Roland Compurhythm CR-78 User Manual

NAMES AND FUNCTIONS OF THE COMPONENTS
FRONT PANEL
O POWER
© VOLUME
© BALANCE (Balance Control)
This slider controls the balance of the
percussion sounds. Sliding it upward
will emphasize the high percussion
sounds (cymbal, high hat, maracasl
and sliding it downward will em¬
phasize the low percussion sounds
(bass drum).
0 CYMBAL HIGH HAT
METALLIC BEAT
This slider controls the volume of
METALLIC BEAT to make the sound
of the cymbal (CY.) and the high
hat (HH.) the way you want it to
sound. METALLIC BEAT will occur
at the same time as with the pattern
of the cymbal and high hat in the
pre-set rhythms (for SWING, the
METALLIC BEAT will be simulta¬
neously played with the cymbal , the
high hat , and the METALLIC BEAT).
‘When the Cymbal/high hat Cancel
Button © is on the sounds of
the cymbal and high hat are cancel¬
led, and the METALLIC BEAT will
be played in an 8-beat rhythm which
has on correspondence with the pre¬
set rhythms.
© ADD VOICE — TAMBOURINE
This slider controls the volume of the
tambourine.
©ADD VOICE - GUIRO
This slider controls the volume of
the guiro.
‘ADD VOICE maintains a fixed
rhythm in no relation to the pre-set
rhythms.
© ACCENT — Accent Volume
This knob regulates the amount of
accentuation. Turning it to the right
strengthens the accent.
0 TEMPO — Tempo Control
This knob controls the tempo of the
rhythm.
© TEMPO PILOT LAMP
The lamp lights up at the first beat
of a measure. It indicates the speed
of the rhythm.
® FADE IN — FADE IN Selector
FADE IN is the effect where the
Sound level gradually increases until
it reaches the level of loudness deter¬
mined by the VOLUME 0 control.
Set at OFF when not using the
FADE IN effect.
® FADE OUT — FADE OUT
Selector
FADE OUT is gradual dying away of
the sound.
Set at OFF when not using the FADE
OUT effect.
© START/STOP
® RHYTHM SELECTION
BUTTON
Press the button to choose the
rhythm you want. You can have a
combination of two rhythm patterns
by simultaneously pushing two but¬
tons.
If you push three buttons simultane¬
ously, two rhythms will be selected
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® RHYTHM (A,B)—Rhythm Pat¬
tern Selection Switch
Each RHYTHM SELECTION BUT¬
TON © has two kinds of pre-set
rhythm patterns. You choose one of
the two patterns with this switch.
..VARIATION..
The addition of the VARIATION ef¬
fect produces changes in the rhyth¬
mic progression.
© VARIATION SELECTOR
This knob chooses the pattern of var¬
iation in rhythm.
FILL IN: 1-7
Seven variation patterns are pre-set.
In the measure set with MEASURE
SELECTOR, a variation is adopted
instead of a normal rhythm succes¬
sion.
ROLLING: HB. SD.
For HOLING, the following variations
are added;
HB:High Bongo SD:Snare Drum
RHYTHM! A-B)
When the RHYTHM PATTERN SE¬
LECTION SWITCH © is set at A,
this knob changes the rhythm pattern
to B. If it is set at B, RHYTHM
changes it to A.
BREAK
The pattern of a measure of rhythm
and then a succeeding measure of
rest are produced with BREAK,

Roland Compurhythm CR-78 Specifications

Power

trigger pulse out	OFF: 0V/ ON:+15V pulse
sound source ext. clock	OFF:0V/ ON: +5 - +15V pulse, min. 5ms width
power consumption	13W

Weight and Dimensions

dimensions	300(W) X 280(D) X 205(H)mm
dimensions (inches)	11.8"(W) X 11.0”(D) x 8.1 "(H)
net weight	5.5 kg