Roland TR-505 - Chaining

b. Chaining
Patterns
The Chaining
function allows two or more patterns to
be
chained together so that
they are played
as
one.
This is
useful for any rhythm pattern consisting of
more than 16 steps {e.g.
1
step—
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or odd times
such as
5/4 or 7/8).
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Make sure that the composer is not playing.
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Enter the Pattern Writing mode, and select the
pattern group
by
using the Pattern Group Button.
Sample Score
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Hold down the Main Keys that belong the first and
the last pattern numbers
to be
chained, and while
still holding these, push the
Enter
Key ®.
The Display shows CHAIN.
To drop
a
pattern from the Chain, hold the relevant
Main
Key
down, and push the Enter Key
®.
This Chain function naturally
is available for the
adjacent
patterns.
When one of chained rhythm patterns is erased,
the Chain itself will disappear.
nm
1
m
m
Pattern 1
Scale
-
/
Last
Step
-
8
Pattern 2
Scale
-
^
Last step
-
6
Pattern 3
Scale
-
J'
Last step
—
4
In the
above score, the third
beat
is
1/16
triplet,
therefore
a
rhythm
cannot
be made in one
pattern. To solve this problem, divide
the
rhythm
pattern into
3 patterns; 1, 2 and 3, then
set the scale and last
step of
each pattern. Write
these patterns then chain them into onfe
pattern.
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