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Roland Groovebox MC-505 Owner's Manual
High-perfomance synthesizer sound generator
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Contents
Table of Contents
Troubleshooting
Bookmarks
Table of Contents
Safety Precautions
Grounding Instructions
Using the Unit Safely
Contents
Main Features
Front and Rear Panels
Important Notes
Power Supply
Maintenance
Additional Precautions
Overview of the MC-505
How the MC-505 Is Organized
About the Sound Generator
Tones and Patches
Rhythm Set
Part
Parts 1-7
About Simaltaneous Polyphony
About the Sequencer
About Memory
Patterns
Songs
Basic Operation
Temporary Area
Memory Card
Modifying a Value
Canceling the Previous Operation
Playing Patterns
Adjusting the Tempo
Viewing the Number of Measures in a Pattern
Using the Value Dial to Adjust the Tempo
Pressing a Button to Modify the Tempo
Muting Patterns
Muting a Part
Muting Individual Rhythm Tones in the Rhythm Part
Other Type of Muting
Transposing During Playback
Using the Keyboard Pads to Play Sounds
Using the Value Dial
Using the Keyboard Pads
Shifting the Keyboard Range in One-Octave Steps
Selecting Sounds
Using the Part Mixer to Modify Pattern Settings
Adjusting the Volume of each Part
Adjusting the Pan of each Part
Specifying the Output Destination for Musical Data
Adjusting the Pitch of each Part
Selecting Parameters in the Opposite Direction
Saving Patterns You've Modified
Copying and Initializing Settings
Setup Copy
Pattern Initialize
Using the Knobs to Modify the Sound During Playback
Modifying the Sound of an Entire Patch
Modifying the Sound of an Individual Tone
Turning each Tone On/Off
Modifying the Sound for an Individual Rhythm Group
Returning a Pattern to Its Original State During Playback
Selecting the Tone for Real-Time Modify
Ensuring Correct Playback from the Middle of a Pattern
Restoring Only the Patch of a Specific Part that was Modified
Restoring Patch and Part Mixer Settings of Parts that Were Modified
Selecting Patterns from the Keyboard Pads
Using a Pattern Set to Select a Pattern
Registering the Patterns to be Called
Registering a Variation of a Pattern
Saving a Pattern Set that was Modified
Creating Original Sounds
Creating an Original Patch
Sound-Editing Procedure
Sound each Tone On/Off
Changing the Basic Waveform of the Sound
Selecting the Basic Waveform
Maintaining the Relative Difference between Tones When Editing
Selecting Pages for each Section and Editing
Making more Detailed Settings
Fxm
Modifying the Pitch
Approximate Adjustments to the Pitch
Fine Adjustments to the Pitch
Coarse/Fine Tune
Making the Pitch Change over Time
Pitch Envelope Settings
Specifying the Envelope Depth
Modifying the Brightness of the Sound
Selecting the Type of Filter
Brightening the Sound
Adding a Distinctive Character to the Sound
Reso Velo
Making the Brightness Change over Time
Filter Envelope Settings
Specifying the Depth of the Envelope
Adjusting the Volume and Pan
Adjusting the Volume of each Tone
Adjusting the Pan for each Tone
Causing Pan to Change Randomly
Creating Time-Variable Change in Volume
Amplifier Envelope Settings
Applying Cyclic Changes to the Sound
Selecting the Waveform that will Modulate the Sound
Adjusting the Speed of Modulation
Adjusting the Depth of Modulation
Adjusting the Depth of Pitch Modulation
Common Settings
Changing How Tones Are Combined and Played
Smoothy Changing the Pitch
Portamento
Playing Monophonically
Adjusting the Time over Which the Pitch will Change
Specifying the Parameters that will be Modified by each Controller
Adjusting the Range of Pitch Bend
Control 1/2/3/4
Ctrl 1/2/3/4 Depth
Saving Patches You've Created
Patch Tone Copy
Patch Initialize
Creating an Original Rhythm Set
Creating the Sounds
Specifying the Basic Waveform of the Sound and How It will Sound
Changing the Pitch of the Sound
Approximate Pitch Adjustments
Fine Pitch Adjustments
Adjusting the Volume of each Rhythm Tone
Adjusting the Pan for each Rhythm Tone
If You Don't Know Which Rhythm Tone You Want to Edit
Creating Time-Varying Change in Volume
Adjusting the Effect/Specifying the Output Destination for Rhythm Tone
R.tone Rev Level
R.tone Dly Level
R.tone Efx/Out
Saving Rhythm Sets You've Created
Using the Outputs as Four Mono Outputs
