Roland DR-880 - Playing Rhythm Patterns; Selecting and Playing Patterns

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Playing the patterns
The DR-880 contains 500 preset patterns and 500 user
patterns.
Here’s how to play these patterns to hear how they sound.
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Press [SONG/PATTERN] to make the “PATTERN”
indication appear.
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Use the VALUE dial to select the pattern you want to
play.
Following preset patterns 001–500 you can also select from
user patterns 001–500.
Selecting and playing patterns
A “pattern” is two to four
measures of rhythm
performance data designed to
b
e played back repeatedly.
Preset patterns can be edited
temporarily, but you can’t
overwrite your changes back
onto a preset pattern.
User patterns can be freely
edited and overwritten as
desired.
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Pattern mode Pattern name
Preset / User
Current
tempo
Current
key
Beat Position
(measure - beat)
Current chord
Next chord
Chord
progression