Making Loop Settings (Loop); Setting The Tempo - Roland FANTOM Series Reference Manual

Playing the Sequencer
Making Loop Settings
For each pattern, you can make detailed settings to specify
whether and how it loops .
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The loop parameter settings of each pattern are saved in the scene .
1.
In the PATTERN screen, select the pattern box
whose settings you want to edit.
The selected pattern box has a red border . To select a pattern,
you can use the cursor [H] [I] [K] [J] buttons, or directly long-
touch the pattern box to put it in play-standby mode .
The selected pattern box
2.
Select [E1] LOOP SETTING.
The LOOP SETTING screen appears .
Pattern data area
Loop region
5 In the pattern data area, the region filled in solid blue is the loop region .
5 In the pattern data area, the presence or absence of note data is shown
as a simple piano-roll display .
3.
Edit the loop parameters.
Parameter Value
[E1] LOOP
OFF, ON
SW
Start [E3] 01-01-000–32-
knob
01-000
Length [E4]
1–32
knob
4.
When you have finished editing, press the
[EXIT] button to return to the PATTERN screen.
82
(LOOP)
Measure number
Explanation
Turns looping on/off . A pattern for which this is
"OFF" will play once during playback, and then
automatically stop (one-shot playback) .
Specifies the play start point . You can set this
value in units of a beat . The loop region starts
at the point specified by Start and extends for
the length specified by Length .
Specifies the length of the loop . You can
specify a value that is longer than the length of
the original pattern . The added portion will be
blank playback .

Setting the Tempo

You can set the tempo of the sequencer .
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5 The tempo that you specify here is in common with the arpeggio tempo
(p. 30) and the rhythm pattern tempo (p. 35).
5 The modified tempo also applies to the group and song playback.
5 The tempo setting is saved in the scene.
1.
Press the [TEMPO] button.
The TEMPO screen appears .
Menu Explanation
[E5] CLICK If this is on, a click tone is sounded at the tempo .
[E6] CLOSE Closes the screen .
2.
Use the [VALUE] dial or the [INC] [DEC] buttons
to set the tempo.
By holding down the [SHIFT] button while doing this, you can
edit the two digits below the decimal point .
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5 You can set the tempo by pressing the [TEMPO] button at the desired
interval ("tap tempo"). Press the button at least three times, at quarter-
note intervals of the desired tempo.