Rhythm Key Copy
Rhythm Tone Initialize
Applying Effects to the Sound
Adding Reverberation to the Sound
Selecting the Type
Adjusting the Length of Reverberation
Adjusting the Tone of the Reverberation
Adjusting the Overall Reverb Volume
Adjusting the Reverb Volume for each Part
Applying Reverb to the EFX Sound
Adding an Echo to the Sound
Adjusting the Delay Interval
Adjusting the Number of Repeats
Delay On/Off
Adjusting the Overall Delay Volume
Adjusts the Delay Volume for each Part
Applying Delay to the EFX Sound
Applying Various Effects to the Sound
General Purpose Multi-Effects
Band EQ
EFX On/Off
Spectrum
Enhancer
Overdrive
Distortion
Lo-Fi
Noise Generator
Noise Type Table
Radio Tuning
Phonograph
Compressor
Limiter
Slicer
Tremolo
Phaser
Chorus
Space-D
Tetra Chorus
Flanger
Step Flanger
Short Delay
Auto Pan
Feedback Pitch Shifter
Reverb
Gated Reverb
Pressing Chords to Produce Arpeggios
Playing an Arpeggio
Creating an Arpeggio Pattern
Arpeggio Hold
Selecting the Arpeggio Style
Adding Expression to the Arpeggio
Changing the Pitch Range of the Arpeggio
Arpeggio Style
Saving Arpeggio Settings that You Have Modified
Using the Keyboard Pads to Play Back Phrases
Assigning a Phrase to a Keyboard Pad
Caution When Assigning an RPS
Checking the Pattern Number and Part that Were Registered
Making Settings for each Phrase
Using the Part Mixer to Modify Settings
Changing the Patch of each RPS Part
Saving the Phrases You Assigned
Changing the Groove of a Pattern
Selecting Parts to Use with Play Quantize
Correcting Inaccuracies in the Rhythm
Giving Swing to the Rhythm
Applying Grid Quantize
Specifying the Unit
Giving a Groove to the Rhythm
Applying Shuffle Quantize
Selecting the Template
Available Settings
Applying Groove Quantize
Combining Phrases to Create a Different Pattern
Exchanging Phrases
Selecting a Distant Pattern
Saving the Exchanged Pattern
Tips When Using Megamix to Create a Pattern
Using the Dbeam Controller to Apply Various Effects
Using the Dbeam Controller
How each Type will Function
Modulation-A
Modulation-S
Pitch Bend - A/S
Cut+Reso 1-A/S
Cut+Reso 2-A
Cut+Reso 2-S
Cut-Reso 3-A
Cut+Reso 3-S
Part Pan-A
Part Pan-S
Cross Pan
Cros Drm Pan
Key Shift-S
EFX Ctrl2/3
Start/Stop
Turntable
Arp Range
Adlib2
About the MIDI Messages Transmitted from the Dbeam Controller
Recording Patterns
Recording Your Playing as You Perform
Recording Procedure
Loop MIX/Replace Recording
About the Metronome
Changing the Recording Part While You Record
Recording an Arpeggio Performance
Recording Knob Movements
Recording Part Mixer Movements
Recording Smoothly Across Pattern Boundaries
Recording the Mute Settings
Recording Changes in Tempo
Erasing Unwanted Data While You Record
Recording Notes One at a Time
Recording Notes One by One
Step Time
Velocity
Gate Time Ratio
Various Ways to Input Notes
Inputting a Chord
Inputting a Rest
Inputting a Tie
Recording Individual Notes Tp Grid Locations
Applying a Slide Effect
If You Make a Mistake During Input
Scale
Selecting the Note to Input
Real-Time Input Using the TAP Button
Re-Input Using the Slider
Inputting Complex Rhythms
Individually Editing Musical Data
View the Musical Data that You Input
Musical Data Handled in Microscope Mode
Modifying the Value of Musical Data
About the Checksum
Deleting Musical Data
Inserting Musical Data
Moving Musical Data
Using the Keyboard Pads and Knobs to Directly Insert Musical Data
Checking the Remaining Amount of Memory
Hiding Unwanted Musical Data
Editing Patterns
Copying a Portion of a Pattern
Erasing Unwanted Data
Deleting Unwanted Measures
Inserting Blank Measures
Transposing the Pitch
Modifying the Strength of Notes
Modifying the Note Length
Shifting the Timing Slightly
Thinning out Unneeded Data
Using Play Quantize Settings to Modify a Pattern
Converting the Note Timing of a Pattern
Playing and Recording Songs
Playing Back a Song
Fast-Forward and Rewind
Cautions for Song Playback
Recording a Song
Saving a Song that You Recorded
Editing Songs
Copying a Song
Deleting Unwanted Patterns from a Song
Inserting a Pattern
Using Memory Cards
How a Memory Card Can be Used
Before Using a New Card
Memory Cards the MC-505 Can Use
Saving All Internal Settings to a Card
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