Roland BR-864 owner manual Creating patterns in Step Recording, Creating original patterns

Creating original patterns

Creating patterns in Step Recording

1.Press [ARRANGE/PATTERN/OFF] repeatedly until the indicator is flashing.

2.Press [PROGRAM].

3.Press [CURSOR] to move the cursor to “STEP,” and press [ENTER].

“STEP” appears in REC MODE at the left of the screen. The recording standby screen appears in the display.

Measure Tempo

Time Signature Quantize

4.Use [CURSOR] and the TIME/VALUE dial to set the measure, beat, and click from which to start recording of the pattern.

Measure

This sets the number of measures in the pattern to be recorded.

Valid Settings: 1–999

Tempo

When recording, this sets the tempo for confirming the pattern.

Valid Settings: 25.0–250.0

*The tempo setting here is exclusively for confirmation of the pattern recording. This tempo is not stored in the pattern (you cannot make any individual tempo settings for the patterns themselves).

Time Signature

This sets the time signature (i.e., the beat) for the pattern to be recorded.

Valid Settings: 1/1–8/1, 1/2–8/2, 1/4–8/4, 1/8–8/8

Quantize

This sets the resolution for the steps being input.

Quarter note (96)	Sixteenth-note triplet (16)
Quarter-note triplet (64)	Thirty-second note (12)
Eighth note (48)	Thirty-second-note triplet (8)
Eighth-note triplet (32) HI	(1)
Sixteenth note (24)

Numerals in parentheses indicate the clock. The lower the value set, the finer the resolution each beat becomes.

(Ex.) : Here you can input sounds in eighth-note lengths.

(Ex.) : Here you can input sounds in sixteenth-note lengths.

5.Press CURSOR [ ] [ ] to move the cursor to “REC,” and press [ENTER].

Step Recording starts.

* You can also start recording by pressing [REC].

6.Press CURSOR [ ] [ ] to move the cursor to the measure, beat, and click, then turn the TIME/VALUE

dial to specify the time at which the drum sound is to be input.

Measure Beat Clock

100