Roland R-8M User Manual

(DHOW
TO PLAY THE
SOUNDS
*When you playback
a ROM play song,
the Patches in
the temporary
area
(a-
see
page
17)
will be restored
to their unmodified
settings.
If you have modified
Patch
settings,
your
changes will
be lost.
3.
How
to Play
Each
Instrument
Here's how to
play each of the
68 internal
instruments (drum sounds).
Before you
do so, set the
transmit
channel of the controller
to match
the
receive
channel
of
the
R-8M. With
the factory
settings,
the R
-
8M receive
channel
is
set
to 10, so
set the
controller
to transmit
channel 10.
Check the receive
channel
PLfiV <PflTCH-01>
MIDI I
111
I 1
B 2 II 3 II 4
T
To check the receive
channel
of
the
R
-
8M, use the
CURSOR (^[V] to
select the
left display
in the Play
mode. The display will show
the receive
channel
for each
Performance
section
1—4
section, but for now,
check
only the
receive
channel of the
Instrument
Section.
Instrument section
I
Play
the internal
instruments
' Play
the sounds
when
you play a note on the
keyboard
controller, the instrument
corresponding to
each key
(note
number) will
sound.
If you are playing the sounds
using a pad
controller, play each
sound by changing
the note number
transmitted
by the controller.
If you
are playing the sounds
from a sequencer,
the musical data
in the sequencer
must match
the
instrument
assignments
of
the
R 8M.
or the
wrong
sounds will
be played back.
Before you
playback
the
sequencer data, set the
Instrument
Section of the
R
-
8M
to
the riiythm note
assignments
of your
sequencer, (o-see
page
25).
How to select
Patches
The
R
-
8M can store
32 dram-sets as
Patches. A
RAM card (M-256E)
can store
32 more Patches.
While
playing,
you can instantly
select either
internal or
RAM card Patches.
Here's
how
to
select Patches and
play the
dram sounds of
each Patch. To
select a Patch,
use the
following
procedure while
in the Play
mode.
*
For the factory
Patch settings,
refer
to "Patch Lisf on page 84.
*
In the factory
set Patches,
the stereo positions
of the sounds
(pan) are placed
as seen
from
the
viewpoint
of
a drummer. When
playing these Patches, reverse
the
connections of
theMIXOUTjacksLandR.
Q)
Use the
CURSOR
HE
to
move
to the
Patch number display.
Patch name
PLflV
<PflTCH-Hil>
P:
I~Bm
F:
I
-SI
{
Patch number
(1—32)
I : Internal Patches
C
: RAM card Patches
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Roland R-8M Specifications

General

Brand	Roland
Model	R-8M
Category	Recording Equipment
Language	English