Roland Groovebox MC-307 Reference Manual page 6

Contents
Playing and Recording Songs................................................................................................................. 84
Playing Back a Song...................................................................................................................... 84
Return to the beginning of the song and play it back.............................................................. 84
Recording a Song .......................................................................................................................... 85
Editing Songs (Song Edit)........................................................................................................................ 86
Clearing All Steps (Clear All Steps)............................................................................................ 86
Deleting Unwanted Steps(Step Delete)...................................................................................... 86
Copying a Song (Song Copy) ...................................................................................................... 86
Saving the Song ............................................................................................................................. 87
Chapter 6 Making Original Patches.....................................................88
Editing Patches ......................................................................................................................................... 88
Changing the Basic Waveform of the Sound (WAVE/FXM) ................................................. 88
Changing the Pitch (PITCH and ENVELOPE) ......................................................................... 89
Changing the Brightness of Sounds (FILTER and ENVELOPE)............................................ 91
Changing the Volume Level and Localization (AMP and ENVELOPE) .............................. 95
Applying Cyclic Changes to the Sound (LFO 1/2) .................................................................. 97
Defining Parameters Affecting the Entire Patch(COMMON/SOLO, PORTA)................... 99
Setting up Controllers (CONTROL MOD, BEND and AFT) ................................................ 102
Saving a Patch.............................................................................................................................. 104
Editing Rhythm Sets .............................................................................................................................. 105
Selecting the Basic Tone of the rhythm (WAVE and KEY) ................................................... 105
Changing the Pitch (PITCH and ENVELOPE) ....................................................................... 106
Changing the Brightness of Sounds (FILTER and ENVELOPE).......................................... 107
Changing the Volume Level and Localization (AMP and ENVELOPE) ............................ 110
Changing the Rate of the Pitch Change (BEND) .................................................................... 111
Adjusting the Effects for Each Rhythm Tone (SEND LEVEL) ............................................. 112
Saving a Rhythm Set................................................................................................................... 113
Copying and Initializing Settings ........................................................................................................ 113
Copying a Patch or Rhythm Set ................................................................................................ 113
Copying a Patch Tone or a Rhythm Tone................................................................................ 113
Initializing a Patch or a Rhythm Tone ..................................................................................... 113
Chapter 7 Environment Configuration and Application with MIDI .114
Saving system settings........................................................................................................................... 114
Configuration (System) ......................................................................................................................... 114
Tuning and Sound Generator Related Settings ...................................................................... 114
Settings Concerning the Display and Controllers .................................................................. 117
Sequencer-Related Settings........................................................................................................ 119
MIDI-Related Settings ................................................................................................................ 123
Arpeggiator Settings................................................................................................................... 127
Settings for RPS Sets ................................................................................................................... 127
Setting for Play Quantize ........................................................................................................... 127
Useful Functions (Utilities) ................................................................................................................... 128
Initializing Patches, Rhythm Tones and Patterns (INITIALIZE) ......................................... 128
Initializing rhythm tones............................................................................................................ 128
Copying Patch Tones and Rhythm Tone (COPY) .................................................................. 128
Saving Data on an External Sequencer (BULK DUMP) ........................................................ 129
Recording the data of all MC-307 data on an external sequencer........................................ 130
Restoring data for all MC-307 data from a MIDI sequencer back to the MC-307.............. 130
Checking the amount of unused internal memory(MEMORY INFORMATION) ............ 130
Restoring the Factory Settings (FACTORY RESET)............................................................... 131
Writing Patches and Patterns in the Memory (WRITE).................................................................... 131
Canceling Execution of Editing and Recording (Undo/Redo)........................................................ 131
Advanced Operation Using MIDI........................................................................................................ 132
About MIDI.................................................................................................................................. 132
Using with an External MIDI Device ....................................................................................... 133
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