Saving A Patch - Roland Groovebox MC-307 Reference Manual

Chapter 6 Making Original Patches

Saving a Patch

All parameters explained in connection with patch editing
can be saved.
* If you turn off the power without saving the patch, the edited
patch will be lost. Do not select another patch before saving the
edited patch. The edited patch will be lost when you select
another patch.
Procedure
1. Select a patch and edit it. (P. 88 - P. 103)
2. Press the [SYSTEM] button.
3. Press the [F3 (WR)] button.
4. Press the [F1 (PACH)] button.
The PATCH WRITE screen will appear.
The save source patch will be displayed in the upper line of
the screen, and the save destination patch in the lower line.
5. Use the [VALUE] dial or the [INC/DEC] buttons to select
the copy destination patch.
* In this screen, you can press [F3 (CMPA)] to access a screen
where you can audition the patch that currently occupies the
save destination. When you press the keyboard pad, the save
destination patch will sound. (Press [F3 (EXIT)] to return to
the previous screen.)
6. Press the [F4 (WR)] button.
A screen will appear in which you can assign a name to
the patch.
7. Use the [INC/DEC] buttons or the [VALUE] dial to
specify characters.
The following characters can be selected.
space, A–Z, a–z, 0–9,! " # $ % & ' ( ) * +, - . / : ; < = > ? @
[ \ ] ^ _ ` { | }
8. When you have finished specifying the characters, press
the [F4 (OK)] button.
The display will ask "ARE YOU SURE?" (do you really
want to write the patch?).
9. Press the [F4 (EXEC)] button.
The data will be saved.
* If you wish to copy a patch, use the above procedure to write
the patch to another, unedited patch.
* In step 7, you can use the [CURSOR(up/down)] buttons to
switch the selected character between uppercase and lowercase.
* In step 7, the F1–F3 buttons perform the following convenient
functions to help you edit the name.
[F1 (INS)]: Add a character at the cursor location.
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[F2 (DEL)]: Delete the character at the cursor location.
How "ENV TIME 1–4 and LEVEL 1–3" of
this chapter are related to the "A, D, S, R"
of chapter 3
The explanation in chapter 3 of using the assignable
knobs to control the envelope uses the four parameters
ATTACK TIME (A), DECAY TIME (D), SUSTAIN
LEVEL (S), and RELEASE TIME (R).
Level
+
Attack Decay
0
Key On
In "Patch Edit" in this chapter, the envelopes can be
edited in greater detail, as shown below. The A, D, S,
R envelope is related to the Patch Edit parameters as
follows.
Level
+
Time1(A) Time2
0
Level1 Level2
Key on
Release
Time
Sustain
Key Release
Time3(D) Time4(R)
Time
Level3(S)
Key off