Roland MC-808 Owner's Manual page 6

Contents
Editing patterns (Pattern Edit) .............................................................70
Basic procedure for pattern editing ....................................................................................................... 70
Copying a portion of a pattern (COPY) ..................................................................................... 71
Erasing unwanted performance data (ERASE) ........................................................................ 71
Deleting unwanted measures (DELETE)................................................................................... 72
Inserting blank measures (INSERT) ........................................................................................... 72
Transposing the pitch (TRANSPOSE)........................................................................................ 73
Modifying the velocity of notes (VELOCITY) .......................................................................... 73
Modifying the note length (DURATION) ................................................................................. 73
Making slight shifts in the timing (SHIFT CLOCK) ................................................................ 74
Thinning out unneeded data (DATA THIN) ............................................................................ 74
Correcting the timing of a pattern (QUANTIZE)..................................................................... 75
Converting the Note Timing of a Pattern (RECLOCK) ........................................................... 76
Moving data of a specific note number to another part (EXTRACT RHY) .......................... 77
Setting the part parameters (PART PARAM) ........................................................................... 77
Initializing a pattern (INITIALIZE) ............................................................................................ 78
Editing a pattern in detail (Microscope) ............................................................................................... 79
Events you can edit using the Microscope ................................................................................ 79
Editing the recorded events......................................................................................................... 80
Inserting an event (Create Event) ............................................................................................... 81
Erasing an event (Erase Event).................................................................................................... 81
Microscope Utilities.................................................................................................................................. 82
Specifying the types of events to view (View Switch)............................................................. 82
Moving an event (Move Event)................................................................................................... 82
Copying an event (Copy)............................................................................................................. 83
Pasting an event (Paste) ............................................................................................................... 83
Saving a pattern ....................................................................................84
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