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Contents
IMPORTANT NOTES ...............................................................................8
Features of the MC-307 ..........................................................................9
Front and Rear Panels..........................................................................10
Top Panel................................................................................................................................................... 10
Rear Panel..................................................................................................................................................12
Chapter 1 Introducing the MC-307 ......................................................13
Basic structure of the MC-307.................................................................................................................13
The sequencer section...................................................................................................................13
The sound generator section .......................................................................................................13
The controller section ...................................................................................................................14
Saving Settings..........................................................................................................................................14
Basic Operations Common to General MC-307 Functions.................................................................14
Changing Values...........................................................................................................................14
About the upper part of the display screen ..............................................................................14
Canceling the Previous Operation (Undo/Redo) ....................................................................15
Confirming Performance of Rhythm Part (Rhythm Part View).............................................15
Metronome Settings...................................................................................................................... 16
Restoring the Factory Settings (FACTORY RESET)............................................................................16
Chapter 2 Basic of Pattern Playback ..................................................17
Basic Functions of Patterns .....................................................................................................................17
Playing Back Patterns...................................................................................................................17
Changing BPM (Tempo) ..............................................................................................................18
Muting Parts and Rhythm Tones................................................................................................19
Transposing During Playback.....................................................................................................20
Selecting sounds .......................................................................................................................................21
Selecting Patch/Rhythm Set........................................................................................................21
Selecting a Patch by Category ..................................................................................................... 21
Changing the settings of each part.........................................................................................................22
Saving a Pattern........................................................................................................................................23
Chapter 3 Giving Variation to Pattern Playback ................................24
Playing Back with Keyboard Pads.........................................................................................................24
Shifting the Keyboard Range in One-Octave Steps (Octave Shift) ........................................ 24
Using with Turntable(Turntable Emulation) .......................................................................................25
What is the Turntable Emulation?..............................................................................................25
Synchronizing the Turntable and the BPM...............................................................................25
Use the slider control to synchronize the MC-307’s BPM setting with the turntable.........25
Changing the Tone with the Knobs during Playback (REALTIME MODIFY) ............................... 26
Selecting a Part Subject to Modification ....................................................................................26
Changing Brightness of the Tone (CUTOFF)............................................................................26
Adding Character to the Sound (RESONANCE).....................................................................27
Applying Cyclic Changes to the Sound (LFO 1) ......................................................................27
Changing Other Parameters (Assignable Knobs) ....................................................................28
Playing Back in Arpeggio (Arpeggiator) ..............................................................................................31
What is an Arpeggiator? ..............................................................................................................31
Using the Arpeggiator.................................................................................................................. 31
Selecting the Arpeggio Style........................................................................................................31
Making More Detailed Settings ..................................................................................................32
Saving Arpeggio Settings (Arpeggio Write) .............................................................................34
Modifying the Groove of a Pattern (Play Quantize) ........................................................................... 34
Correcting Inaccuracies in Rhythm (Grid Quantize)...............................................................34
Adding Swing to the Rhythm (Shuffle Quantize)....................................................................35
Giving a Groove to the Rhythm (Groove Quantize)................................................................ 35
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