Roland MC-909 owner manual Panel/Controller, Sequencer/MIDI, System, 127

System

Panel/Controller

Here you can make settings for the panel controllers and the screen.

Parameter	Range	Explanation
[F1 (Pad Velocity)]
Pad Velocity	REAL, 1–127	Strength of the note when you press a velocity pad
		If you set this to REAL, you can vary the dynamics of the sound by varying the strength with
		which you press the pad.
[F2 (TTE/Tap/DB)]
TTE Slider Type	TTE, PITCH BEND,	Function of the turntable emulation slider
	MODULATION	TTE: Standard turntable emulation
		PITCH BEND: Pitch bender
		MODULATION: Modulation
TTE Magnify	-1– +1 – -200– +200	Variable range of the turntable emulation slider
Tap Switch	OFF, ON	Tap button on/off
Tap Resolution	QUARTER, 8TH,	Tap tempo resolution
	16TH	The resolution (note value) to be used when using [TAP] to change the tempo
		QUARTER: Quarter note
		8TH: Eighth note
		16TH: Sixteenth note
D Beam ID	0–3	When using two or more MC-909 units together, you can specify a different ID for each unit
		so that the D Beam controllers of the units will not interfere with each other.
D Beam Sens L	0–127	Sensitivity of the D Beam controllers
D Beam Sens R		The sensitivity of the D Beam controller will change depending on the amount of light in
		the vicinity of the unit. If it does not function as you expect, adjust the sensitivity as appro-
		priate for the brightness of your location. Increasing this value will raise the sensitivity.
[F3 (Screen Saver)]
Screen Saver Type	1–10	Type of screen saver
Screen Saver Time	OFF, 5–60 min	Time (minutes) until the screen saver begins working
		If this is OFF, the screen saver will not appear.
[F4 (Back Ground)]
Back Ground Picture	1–10	File that is to be displayed as the screen background
		Press [F5 (Import BMP)], and load a bitmap file from the TMP/BMP folder within USER/
		CARD.

Sequencer/MIDI

Here you can specify how the sequencer will operate, and make MIDI-related settings.

Parameter	Range	Explanation
[F1 (Seq Sync)]
Sync Mode	MASTER,	Specifies how the internal sequencer will operate and how MIDI Clock messages will be transmitted and
	REMOTE,	received.	Menu
	SLAVE	MASTER: The internal sequencer will synchronize to the internal tempo clock. Any MIDI Clock messag-
		es received from an external device will be ignored.
		REMOTE: Operation will be essentially the same as “MASTER.” However, Start/Stop messages from
		the external MIDI device will control playback/stop for the internal sequencer.
		SLAVE: The internal sequencer will synchronize to MIDI Clock messages received from an external de-
		vice. If no MIDI Clock messages are being received, pattern/song playback will not occur even if you
		press the [PLAY] button.
Sync Output	OFF, ON	Determines whether synchronization-related MIDI messages will be transmitted.
		OFF: Messages will not be transmitted.
		ON: The following messages will be transmitted from the MIDI OUT connector.
		• Timing Clock: F8
		• Start: FA
		• Continue: FB
		• Stop: FC
		• Song Position Pointer: F2
Arpeggio Sync	OFF,	Specifies how the arpeggio start timing will be synchronized to the pattern.
Mode	MODE1,	OFF: The start timing will not synchronize.
	MODE2	MODE1: When a pattern plays, the arpeggio will start in synchronization. When the pattern stops, the
		arpeggio will also stop.
		MODE2: In addition to the operation of MODE1, the arpeggio will start at the beginning of the next mea-
		sure of the currently-playing pattern.
		* If the pattern is stopped, the arpeggio will start immediately, regardless of which of the above settings
		is selected.

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