Roland TR-707 - Page 22

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TRACK
WRITING
AND
PLAYING
a.
Track
Writing
A track
is a
complete
sequence
of rhythm
Patterns
or
Bars
arranged in
any
order to
form a
complete
piece:
There are
4 Tracks
retaining
99B bars
in all.
Entering
rhythm
Patterns of
an entire
Track
witi
replace the.
patterns
previously
written, so
you may
save
it. (See
31
and 36.)
1)
Writing
single
Patterns to a
Track
(D
Press the
Shift Key
©
,
and still
holding it down,
push the
Track
Mode
Button
@
to
turn the
com-
poser to
the
Track Writing
mode.
You
will
notice
that
the
Display shows
TRACK
WRITE.
(1/
Still
holding the Shift
Key
down,
press
any
Track
Selector
Button (I
to
IV)
which
will be
shown in
number in the
Display.
(I-
If there
is
any data
written
in that Track,
clear
it
by
holding the
Track
Clear Button and
the
Track
Selector Button
you
have selected
in the step
:g
above.
Remember
that
the above
operation
.WILL
ERASE
YOUR EXISTING
TRACK.
If
you
wish
to
preserve it,
save it as
described in Saving
on
page 31 and
36.
(D
Push
the Start Key ©
to
start
rhythm. You
will
now
hear
whichever
pattern happens to
be
selected.
<D
Change to
the
Pattern you
want
for
Bar 1 by
using
a
Pattern
Group
Button
©
(A, B, C
or D)
and a
Main Key (1 to
16).
The indicators
of the pressed
button and key are
now lighted. Also,
the Display shows
the rhythm
pattern.
®
If
you
enter the
wrong pattern
in any bar, you
can go
back and do it
again.
Push the Back But-
ton
©
once or
more to step
back to the
bar.
(D
When you
have
completed the
Track, push
the
Stop
Key
©
,
which
will
close
off the Track.
When the composer is
in the Track
Writing mode,
writing or editing (see
Editing on page
24)
can
be
done even
while rhythm is
not running.
(=
skipping the
procedure
•£
)<
during
which
the
indicators
can considerably
help you.
2)
Writing
Chained
Patterns to~a
v
Track
Two or more
Patterns
may
be
chained
so
that they
play
as one.
This takes
care of Rhythms which
need
more than
16 steps
per bar,
such as
32nd
notes
within 4/4 time,
or semi-quavers
within
odd
times
such as 5/4 or 7/8.
You may need
to
change the
Scale before writing the
Rhythm
patterns
if
you
intend to
Chain them,
so
that they
all-play with the
same time
value.
To write Chained
patterns into a
Track:
Instead
of
taking the
procedure
(E
in 1)
Writing
single Patterns
to a
Track, simultaneously press the
Main
Keys
belonging
to
the first
and
last
numbers
of
the Chained Patterns,
(e.g.
key 1 and key
3.)
(|)
Press the Enter
Key
©
,
which
writes
your Pat-
tern into
Bar 1 of the
Track and moves on to Bar
2.
NOTE
*
Do not
turn off the Composer
while in the
Track
Write mode,
or the
Track
data
may be
lost.
(7)
Repeat
the procedure
(§,
and
(£
for
Bar
2,
and
so
on.
Naturally, there
will be many bars where
the sample
pattern
is
repeated.
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