Using The Metronome; Changing Metronome Tempos; Changing The Metronome Pattern; Playing Songs - Roland RD-08 Owner's Manual

Using the convenient functions in performances

Using the metronome

The RD-08 features a variety of built-in metronome patterns.
1.
Press the [SELECT] button, getting the indicator to
light.
The SONG/METRONOME screen appears.
2.
If the SONG screen appears, press the [SELECT]
button once again to switch to the METRONOME
screen.
Each time you press the [SELECT] button, you'll alternate between
the SONG screen and the METRONOME screen.
3.
Press the [ò] button so it's lit.
The metronome will begin sounding.
When you press the [ò] button once again to turn off its light,
the metronome will stop.
MEMO
If you press the [SELECT] button to switch to the SONG screen while a
metronome is playing, the metronome will stop.
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Changing metronome tempos

1.
In the METRONOME screen, press the cursor button
to move the cursor to the tempo indication in the
top line of the screen.
2.
Use the [DEC] [INC] buttons to change the tempo.
The metronome are played at the selected tempo.

Changing the metronome pattern

You can select the way a metronome is played (the pattern) to match a
variety of different musical genres.
1.
In the METRONOME screen, use the cursor buttons
to move the cursor to the rhythm number shown in
the screen.
2.
Use the [DEC] [INC] buttons to change the patterns.
The metronome's pattern will change.
3.
To stop the metronome, press the [ò] button so
its indicator is off.

Playing songs

You can copy an audio file (MP3 or WAV) from your computer to a USB
flash drive, and perform on the RD-08 while that audio file plays back.
1.
Format your USB flash drive on the RD-08.
"Formatting a USB flash drive (FORMAT USB MEMORY)" (p. 24)
MEMO
¹ Use a commercially available USB flash drive. However, we cannot
guarantee operation with all commercially available flash drives.
¹ We recommend that you use single-byte alphanumeric characters
for the file name. If you use double-byte characters, the file name
will not be shown correctly in the display.
2.
Copy the audio file into the "SONG LIST" folder.
Audio files that can be played
MP3
Format
MPEG-1 audio layer 3
Sampling Frequency
48 kHz
32/40/48/56/64/80/96/112/128/160/192/
Bit rate
224/256/320 kbps, VBR (Variable Bit Rate)