Roland BK-9 - Quantize; Erase

Rhythm Track Edit functions
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Left Display
2. Rotate the dial to select “Track Edit”, then push the dial.
The display changes to:
Left Display Right Display
3. Rotate the dial and push it to select the available
functions on the left display.
Quantize
Use this function if you chose not to quantize your music during
recording and now realize that the timing is not quite what you
expected it to be. If only certain notes in a given time range need
to be quantized, you should narrow down the edit range using the
“From”/“To” parameters.
Right Display
1. Use the dial to edit the following parameters.
Parameter Setting Explanation
Track
ADrums~Acc6,
ALL
Allows you to select the track you
wish to edit. You can also select “ALL”
here, in which case the operation
applies to all tracks.
Mode Major, Minor, 7th
Allows you to select the Mode to be
edited.
Division
Intro 1~4, Main
1~4, Fill Dwn 1~3,
Fill Up 1~3, End
1~4
Use this parameter to select the
Division you want to edit.
From Bar
1~[last measure
of the track or
pattern]
Refers to the rst measure to be
edited. By default, the “From” value is
set to the beginning of the selected
track(s).
Parameter Setting Explanation
From Beat
1~[number of
beats per bar]
Species the beat position. The
number of selectable beats depends
on the selected time signature.
From CPT 0~119
Refers to the starting CPT position.
“CPT” is short for “Clock Pulse Time”,
the smallest unit used by the BK-9.
(There are 120 CPTs to every beat of
a 4/4 bar.) Change this setting only if
your edit operation should start after
the selected beat.
To Bar
1~[last measure
of the track or
pattern]
This is where you specify the last
measure to be edited. By default, the
“To” position is set to the last event of
the selected track (or the last event
of the longest track when you select
“All”).
To Beat
1~[number of
beats per bar]
Species the beat position.
The number of selectable beats
depends on the selected time
signature.
To CPT 0~119
Refers to the last clock that should be
aected by the edit operation.
Change this setting only if your edit
operation should not end exactly on
the selected beat.
Resolution
1/4, 1/8, 1/8T,
1/16, 1/16T, 1/32,
1/32T, 1/64
This parameter sets the resolution
of the Quantize function. Be sure to
always select the value of the shortest
note you recorded.
Otherwise, your part no
longer sounds the way you played it,
because shorter notes are shifted to
the wrong positions.
Strength 0%~100%
Use this parameter to specify how
precise the timing correction should
be. “0%” means that the selected
“Resolution” value is not applied (“0%
correction”), while “100%” means
that all notes are shifted to the
mathematically correct positions.
From Note 0 C-~127 G9
This parameter allows you to set the
note (or lower limit of the note range)
to be modied within the specied
“From/To” time range.
To Note 0 C-~127 G9
This parameter allows you to set the
upper limit of the note range to be
modied within the specied “From/
To” time range.
2. Press the [WRITE] button (its indicator ashes) to conrm
your settings and edit the data.
The display briey conrms the operation and then returns to the
current Composer page.
Erase
“Erase” allows you to selectively delete data either within a specied
range of measures, beats or clocks or from the entire track(s). When
“Data Type” is set to “All”, “Erase” substitutes the required number of
rests for the data you delete, so that you end up with the equivalent
number of blank measures. If you also want to eliminate the
measures themselves, use “Delete” (see below).