Roland MC-909 - Manual (Page 32)

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Playing a pattern
Step-recording an arpeggio style
You can create an arpeggio style by inputting and editing individual
notes.
1. In the arpeggio style input screen, hold down [SHIFT]
and press [F5 (Step Rec)] to apply a check mark.
[SHIFT] will be locked.
2. Use [CURSOR (up/down)] to select the note number,
and [CURSOR (left/right)] to select the step.
3. Use [VALUE] or [INC/DEC] to edit the data at the
cursor (velocity: OFF, 1–127, Tie).
* You can also strike a velocity pad to input a note for the corresponding
note number.
* If you press [F5 (Step Rec)] and clear the check mark, you are returned
to the normal input screen.
Saving an arpeggio style
A arpeggio style you create will be lost when you turn off the power.
If you want to keep your settings, save them as follows.
1. Hold down [ARPEGGIO] and press [F6 (Arp Setting)].
Alternatively, hold down [SHIFT] and press [F1 (Arp)].
The arpeggiator setting screen will appear.
2. Press [F6 (Arp Write)].
A screen will appear in which you can select the user arpeggio
style to which your settings are to be written.
3. Use [VALUE] or [INC/DEC] to select the arpeggio
style that you want to save.
4. Press [F6 (Write)].
A message will ask you for confirmation.
5. To write the data, press [F6 (Execute)].
* To cancel, press [F5 (Cancel)].
Chord Memory
You can play a previously registered chord form simply by pressing
a single pad. You can use the factory-set chord forms, and are also
free to rewrite them as desired.
Using chord memory
1. Press [CHORD MEMORY] so its indicator is lighted.
2. Press one of the velocity pads.
The pre-specified chord form will sound.
When you press velocity pad [2] (C4), the chord form will sound at
the pitch that was specified. Other pads will sound parallel chords at
pitches relative to pad [2] (C4).
* Chord Memory cannot be used simultaneously with Pattern Call or
RPS.
Selecting a chord form
1. Hold down [CHORD MEMORY] and use [VALUE] or
[INC/DEC] to select a chord form.
Inputting a chord form
1. Hold down [CHORD MEMORY] and press [F6 (Chord
Setting)].
Alternatively, hold down [SHIFT] and press [F2 (Chord
Memory)].
The chord memory setting screen will appear.
2. Press [F4 (Chord Edit)].
The chord form input screen will appear.
3. Use the velocity pads to input the chord you want to
sound.
Input the notes that you want to sound when velocity pad [2]
(C4) is pressed.
The pads will light to indicate the notes that will sound.
If you press a pad once again, it will go dark and will not sound.
4. When you finish inputting the chord form, press
[EXIT].
While inputting the chord form, you can press [F6 (Preview)] to play
the chord that you have input.
[F1 (V-Zoom In)] Zoom-in the arpeggio style input screen.
[F2 (V-Zoom Out)] Zoom-out the arpeggio style input screen.
[F3 (Tie)]
Input a tie at the cursor location, and advance
to the next step.
[F4 (Rest (Clear))] Delete all data at the step where the cursor is lo-
cated.
[F6 (Preview)] Audition arpeggio currently being input. (The
operation is the same when [SHIFT] is held.)
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