Roland MC-303 Groovebox Manuals

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Roland MC-303 Groovebox Owner's Manual (131 pages)

Brand: Roland | Category: Synthesizer | Size: 7 MB

Features
1
Safety Instructions
2
Contents
4
Use of Batteries
7
Memory Backup
7
Front Panel
8
Rear Panel
11
How the MC-303 Is Organized
12
The Sound Soirce
12
Parts and Tones
12
Simultaneous Note Capability
12
The Sequencer
13
Patterns
13
Songs
13
Playing Back a Pattern
14
Changing the Tempo
15
Viewing the Number of Measures in a Pattern
15
Muting a Pattern
16
Muting Individual Parts (Part Mute)
16
Muting Individual Rhythm Instruments (Rhythm Mute)
16
Muting All Parts (All Mute)
16
Transposing During Playback (Realtime Transpose)
17
Correct Playback from the Middle of a Pattern (MIDI Update)
17
Selecting Patterns from the Keyboard Pad (Pattern Set)
17
Using a Pattern Set to Select a Pattern
17
Registering Patterns in a Pattern Set
18
Storing Arpeggio Settings in a Pattern Set (Pattern Set Write)
18
Creating a Variation of a Pattern (Variation Pattern)
19
Modifying the Sound
20
Playing Sounds
20
Shifting the Keyboard in Octave Units (Octave Shift)
20
Selecting Sounds
21
Parameters that Change the Sound (Part Parameters)
21
Parameters Set by Operating the Knobs
22
Changing the Volume (Level)
22
Changing the Stereo Location (Pan)
22
Changing the Pitch Smoothly (Portamento)
22
Creating Cyclic Changes in the Sound (LFO)
23
LFO Rate
23
Portamento On/Off
23
Porta Time (Portamento Time)
23
Changing the Timbre (Filter)
24
Cutoff (Cutoff Frequency)
24
Resonance
24
LFO MOD (LFO Modulation Depth)
24
Changing the Time-Variant Aspects of the Sound (Envelope)
25
Envelope Attack (Envelope Attack Time)
25
Envelope Decay (Envelope Decay Time)
25
Parameters Set by Using a Menu
26
LFO Wave (LFO Waveform)
26
Envelope Release (Envelope Release Time)
26
LFO Pitch (LFO Pitch Modulation Depth)
27
LFO Filter (LFO Filter Modulation Depth)
27
LFO AMP (LFO Amplitude Modulation Depth)
27
Bend Range
28
Out Assign (Output Assign)
28
Using the Kbobs to Change the Sound in Realtime (Realtime Modify)
29
Effects
30
Delay/Reverb
30
Selecting the Type of Delay/Reverb (Delay/Reverb Type)
30
Adjusting the Delay/Reverb Time (Delay/Reverb Time)
30
Adjusting the Overall Delay/Reverb Sound (Delay/Reverb Level)
31
Adjusting the Delay/Reverb Sound for each Part (Delay/Reverb Part Level)
31
Flanger/Chorus
32
Selecting the Flanger/Chorus Type (Flanger/Chorus Type)
32
Making Detailed Settings
32
Adjusting the Modulation Speed (Flanger/Chorus Rate)
33
Adjusting the Overall Flanger/Chorus Sound (Flanger/Chorus Level)
33
Adjusting the Flanger/Chorus Sound for each Part (Flanger/Chorus Part Level)/Making Detailed Settings
34
Storing Part Settings in a Pattern (Pattern Setup Write)
35
Play Back Phrases from the Keyboard (RPS)
36
Using RPS to Play Back a Phrase
36
Registering Phrases in an RPS Set
36
Using the Arpeggiator
38
Creating an Arpeggio Playback Pattern
38
Selecting the Arpeggio Style (Arpeggio Style)
38
Adding Expression to the Arpeggio (Accent Rate)
39
Changing the Pitch Range of the Arpeggio (Octave Range)
39
Sequence of the Notes in the Chord (Motif)
40
Beat Pattern
41
Backbeat Timing (Shuffle Rate)
41
Changing the Groove of a Pattern (Play Quantize)
42
Selecting the Part for Play Quantize
42
Correcting Inaccuracies in Rhythm (Grid Quantize)
42
Specifying the Resolution
42
Adding Swing to the Rhythm (Shuffle Quantize)
43
Applying Grid Quantize
43
Adding Feel to the Rhythm (Groove Quantize)
44
Selecting a Template
44
Applying Shuffle Quantize
44
Applying Groove Quantize
45
Recording a Pattern
46
Recording Your Playing as You Perform (Realtime Recording)
46
Recording Procedure
46
Changing the Recording Part During Recording
48
Recording Arpeggios
48
Recording Knob Movements (Modify Data)
48
Smoothly Recording between Patterns
49
Erasing Unwanted Data During Recording (Realtime Erase)
49
