Roland TR-707 - Page 29

c.
Chaining
patterns
together
The
Chaining function
allows
two or more Patterns
to be
chained so
that they play as
one. This is
useful
for any
Bar consisting
of
more than 16 steps (e.g..
1
=
1 step
or
odd
times
such as 5/4
or
7/8),
CD
Enter
the
Pattern
Writing mode, and select
a pat-
tern
group by
using
the
Pattern Group Buttons
(A.B.C.DI.
(2
Select
the Main Keys
belonging
to
the first
and
last number
of the
Patterns
you
wish
to
chain,
and hold
these down, and
without releasing
them, push the
Enter Key.
NOTE
This Chain
function, naturally is
available
just
for
the adjacent
Patterns.
•
Even the
whole Pattern group
(Key 1
to 16)
can
be
chained if desired.
•
You may need to change
the Scale
before writing
the Rhythm
Patterns
so
that they
all
play
with
the same
time value.
•
To
play
a
Chain, select any of the
Patterns
which
belong
to
the Chain and the
whole chain
will
play.
To drop a
Pattern
from the Chain, hold the rele-
vant
Main
Key
down, and push the Enter
Key.
To
break
a
Chain hold down each
pattern key in
turn
and push the Enter Key.
Example
of using
Chain
Function
i
ACCENT
OPEN/CLOSED
HI HAT
SD
1
BD
1
TTJ
,
~4
*
—
—
_,
Pattern 'a
*
Scale:
Bottom Line
>r
$
*~»-
*
**
—
km*
-
*
»
«-
»
—
x-v
'J(
:
CLOSED HI HAT
N
:
OPEN HI HAT
Main Key (one)
Last Step
:
8
Main
Key
(one)
m
"J\'
Last
Step : 12
Use
up to
8
steps
• : glowing steadily
c : flashing
Use
up to
12
steps
To enter the rhythm pattern shown above,
you
need
to
divide
it
into
two patterns; 'a
'
and
'
b
',
then enter
them
with two different Scale settings.
If,
however, these
two
patterns
are written in different
pattern
numbers, they
will
be
written
as two bars iater in
Track writing.
To
solve this problem,
enter the patterns
'a
'
and
'
b'
in the
two adjacent pattern
numbers, then chain them
together.
Now, these patterns
will
be
written into
a
Track together
and
counted
as
one bar.
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