Roland MC-909 owner manual Pattern editing, Basic procedure for pattern editing

Pattern editing

Here’s how you can edit the performance data of a pattern in units of measures. You can create completely new patterns by editing the performance data of a pattern, or by combining various patterns.

*You must stop the pattern before you can edit it.

Basic procedure for pattern editing

1.Select the pattern that you want to edit.

2.Press [F2 (Edit)] to access the Pattern Edit Menu

screen.

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3.Select the region of measures that you want to edit.

•Source From: first measure of the region

If you set this to “SETUP,” the setup parameters (p. 18) will be included.

•Source End: last measure of the region

If you set this to “SETUP,” only the setup parameters will be selected, and no measures will be included.

4.Use the function buttons to select the type of editing that you want to carry out.

The corresponding editing sub-window will appear.

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[F1	(Micro Scope)]	Edit individual items of perfor-
		mance data within a pattern. (p.
		48)
[F2	(Copy)]	Copy a pattern. (p. 44)
[F3	(Erase)]	Erase unwanted data. (p. 45)
[F4	(Delete Measure)]	Delete unwanted measures. (p. 45)
[F5	(Insert Measure)]	Insert blank measures. (p. 45)
[F6	(Transpose)]	Transpose the pitch. (p. 45)	Mode
[SHIFT] +		Split the rhythm set. (p. 44)
[F1	(Extract Rhythm)]		Pattern
[F2	(Velocity Duration)]	notes. (p. 45)
[SHIFT] +		Modify the strength/length of the
(Change Velocity/
Change Duration)
[SHIFT] + [F3 (Shift Clock)]		Slightly shift the timing. (p. 45)
[SHIFT] + [F4 (Data Thin)]		Thin out unnecessary data. (p. 46)
[SHIFT] +		Apply quantization. (p. 46)
[F5	(Edit Quantize)]
[SHIFT] + [F6 (Reclock)]		Convert the note values. (p. 47)

5.Press the part button [1]–[16] and [TEMPO/MUTE] of the part(s) whose data you want to edit, illuminating the relevant indicator(s).

6.Set the parameters, and press [F6 (Execute)].

*To cancel the procedure, press [F5 (Cancel)].

The procedures for Extract a Rhythm Instrument and Pattern

Copy are explained on the next page.

When you are specifying the Note (Minimum/Maximum) in Pattern Edit, you can specify the Minimum and Maximum by pressing two velocity pads. First press Minimum, then press Maximum.

If you press one velocity pad twice, the Minimum and Maximum will be the same.

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