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Contents
USING THE UNIT SAFELY......................................................................3
IMPORTANT NOTES ...............................................................................5
Features of the MC-909 ........................................................................13
Panel Descriptions................................................................................14
Top Panel................................................................................................................................................... 14
Rear Panel.................................................................................................................................................. 15
Getting Ready........................................................................................16
Making Connections................................................................................................................................ 16
Turning On/Off the Power.....................................................................................................................16
An Overview of the MC-909..................................................................17
Basic structure of the MC-909................................................................................................................. 17
The sound generator section....................................................................................................... 17
The sequencer section...................................................................................................................17
The controller section................................................................................................................... 18
The sampler section...................................................................................................................... 18
Adjusting the display contrast................................................................................................................18
Editing a value.......................................................................................................................................... 18
Quickly changing a value............................................................................................................ 18
Saving your data.......................................................................................................................................18
Regarding the locations where samples are stored............................................................................. 19
Restoring the factory settings (Factory Reset)......................................................................................20
Pattern Mode ...............................21
How Things Work (in Pattern mode)...................................................22
Playing a pattern...................................................................................24
Basics of pattern play............................................................................................................................... 24
Basic playback operation............................................................................................................. 24
Selecting a pattern to play back.................................................................................................. 24
Changing the BPM (Tempo)........................................................................................................25
Turning the metronome (click) on/off.......................................................................................25
Muting (silencing) a part..............................................................................................................26
Velocity pads.............................................................................................................................................27
Pattern Call.....................................................................................................................................27
RPS.................................................................................................................................................. 28
Arpeggiator.................................................................................................................................... 30
Chord Memory.............................................................................................................................. 32
Realtime Modify section..........................................................................................................................33
Selecting the part whose sound you want to modify.............................................................. 33
Part Mixer.................................................................................................................................................. 33
Mix In......................................................................................................................................................... 34
Directly outputting the sound of an external device............................................................... 34
Playing various pitches using the sound of an external device............................................. 34
Selecting the input source device................................................................................................34
D Beam Controller....................................................................................................................................35
SOLO SYNTH................................................................................................................................ 35
CUT + RESO (Cutoff + Resonance)............................................................................................ 35
TURNTABLE................................................................................................................................. 35
ASSIGNABLE (Other applications)............................................................................................35
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