Consecutively Recording Notes One At A Time (Step Recording); Recording Procedure - Roland MC-808 Owner's Manual

Creating an original pattern
About the Timing Scale
Each time you press [SCALE MEASURE], the scale will change in
the following order, letting you select the type of note values to be
entered.
16th notes
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one beat one beat
one measure
Keyboard pads [1]–[16] will correspond to a recording input
region of one measure, and you will be able to input notes at
16th note intervals.
32nd notes
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one beat
Keyboard pads [1]–[16] will correspond to a recording input
region of two beats, and you will be able to input notes at
32nd note intervals.
8th note triplets
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one beat one beat one beat
one measure
Keyboard pads [1]–[12] will correspond to a recording input
region of one measure, and you will be able to input notes at
8th note triplet intervals.
16th note triplets
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one beat
Keyboard pads [1]–[12] will correspond to a recording input
region of two beats, and you will be able to input notes at
16th note triplet intervals.
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one beat one beat
one beat
one beat
one beat
Consecutively recording notes
one at a time (Step Recording)
This method lets you enter note messages one at a time.
* You can't use this method to record data other than note messages,
such as control changes from the motorized faders.

Recording procedure

1.
Select Step Recording (Step Rec) as described in
"Selecting a recording method" (p. 65).
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2.
Press [ENTER].
You'll be in step recording standby mode.
3.
Set the recording parameters before you begin recording.
Use [CURSOR ] to select a parameter, and turn the
VALUE dial or use [INC] [DEC] to set the value.
Parameter Range
Rec Beat 2/4–7/4,
5/8–7/8,
9/8, 12/8,
9/16, 11/16,
13/16,
15/16,
17/16,
19/16
Rec Measure 1–998
Length
Rec Velocity 1–127
4.
Select the part that you want to record (p. 65).
5.
Press [PLAY] to begin recording.
Now you can record.
6.
Specify the note message that you want to enter.
Use [CURSOR ] to move the cursor, and use the VALUE
dial or [INC] [DEC] to specify the value.
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Location of the note to enter
(measure - beat - tick)
Note Type
Description
Pattern time signature
* Can be specified only for an
empty pattern.
Pattern length
* An already-recorded pat-
tern can be made longer, but
not shorter. To shorten it,
use the pattern edit Delete
Measure (p. 72) to delete
one or more measures.
Volume (velocity) of the
notes that you input from
the keyboard pads.
Velocity
Gate Time