Recording Notes One at a Time from the Keyboard (Step Recording)/Recording Procedure
50
Recording Notes One by One (Step Recording 10
51
Inputting Different Types of Notes
52
Inputting a Chord
52
Inputting a Tie
52
Recording Individual Rhythm Instruments (Step Recording 2)
53
Scale
53
Selecting the Rhythm Instrument to Input/Velocity
53
Individually Editing Notes that Were Input (Micro Edit)
54
Inputting Various Types of Notes
54
Displaying a Previously-Input Note
55
Modifying Parameter Values of a Previously-Input Note
55
Deleting a Previously-Input Note
56
Inserting a Note
56
Creating a Slide Effect
56
Inserting a Hold Message
57
Creating a Pattern
58
Recording Drums and Bass Using Step Recording
58
Recording the Other Instruments Using Realtime Recording
59
Editing a Pattern (Pattern Edit)
61
Copying a Pattern (Pattern Copy)
61
Copying a Portion of a Pattern (Part Copy)
61
Erasing Unwanted Data (Erase)
63
Deleting Unwanted Measures (Delete Measure)
63
Inserting Blank Measures (Insert Measure)
64
Changing Key (Transpose)
65
Changing the Strength of Notes (Change Velocity)
65
Modifying the Length of the Notes (Change Gate Time)
66
Sliding the Timing (Shift Clock)
66
Thinning out Unnecessary Data (Data Thin)
67
Modify a Pattern According to Play Quantize Settings (Edit Quantize)
67
Creating a Song
68
Selecting a Song
68
Recording a Song
68
Playing Back a Song
69
Storing Modified Settings to a Song (Song Setup Write)
69
Editing a Song (Song Edit)
70
Copying a Song (Song Copy)
70
Deleting Unwanted Patterns (Delete Pattern)
71
Inserting a Pattern (Insert Pattern)
71
System Settings
72
Tuning the MC-303 (Tuning)
72
Playing Back a Song Repeatedly (Song Loop)
72
Changing the Function of the Pedal (Pedal Assign)/Synchronization Settings (Sync Mode)
72
Transmitting Signals for External Synchronization (Sync Out)
73
Specifying How the Metronome will Sound (Metronome)/Adjusting the Metronome Volume (Metronome Volume)
73
Adjusting the Velocity Produced When You Press a Keyboard Pad (Pad Velocity)
73
Viewing the Remaining Memory Space (Available Memory)
73
Using MIDI
74
MIDI Connectors
74
MIDI Channels
74
Major Types of MIDI Message Used to Control the MC-303
74
Controlling the MS-1
76
Selecting Tones from an External MIDI Device
76
Synchronizing an External Sequencer to the MC-303
77
Synchronizing the MC-303 to an External Sequencer
77
Saving Data (Bulk Dump)
78
Recording MC-303 Data to an External Sequencer
78
If the Amount of Data Exceeds the Capacity of the External Sequencer
78
Returning Data from a MIDI Sequencer to the MC-303
79
Transmitting Data between Two MC-303 Units
79
Using the MC-303 as a Sound Module
80
Appendices - Contents
81
Troubleshooting
82
Error Messages
83
Restoring the Factory Settings (Factory Preset)
84
Tone List
85
Rhythm Set List
90
Preset Pattern List
94
Arpeggio Style List
98
Groove Quantize Template List
99
MIDI Implementation
101
Section 1. Receive Data
101
Section 2. Transmit Data
105
Section 3. Parameter Address Map (Model ID=00H 03H)
106
Bulk Dump
111
Drum Setup Parameters
112
Pattern/Song Data
112
Section 4. Supplementary Material
113
MIDI Implementation Chart
115
Topical Index
117
Specifications
121
Index
122
Repair Service - Contacts
126
New Features Added
129
Setting the RPS Playback Timing (RPS Trigger Quantize)
129
Re-Transmitting MIDI Messages Received at MIDI in Directly from MIDI out
129

Roland MC-303 Groovebox Service Notes (24 pages)

Brand: Roland | Category: Recording Equipment | Size: 3 MB

Sound Test
12
Factory Preset
13
Returning Data
15
Board Assy
16
Main Board Assy
17
Panel Board Assy
19
Change Information
22

Roland MC-303 Groovebox Service Notes (24 pages)

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Roland MC-303 Groovebox Service Notes (24 pages)

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Roland MC-303 Groovebox Manual (2 pages)

Brand: Roland | Category: Recording Equipment | Size: 0 MB

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