Table Of Contents - Roland Groovebox MC-307 Reference Manual

Contents
IMPORTANT NOTES ...............................................................................8
Features of the MC-307 ..........................................................................9
Front and Rear Panels..........................................................................10
Top Panel ................................................................................................................................................... 10
Rear Panel .................................................................................................................................................. 12
Chapter 1 Introducing the MC-307 ......................................................13
Basic structure of the MC-307................................................................................................................. 13
The sequencer section................................................................................................................... 13
The sound generator section ....................................................................................................... 13
The controller section ................................................................................................................... 14
Saving Settings.......................................................................................................................................... 14
Basic Operations Common to General MC-307 Functions................................................................. 14
Changing Values ........................................................................................................................... 14
About the upper part of the display screen .............................................................................. 14
Canceling the Previous Operation (Undo/Redo) .................................................................... 15
Confirming Performance of Rhythm Part (Rhythm Part View)............................................. 15
Metronome Settings...................................................................................................................... 16
Restoring the Factory Settings (FACTORY RESET) ............................................................................ 16
Chapter 2 Basic of Pattern Playback ..................................................17
Basic Functions of Patterns ..................................................................................................................... 17
Playing Back Patterns ................................................................................................................... 17
Changing BPM (Tempo) .............................................................................................................. 18
Muting Parts and Rhythm Tones................................................................................................ 19
Transposing During Playback..................................................................................................... 20
Selecting sounds ....................................................................................................................................... 21
Selecting Patch/Rhythm Set........................................................................................................ 21
Selecting a Patch by Category ..................................................................................................... 21
Changing the settings of each part......................................................................................................... 22
Saving a Pattern ........................................................................................................................................ 23
Chapter 3 Giving Variation to Pattern Playback ................................24
Playing Back with Keyboard Pads......................................................................................................... 24
Shifting the Keyboard Range in One-Octave Steps (Octave Shift) ........................................ 24
Using with Turntable(Turntable Emulation) ....................................................................................... 25
What is the Turntable Emulation? .............................................................................................. 25
Synchronizing the Turntable and the BPM ............................................................................... 25
Use the slider control to synchronize the MC-307's BPM setting with the turntable. ........ 25
Changing the Tone with the Knobs during Playback (REALTIME MODIFY) ............................... 26
Selecting a Part Subject to Modification .................................................................................... 26
Changing Brightness of the Tone (CUTOFF) ............................................................................ 26
Adding Character to the Sound (RESONANCE) ..................................................................... 27
Applying Cyclic Changes to the Sound (LFO 1) ...................................................................... 27
Changing Other Parameters (Assignable Knobs) .................................................................... 28
Playing Back in Arpeggio (Arpeggiator) .............................................................................................. 31
What is an Arpeggiator? .............................................................................................................. 31
Using the Arpeggiator.................................................................................................................. 31
Selecting the Arpeggio Style........................................................................................................ 31
Making More Detailed Settings .................................................................................................. 32
Saving Arpeggio Settings (Arpeggio Write) ............................................................................. 34
Modifying the Groove of a Pattern (Play Quantize) ........................................................................... 34
Correcting Inaccuracies in Rhythm (Grid Quantize) ............................................................... 34
Adding Swing to the Rhythm (Shuffle Quantize).................................................................... 35
Giving a Groove to the Rhythm (Groove Quantize)................................................................ 35
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