Roland MC-808 Owner's Manual page 55

Creating an arpeggio style
(Arpeggio Edit)
Here's how you can create an arpeggio style by entering/editing
notes one at a time.
1.
Hold down [SHIFT] and press [ARPEGGIO].
The arpeggio setup screen will appear.
2.
Press [REC].
The ARPEGGIO EDIT screen will appear.
fig.03-052
3.
Specify the step and the note message that you want to
enter.
Use [CURSOR ] to move the input location, and turn the
VALUE dial or use [INC] [DEC] to set the parameters.
Parameter Range
Grid 1/4,
1/8,
(Grid Type)
1/8L,
1/8H,
1/12,
1/16,
1/16L,
1/16H,
1/24
End Step 1–32
Note 0 (C-1)–127
(Note Number) (G9)
Velo 1–127
(Velocity )
* Alternatively, you can hold down [SHIFT] and press a keyboard pad
to enter a note at the corresponding note number.
You can also use the following buttons.
Button Description
[FWD] If "End Step" is 17 or higher, these but-
[BWD] tons switch the display.
[HOLD] Hold down [HOLD] and press a pad to
enter a tie.
Extend the length of the most recently
entered note by the length of the current
setting.
Pads will blink to indicate steps for
which you've entered a tie.
[PLAY] Audition the arpeggio style that you're
inputting.
Description
Sets the particular note divi-
sion and resolution in a "sin-
gle grid" used in creating the
arpeggio in an Arpeggio Style,
and how much of a "shuffle"
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
Specifies the style length
Specifies the pitch of the note
to be input.
Specify the velocity (volume)
of the note messages you will
input.
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.
5.
Press [STOP] to stop recording.
You're returned to the arpeggio setup screen.
Saving an arpeggio style
A arpeggio style you create will be lost when you turn off the power.
If you want to keep your settings, save them as follows.
1.
Confirm that the current Style is the one you want to save.
2.
Press [WRITE].
A screen will appear where you can select the user arpeggio
style into which you will write the settings you created.
fig.03-053
3.
Use the VALUE dial or [INC] [DEC] to select the arpeggio
style that you want to save.
Range: ARP User: 001–128
4.
Press [ENTER].
You'll be asked to confirm your choice.
5.
To write the data, press [ENTER].
* To cancel, press [EXIT].
About Arpeggio styles
An arpeggio style is a series of data for basic arpeggio patterns
and chord styles recorded in the form of a grid consisting of a
maximum of 32 steps x 16 pitches.
fig.03-054
Note 16
HIGH
Note 06
Note 05
Note 04
Note 03
Note 02
Note 01
1
2 3 4 5 6
Each grid contains one of the following kinds of data.
• On: Note On (with Velocity data)
• Tie: Tie (hold of the previous note)
• Rest: Rest (no sound played)
The keys that are pressed along with the sequence in which they
are pressed is referenced to the "lowest-pitched key during
input."
Playing patterns
STEP
7 8 9 10 11
.... 32
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