pitch will change from the basic pitch (specified
by Coarse Tune and Fine Tune) at each point of the envelope. Positive (+) values will raise the pitch
above the basic pitch, and negative (-) values will lower it.