Recording A Song - Roland Groovebox MC-307 Reference Manual

Recording a Song

Enter patterns one by one and specify the order in which
they are to be played back. The patterns are numbered in the
order in which they are entered and are called steps.
Procedure
1. Press the [SONG] button.
2. Use the [VALUE] dial or the [INC/DEC] buttons to select
the song number you want to record.
3. Press the [REC] button.
The [REC] indicator lights up, indicating that the MC-
307 is ready for recording.
4. Using the [VALUE] dial or the [INC/DEC] buttons,
select the pattern to be played at this step.
5. Press the [ENTER] button.
Next step number appears.
6. Using the [VALUE] dial or the [INC/DEC] buttons,
select the pattern to be played at this step.
7. Press the [ENTER] button.
8. Enter the patterns from step 3 onward.
When you have finalized the last step, press the [STOP]
button to complete recording.
Editing a step
After recording several steps, you can press the [
[ ] buttons in the SONG REC screen to move through
the steps.
Auditioning a pattern
After selecting a pattern during recording, you can press
[PLAY] button to audition that pattern. As in Pattern
mode, you can select different patterns while you
audition them. To stop the auditioning, press [STOP]
button.
Assigning a pattern with modified Setup
parameters
While auditioning a pattern, you can modify the mute,
part mixer and effect settings, etc. for that part and press
[ENTER] or [F4 (OK)] button to assign the part with those
Chapter 5 Creating Your Own Patterns and
settings. This will not affect the original pattern in any
way, since the setup parameters for each pattern are
stored as part of the song data.
Using this function, you can modify the mute settings or
M-FX type of one single pattern and create a song just by
developing the same pattern in different ways.
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