Roland TR-505 - 6 Writing; Before; Step; Tap

6. Writing and Playing rhythm
Patterns
A pattern is a one bar phrase. We
can write into
memory
a
large number of patterns (up to 48) to
recall later in any order we like, either manually or as
a completely assembled track stored
in memory. In
practice, we will find it
easier
to
write patterns in the
same
order we later assemble them into tracks, or
complete tunes.
There are two ways of writing
patterns,
a
-
Step Writing, in
which we enter or toad one step
at a
time without worrying about tempo,
b
-
Tap Writing, in which we write the
rhythm pattern
by tapping the
Main
Keys
in time to a Rim shot pro-
duced every quarter-beat by
the composer.
a.
Before start writing
Before writing rhythm patterns either in the Step
Writing or Tap Writing, take the following steps
®
to
®
With the composer stopped, hold the Shift Key
®,
and without releasing it, press the Mode
Key ® as
many times until the Display shows STEP WRITE
or TAP WRITE which you like.
The Main Keys
(1
to
1
6)
here work to select Pat-
tern Numbers.
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Push
any of the Pattern Group Keys (D, E or F),
select a Pattern Group.
The Display shows the pattern group you
have
selected.
Rhythm patterns have been preprogrammed in the
Pattern Groups A, B and C and they cannot be
edited or rewritten.
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e E
c F
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TRACK
NUMBER
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While holding the Pattern Clear
Key
®
down,
select the Pattern Number where you wish to
write the rhythm pattern using the Main Key. This
erases the rhythm pattern previously written.
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Clear
Key
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Main Key
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Go to the "Step Writing" on page 20 or "Tap Writ-
ing" on page 22.
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