Roland MC-909 owner manual 128, F3 Midi Tx, F4 Midi Rx

System

Parameter	Range	Explanation
RPS Trigger	REAL,	When using RPS during pattern playback, patterns and phrases may not play back in precise alignment,
Quantize	16TH, 8TH,	depending on the timing at which you press the velocity pads. On the MC-909 you can specify the playback
	QUARTER,	timing of the phrase, so it will play back in precise synchronization with the pattern.
	MEASURE	REAL: The phrase will play back immediately, at the timing at which you pressed velocity pads.
		16TH, 8TH, QUARTER: The pattern will be divided into selected note units, and when you press the ve-
		locity pads, the phrase will begin playing at the beginning of the next note unit.
		MEASURE: The pattern will be divided into one-measure units, and when you press the velocity pads,
		the phrase will begin playing at the beginning of the next measure.
BPM Lock	OFF, ON	Specifies how the tempo will change when patterns are played back consecutively.
		OFF: When the pattern changes, the tempo will change at the same time.
		ON: The tempo of the first-played pattern will continue even when the pattern changes.
[F2 (Song/Pattern)]
Song Loop Mode	OFF,	Specifies how songs will be played back.
	LOOP1,	OFF: The currently selected song will be played back only once.
	LOOP2	LOOP1: The currently selected song will be played back repeatedly.
		LOOP2: All songs will be played back repeatedly in sequence.
		* When using “LOOP2” to playback a song, we recommend that a pattern which mutes all parts (i.e., a
		silent pattern) be inserted at the end of the song, so that songs are joined smoothly.
Song Play Mode	MODE1,	Specifies whether or not the pattern setup parameters will be loaded when you move to the next step of the
	MODE2	song.
		MODE1: The setup parameters, mute, and realtime modify settings will be loaded each time you move
		to the next step.
		MODE2: Setup parameters, mute, and realtime modify will be maintained during playback only if the
		next step plays a pattern that is the same as the currently playing pattern.
Song Step Switch	AUTO,	Specifies whether playback will automatically advance to the next step of the song.
	MANUAL	AUTO: Automatically advance to the next step.
		MANUAL: Advance to the next step if in Song mode you press [F1 (Next Step)] to display the “✔” mark.
Startup Ptn	LAST	Specifies how the pattern will be selected at power-on.
Mode	WRITTEN,	LAST WRITTEN: The pattern that was most recently written prior to the last power-off will be selected.
	USER DE-	USER DEFINABLE: The pattern specified by the following parameters will be selected.
	FINABLE
Startup Ptn Bank	Preset, User,	The pattern that will be selected at power-on
	Card
Startup Ptn	001–***
Number	* Depends
	on the
	bank.
[F3 (MIDI Tx)]
Transmit Pro-	OFF, ON	Specifies whether or not program changes will be transmitted from MIDI OUT when the patch of each part
gram Change		is changed. When this setting is “OFF,” program changes will not be transmitted.
Transmit Bank	OFF, ON	Specifies whether or not bank select messages will be transmitted from MIDI OUT when the patch of each
Select		part is changed. When this setting is “OFF,” bank select messages will not be transmitted.
Transmit Active	OFF, ON	Specifies whether or not bank select messages will be transmitted from MIDI OUT when the patch of each
Sensing		part is changed. When this setting is “OFF,” bank select messages will not be transmitted.
Transmit Patch	TYPE-	Specifies the type of MIDI message that will be used to communicate with external devices when the panel
Edit Type	QUICK,	knobs are moved.
	TYPE-CC	TYPE-QUICK:Knob/slider data will be transmitted and received as control changes and as system ex-
		clusive data.
		TYPE-CC:Knob/slider data will be transmitted and received as control changes. The amount of data
		will be smaller than for TYPE-QUICK.
Transmit Edit	OFF, ON	Specifies whether the modified settings will be transmitted as System Exclusive data (ON), or not (OFF).
Data
Soft Through	OFF, ON	Specifies whether or not MIDI messages received at the MIDI IN will be re-transmitted without change
		from the MIDI OUT.When this setting is “OFF,” MIDI messages received at the MIDI IN will not be re-
		transmitted.
[F4 (MIDI Rx)]
Remote Key-	OFF, ON	Set this parameter “ON” when you want to use an external MIDI keyboard instead of the MC-909’s velocity
board Switch		pads.
		* This parameter is set to “ON’ with the factory settings, enabling patches in the part selected on the MC-
		909 to be played back regardless of the transmission channels of the external MIDI keyboard.
		* Set it to “OFF” to control the MC-909 from an external sequencer, as a multi-timbre sound generator with
		sixteen parts. Patches can be played back by part, according to the channel used for sending MIDI data
		from the external sequencer.

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