How Things Work (in Pattern mode)

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When you press the Mode section [PATCH/SAMPLE] button, the

button’s indicator will light and the MC-909 will be in Patch/Sample

mode.

In Patch/Sample mode, the various parts of the panel will perform

the following functions.

1. D Beam controllers

Pass your hand over these to modify the pattern (p. 35).

[BEAM 1 ON]

 

Turns the left D Beam controller

 

 

(BEAM 1) on/off.

[BEAM 2 ON]

 

Turns the right D Beam controller

 

 

(BEAM 2) on/off.

[TWIN D BEAM ASSIGN]

Selects the function of the D Beam

 

 

controller.

2. Volume section

 

 

 

[OUTPUT]

Adjusts the output volume of the MIX OUT jacks

 

and the headphone.

[INPUT]

Adjusts the input volume from the INPUT jacks.

3. Realtime Modify section

These controls modify the sound in real time (p. 33).

Knob/Button

Parameter

 

 

[WAVE SELECT]

Displays the Wave List.

PITCH block

 

[TUNE]

button is not lit: Patch Fine Tune (p. 57)

 

button is lit: Patch Coarse Tune (p. 57)

[DEPTH]

Pitch Envelope Depth (p. 59)

[A]

Pitch Envelope Time1 (p. 59)

[D]

Pitch Envelope Time3 (p. 59)

FILTER block

 

[TYPE]

Filter Type (p. 59)

[CUTOFF]

Cutoff Frequency (p. 59)

[RESONANCE]

Resonance (p. 60)

[DEPTH]

Filter Envelope Depth (p. 61)

[A]

Filter Envelope Time1 (p. 61)

[D]

Filter Envelope Time3 (p. 61)

[S]

Filter Envelope Level3 (p. 61)

[R]

Filter Envelope Time4 (p. 61)

AMP block

 

[LEVEL]

Patch Level (p. 62)

[A]

Amp Envelope Time1 (p. 63)

[D]

Amp Envelope Time3 (p. 63)

[S]

Amp Envelope Level3 (p. 63)

[R]

Amp Envelope Time4 (p. 63)

LFO 1 block

 

[DEPTH/RATE]

button is not lit: LFO1 Pitch/Filter/Amp/

 

Pan Depth (p. 64, p. 65)

 

* Selectable

 

button is lit: LFO1 Rate (p. 64)

[WAVEFORM]

LFO1 Waveform (p. 64)

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Roland MC-909 owner manual Pitch block, Filter block, LFO 1 block, Knob/Button Parameter