Roland TR-707 - Page 28

7 OTHER USEFUL FUNCTIONS FOR
EDITING
a. Copying a
single Pattern
A Rhythm Pattern can be copied
from
one
memory
location
to
another. After copying, the Pattern will
remain in
its
original location as well
as
apearing in
the new
location you have chosen.
Operation
for copying
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Enter the
Pattern Writing
mode.
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•
(£.
Assign the new location (Pattern
Number) which
your Pattern
is
copied to,
by
using Pattern
Group
Button
(A,
B, C,
D) and Pattern Number
Button
(Main
Key 1 to
16).
%
While holding the
Shift Key © down, push the
Copy
Key (Main
Xey 11),
the Pattern
Group
Button and Pattern Number Button assigning
your source Pattern, then the Enter
Key.
It
is
not possible
to copy
the Chained Patterns
altogether
at a
time. You need
to
break the
Chain
once, then copy the
pattern
one
by
one.
Then finally chain the patterns again.
(See
p
29
1
b.
Copy
(in
Track Writing Mode)
You
can copy any Bar or sequence of Bars
into
a
Track. The arrival of the new
Patterns
will extend
the
length
of
the Track
accordingly.
The
difference
between COPY
and
INSERT
is that
Insert deals
with patterns
while
Copy
adds extra bars from
an
existing Track,
either
within the same Track or
a
different Track. To follow the Copying procedure:
(l
.Enter the Track
-Writing
mode. Select the Track
you want by
pushing
a
Track
Selector Button.
.2
Assign the bar
number after
which
you
wish the
new
pattern
to
begin,
by
holding
the Shift Key,
entering the bar number and pushing the Enter
Key.
3-
While
holding
the Shift Key, push the
Copy
(Main Key 11),
appropriate Mam
Keys
(1
to
10)
assigning
the
staling bar number,
t'"
c
"
tne Enter
Key, and
the ending
bar numbe
r
.
thpn
the Enter
Key. Be sure that
aii
are aone while
the Shift
Key
is
being hela down.
(See the
Example on
pag*
30:
NOTE
*
Please
make sure that the
composer
is not run-
ning
during
the above Copying
operation.
*
Some
copies are
impossible. For
example,
you
cannot
copy Bars
20 to
25 into Bar
22
of
the
same' Track. If the
Copy is impossible,
or
memory
is full
(exceeding
998
bars)
the Display
will
respond with;
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