Roland JUNO-D6 - Playing Back;Recording with the Step Sequencer; Playing Back the Step Sequencer; Step Sequencer: Basic Operations

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Playing back the step sequencer
Selecting a scene for playback
1. Press the [SEQUENCER] button.
The SEQUENCER screen appears.
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
No. Explanation
1
Status shown
¹ Now Recording
¹ Now Playing
¹ Rec Standby
¹ Stop
2
Length
Number of steps
(Value: 1–64; sixteen steps
are shown at left as a single
square.)
No. Explanation
3
Scale
Length of one step
4
Scene
5
Tone
6
Tempo
7
Shue (swing)
8
Mixer
2. Move the cursor to the scene, and select the pattern
to play back using the value dial.
3. Press the [ò] button to play back the pattern.
Press the button again to stop playback.
MEMO
When the Step Length is 17 or greater, on the SEQUENCER screen,
when you press the [1]–[4] buttons while holding down the
[SHIFT] button, you can switch between the current step positions
in units of 16 steps.
Muting specic tracks (track mute)
Use this when a pattern is playing back and you want to mute a
specic track or tracks.
1. While the [SEQUENCER] button is lit, press the
[MUTE] button to make it light up.
The instrument enters pad mute setting mode.
2. Press pads [1]–[8] to select the tracks to mute.
The pads you press blink, and the corresponding tracks are muted.
You can press more than one pad.
3. To unmute, press the pad once more that
corresponds to the track you muted.
4. To exit the track mute settings, press the [MUTE]
button.
The pads go dark.
Step sequencer: basic operations
Controller Explanation
[ò] button
Plays/stops the step sequencer.
[ó] (STEP) button
Creates a pattern by recording your keyboard
performance and controller operations (such as
knob motions).
If you press this button while holding down the
[SHIFT] button, the STEP EDIT screen appears.
You can edit the steps and record in STEP REC/
TR-REC mode.
[MUTE] button
When you turn this on while the [SEQUENCER]
button is lit, you can mute the tracks specied
by pads [1]–[8].
[ERASE] button Erases all or part of a recorded track.
Pads [1]–[8]
Selects the track (part). You can use the
keyboard to play or record on the selected part.
[TEMPO] button Changes the tempo.
Playing back/recording with the step sequencer
Track 1
Track 2 Track 3 Track 4
Track 5
Track 6
Track 7
Track R
(drums)
The step sequencer records as a pattern and repeatedly plays back controller actions
such as what you play on the keyboard, as well as your operations of the controllers
including the knobs, pitch bend/modulation lever, sliders (other than MIC) and the pedals.
This data is recorded in and played back from tracks 1–R, which correspond to parts 1–R.