Roland MC-808 Owner's Manual page 54

Playing patterns
Parameter Range
Motif UP(L ),
UP(L&H),
UP(_ ),
DOWN(L ),
DOWN(L&H),
DOWN(_ ),
UP&DOWN
(L ),
UP&DOWN
(L&H),
UP&DOWN
(_ ),
RANDOM(L )
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Description
Selects the method used to play
sounds when you have a greater
number of notes than pro-
grammed for the Arpeggio Style.
* When the number of keys played
is less than the number of notes
in the Style, the highest-pitched
of the pressed keys is played by
default.
UP (L): Only the lowest of the keys
pressed is sounded each time, and
the notes play in order from the
lowest of the pressed keys.
UP (L&H): Notes from both the
lowest and highest pressed keys
are sounded each time, and the
notes play in order from the
lowest of the pressed keys.
UP (_): The notes play in order
from the lowest of the pressed
keys. No one note is played ev-
ery time.
DOWN (L): Only the lowest of
the keys pressed is sounded
each time, and the notes play in
order from the highest of the
pressed keys.
DOWN (L&H): Notes from both
the lowest and highest pressed
keys are sounded each time, and
the notes play in order from the
highest of the pressed keys.
DOWN (_): The notes play in or-
der from the highest of the
pressed keys. No note is played
every time.
UP&DOWN (L): Notes will be
sounded from the lowest to the
highest key you press and then
back down to the lowest key,
with only the lowest key sound-
ed each time.
UP&DOWN (L&H): Notes from
both the lowest and highest
pressed keys are sounded each
time, and the notes play in order
from the lowest of the pressed
keys and then back again in the
reverse order.
UP&DOWN (_): The notes play
in order from the lowest of the
pressed keys, 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 arpeggio are played in ran-
dom order.
RANDOM (_): Only the lowest
of the keys pressed is sounded
each time, the notes you press
will be sounded randomly. No
note will sound each time.
Parameter Range
Duration 30–120%,
FULL
Oct Range -3–0–+3
(Arpeggio
Octave
Range)
Remote Kbd Refer to p. 120.
Sw
(Remote
Keyboard
Switch)
"Arpeggio Style list" (p. 26) in "Sound & Parameter List"
3.
Press [EXIT] to return to the previous screen.
Description
Determines whether the sounds
are played staccato (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 con-
nected 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.
This adds an effect that shifts ar-
peggios one cycle at a time in oc-
tave units (octave range). You
can set the shift range upwards
or downwards (up to three oc-
taves up or down).