Roland MC-09 Saving data, About the display, Restoring the factory settings Factory Reset

Saving data

Saving patterns

After you’ve edited a pattern or recorded in the step sequencer, you must save your work in the MC-09’s internal user memory, or on a memory card if you want to keep it. If

you turn off the power without saving your work, your settings and recorded material will be lost.

• Saving a pattern	(p. 30)
• Saving an effect pattern	(p. 48)
Saving a loop	(p. 59)

After you record (capture) a loop, you must save it to a

memory card if you want to keep it. If you turn off the power without doing this, your settings and recorded material will be lost.

Saving a process patch .... (p. 39)

The MC-09 lets you save the sequence of steps you’ve used in creating a loop, together with the pattern settings that you used at that time. This is called a Process Patch.

When you play back a process patch that you’ve saved, the MC-09 will carry out the same process as when you created the loop, and the loop will be recreated. In other words, a process patch is somewhat like a keyboard macro on a personal computer.

About the display

The MC-09’s display shows letters and numerals as follows.

A B C D E F G H I J K L M N

capital letter

small letter

O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

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small letter

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Important Notes

Restoring the factory settings (Factory Reset)

By carrying out a Factory Reset, the following settings of the MC-09 are restored to their original factory-set condition.

•System settings

•All patterns you’ve saved (User Patterns)

*Once you execute a Factory Reset, all the settings you’ve saved will be lost, being replaced by the settings your unit originally had when it left the factory. If internal memory contains important data that you want to keep, you must save it on a memory card (p. 59), or to an external MIDI sequencer via bulk dump (p. 65).

1.Press the [SETUP] button.

2.Press the [INC] or [DEC] button until the display

indicates “ ”.

3.Press the [ENTER] button.

The display will show “ ”.

4.To execute the factory reset, press the [WRITE] button.

While the factory settings are being restored, “ ” will appear in the display. When the factory reset is finished, you’re returned to where you were in step 2.

*If you decide not to restore the factory settings, press the [SETUP] button or the [EXIT] button.

*Never turn off the power while appears in the display. Doing so will damage the system.

5.Press the [SETUP] button to return to the previous display.

About the included CD

The CD contains loop samples. Since the disc is in CD- EXTRA format, you can either play back the samples on a CD player, or use your computer to handle the data as EXTRA TRACK computer data.

•Avoid touching or scratching the shiny underside (encoded surface) of the disc. Damaged or dirty CD discs may not be read properly. Keep your discs clean using a commercially available CD cleaner.

•Use of the CD supplied with this product for any purpose other than private, personal enjoyment without the permission of the copyright holder is prohibited by law. Additionally, this data must not be copied, nor used in a secondary copyrighted work without the permission of the copyright holder.

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