Roland JUNO-D6 - Recording to the Step Sequencer; Configuring the Recording Settings

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Playing back/recording with the step sequencer
Recording to the step sequencer
There are three ways on the XPS-60 to record to the step sequencer.
The step sequencer is comprised of tracks 1–R.
Recording mode Explanation
Real-time recording
(REALTIME REC)
Creates a pattern by recording your keyboard
performance and controller operations (such as
knob motions), right while you’re playing.
* Common for all parts
Step recording
(STEP REC)
Creates a pattern by successively recording your
keyboard performance one step at a time.
* This is available for parts 1–7.
TR-REC
This method lets you place notes of each
instrument on the steps at which you want them
to be heard. This method is suitable for creating
drum patterns.
* This is available for part R (drum kit).
NOTE
Any tracks that you’ve created are lost when you select another scene
or turn o the power. Once you’re satised with your tracks, save
them as a scene (p. 32).
Conguring the recording settings
1. Press the [ó] (STEP) button.
The [ò] button blinks, and the instrument enters rec standby
mode.
2. Set the parameters for each track to record.
* The recording settings must be made for each track.
1 2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
No. Parameter Value Explanation
1
– –
Status shown
¹ Now Recording
¹ Now Playing
¹ Rec Standby
¹ Stop
2
– –
Number of steps (16 steps are
shown as a single square)
3
– – Scene
4
– – Tone
5
ņ (Tempo)
20.00–
300.00
Species the tempo.
6
Shue -90–+90
Sets the timing (swing) at
which the notes play.
7
Rec Track 1–R
Use pads [1]–[8] to select the
track.
No. Parameter Value Explanation
SEQUENCER
8
Step Length 1–64 Sets the number of steps.
Scale
1/1–1/32,
1/1T–1/16T
Species the length of each
step.
1/16: sixteenth notes
1/16T: sixteenth note triplets
Gate Ratio -128–+127
Species the gate length. This
is common for all steps.
Control
Change(CC)
OFF, ON,
SMOOTH
Sets whether the keyboard and
controllers such as the knobs
record and play back (on/o).
SMOOTH: Plays control change
messages back more smoothly.
METRONOME
9
Switch OFF, ON
Turn this o if you don’t want
the metronome to play during
recording.
Count In OFF, 1–16
Sets the number of beats used
for the metronome count-in
when real-time recording
begins.
Level 1–127
Adjusts the metronome
volume.
Type
TYPE1,
TYPE2
Selects the metronome’s
sound.
MEMO
You can change the recording tempo using one of the three
methods shown below.
Methods
for setting
the
recording
tempo
Press the [TEMPO] button and use the value dial to set
the value. Press the [EXIT] button to exit the TEMPO
screen.
On the TEMPO screen, you can specify the tempo by
pressing the [TEMPO] button at the desired timing
(tap tempo). Press the [TEMPO] button three or more
times in quarter-note intervals at the tempo you want
to set.
On the SEQUENCER screen, move the cursor to the
tempo “ņ =***.**”, and use the value dial to set a tempo
that makes it easy to record.
* Tempo change data is not recorded.
* When you switch scenes, this setting species whether to use the
system tempo (SYSTEM) or the tempo stored in the scene (SCENE).
For details, see SYSTEM EDIT > COMMON > COMMON > Tempo
Source in the “Parameter Guide” (Roland website).
3. Press the pads [1]–[8] to specify the tracks to
record.
The selected pads light up.
¹ When pad is lit green: currently selected track (current track)
¹ When pad is lit white: track that’s layered with the currently
selected track (tracks whose keyboard switch is ON)
* When the current track’s keyboard switch is ON, the other tracks
whose keyboard switch is ON play at the same time and can be
recorded.
* When the current track’s keyboard switch is OFF, only the selected
part can be played or recorded.