Roland MC-09 owner manual Contents

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Contents
IMPORTANT NOTES ...............................................................................4
Saving data.................................................................................................................................................. 5
About the display....................................................................................................................................... 5
Restoring the factory settings (Factory Reset)........................................................................................5
About the included CD..............................................................................................................................5
Contents ..................................................................................................6
Names of things and what they do........................................................8
Main features and uses ........................................................................11
Main features.............................................................................................................................................11
Ways to use the MC-09............................................................................................................................ 11
Making connections .............................................................................12
Turning the power on/off.......................................................................................................................13
Using the MC-09 as a synthesizer.......................................................14
What is a pattern?.....................................................................................................................................14
Playing....................................................................................................................................................... 15
Modifying the sound................................................................................................................................20
Creating a phrase (Recording)................................................................................................................23
Saving a pattern........................................................................................................................................ 30
Creating and playing a loop.................................................................31
What is a loop?..........................................................................................................................................31
The process of creating a loop................................................................................................................ 32
Recording (capturing)..............................................................................................................................33
Playback..................................................................................................................................................... 35
Changing the settings of part 1...............................................................................................................37
Combining several parts into one (Loop Merge).................................................................................38
Erasing the contents of a part................................................................................................................. 39
Saving the steps by which you created a loop (Process Patch)..........................................................39
Applying an effect.................................................................................41
Specifying the effect routing................................................................................................................... 41
Turning the effect on/off.........................................................................................................................42
Selecting an effect pattern....................................................................................................................... 42
Using the knobs to adjust the effect settings........................................................................................ 43
Changing the effect type..........................................................................................................................44
Creating consecutive changes in an effect (Effect Control)................................................................ 45
Saving your effect settings...................................................................................................................... 48
Changing the way in which a loop plays (Loop Control)..................49
What is Loop Control?............................................................................................................................. 49
Using loop control for realtime performance.......................................................................................51
Playing back a loop with Loop Control................................................................................................ 53
Making loop control settings.................................................................................................................. 54
Saving your loop control settings.......................................................................................................... 56
About the tempo ...................................................................................57
Checking the standard tempo................................................................................................................ 57
Setting the tempo manually.................................................................................................................... 57
Setting the tempo with the [TAP] button..............................................................................................57